Russia reported receiving 200 cyber attacks daily

Russia today denounced that it is the subject of an unprecedented campaign of cyber attacks, with more than 200 per day, due to the “special military operation” which has taken place in Ukraine since February 24 and has been condemned by a large part of the international community.

“Currently, due to the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, Russia is engaged in the information space an IT campaign unprecedented in its scope “This was stated by the deputy director of the National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents (NKTsKI), Nikolai Murashov, quoted by the TASS agency.

Speaking at the plenary session of the Infoforum conference, which is taking place in Sochi, on the shores of the Black Sea, Murashov said that since the beginning of the military campaign, cyber attacks against the country’s IT infrastructures have increased several times.

“Every day the forces of the state service for the prevention and detection of cyber attacks against information resources They detect an average of over 200 attacks. They are performed from different points of the globe and are clearly coordinated, “she said.

According to Murashov, the main objectives of this cyber attack campaign are the destruction of IT infrastructure and illegal access to the IT systems of organizations and companies in various sectors of the country’s economy.

NKTsKI was created in July 2018 by order of the Director General of the Federal Security Service (FSB), Alexander Bortnikov.

Russia’s precedent does not bode well, however: A cyber attack that knocked out satellite communications in Ukraine in the hours leading up to the February 24 invasion was the work of the Russian government, the United States and nations said Tuesday. Europeans, officially blaming an attack which worried Pentagon officials and representatives of the private industry because it revealed new vulnerabilities in global communication systems.

England, even with cybersecurity problems

Russia is not, however, the only country with problems. British military authorities are trying to find out who hacked army social media accounts over the weekend by flooding them with cryptocurrency videos. and publications relating to electronic collectible art.

The investigation was launched after authorized content on the military’s YouTube account was replaced with a video promoting the cryptocurrency that included images of billionaire Elon Musk. The Army Twitter account has retweeted several posts about NFT, or non-fungible tokens, unique digital images that can be bought and sold, but don’t have a physical counterpart.

“We apologize for the temporary interruption of our broadcast,” the military said in a tweet posted Sunday after it took over the account. “We will conduct a full investigation and learn from this incident. Thank you for joining us, normal service will now resume. ”

The Defense Ministry said last Sunday that both violations had been “resolved”.

While the army’s YouTube site was inaccessible on Monday, a spokesperson said the portal was unavailable for standard maintenance. The Twitter feed worked normally.

Although British authorities have raised concerns about Russia-sponsored hacks, the military He didn’t speculate on who was responsible for Sunday’s cyber attack.

“The military takes information security very seriously and it would not be appropriate to comment further until the investigation is complete,” the defense ministry said.