Geographic breakdown of known DirtJumper DDoS command and control servers, which are used to conduct cyberattacks to shut down targeted websites and in financial fraud. On Friday, the Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit saw one of a family of Eastern European DirtJumper botnets target numerous pro-Ukrainian government websites, including news media outlets. Source: Dell SecureWorks
Massive Cyberattacks Slam Official Sites In Russia, Ukraine -- Christian Science Monitor
After Sunday's disputed Crimea vote, Russian government sites were hit with a powerful wave of denial-of-service attacks, apparently in response to cyberattacks on official Ukrainian sites.
The back-and-forth volley of cyberattacks that began last week between Ukraine and Russia hit its highest pitch yet Monday, with Russian websites slammed by an onslaught designed to flood websites until they become unusable.
The open cyber flareup began last Thursday when attacks clearly originating in Russia targeted an unidentified computer network in Ukraine. The next day, a powerful attack temporarily knocked out websites for the Kremlin, the Russian central bank, and Russia’s Foreign Ministry, though Russian authorities said the attack had nothing to do with the Ukraine crisis.
On Sunday, Ukranian government websites were hit by a wave of 42 cyberattacks during Crimea’s vote to secede from Ukraine and join Russia. The type of attacks being observed are all distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, which clog websites with bogus data, and they echo the DDoS attacks Russia used in 2008 when it invaded the former Soviet state of Georgia.
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My Comment: Aside a few denial-of-services messages .... everyone recovered quickly. In fact .... people (myself included) were more annoyed with this problem at Youtube.
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