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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Kate Plummer

Russian hackers ‘disrupt Turkey-Syria earthquake aid’ in cyber attack on Nato

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Russian hackers launched a cyber attack on Nato which disrupted communication with an aircraft providing earthquake aid to Turkey and Syria, according to reports.

The Killnet group - a Russian-aligned hacker group - claimed responsibility on Telegram for distributed denial of service (DDos) attacks impacting the Nato website, according to The Telegraph.

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