Ukraine announces a mass attack by hackers. The government is calling on the cyberworld to help

Cyber ​​attacks are already part of the so-called hybrid model. even before the declaration of war and the introduction of troops to Ukraine, it launched two DDoS attacks on Ukrainian government sites and services from banks in our eastern neighbors. The servers were overloaded by artificially pumping traffic. therefore, it is trying to obtain support to reduce the effects of any further such attacks.

Ukraine calls on the hacker underground to help

There are posts in Ukrainian hacker forums calling for help from the government –

Ukrainian cybersociality! It is time to get involved in the cyber defense of our country

– you can read in the post. are asked to report through Google docs where they can provide their specialization and references.

A post calling for help with cyber defense was written by Yegor Aushev (Yegor Aushev), founder of a cybersecurity company in Kiev. He received the request from a senior defense minister who contacted him on Thursday. Ausheva, Cyber ​​Unit Technologies, works with the government to protect key infrastructure in Ukraine.

Reuters got confirmation from a second person involved in the hacker recruitment campaign that it was a government initiative. However, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense did not respond to the agency’s question on this matter. The defense attache at the Ukrainian embassy in Washington said, in turn, that he “cannot confirm or deny the information.”

Ukraine needs underground hackers

Ukrainian security officer in early February found that the country does not have specialized military cyber forces. “Our task is to create them this year.”

Aushev announced that the recruited hackers will be incorporated into defensive and offensive cyber units. Defensive units will be responsible for the defense of infrastructure, incl. energy or water. In 2015, a cyberattack commonly attributed to Russian government-funded hackers cut 225,000 jobs from electricity. Ukrainians. Volunteers on the offensive will help Ukrainian troops conduct digital espionage operations against the invasion of Russian forces.

On Thursday evening, Yegor Auszew announced that he had already received hundreds of applications. He added that he was starting to verify them to make sure there were no Russian spies among them.

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