3D-printed models of people working on computers and locking in front of a display of cybersecurity words and binary code are shown in this illustrative photo taken, February 1, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
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LONDON (Reuters) – Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, said on Saturday that Ukraine would create an “information technology army” to fight Russian digital hacks.
Reuters exclusively reported last week that Ukraine had called in its secret hacker to help protect critical infrastructure and conduct cyber espionage missions against Russian forces. Read more
“We are creating an IT army,” Fedorov wrote in a tweet linked to a channel on the Telegram messaging app that published a list of prominent Russian sites.
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“There will be tasks for everyone. We continue to fight on the cyber front. The first task on the channel for Internet professionals,”
The Telegram channel listed the websites of 31 major Russian companies and state institutions, including the energy giant Gazprom (ELGZI.MM)Russia’s second largest oil producer, Lukoil, has three banks and a handful of government websites.
Kremlin.ru, the official website of the Kremlin and the office of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was cut off on Saturday in an apparent distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. Read more
Researchers at cybersecurity firm ESET have discovered data-wiping malware circulated in Ukraine last week, infecting hundreds of computers. Read more
Suspicion fell on Russia, which has repeatedly been accused of hacking operations against Ukraine and other countries. Among the victims were government agencies and a financial institution.
Britain and the United States said Russian military hackers were behind a series of DDoS attacks last week that briefly disrupted the websites of Ukrainian banks and government websites before the Russian invasion. Read more
Russia denied the allegations.
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Reporting by James Pearson Editing by Cynthia Osterman
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