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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Nathaniel Mott

Ukraine strikes back at Russia — launches cyberattack on forces in Crimea as independent hackers target airline Aeroflot, grounding dozens of planes

Hacker doing nefarious stuff with multiple monitors.

Hacking groups are continuing to launch cyberattacks on Russia as a show of solidarity with Ukraine—whose military intelligence agency reportedly conducted an operation of its own against Russia-occupied Crimea—as the conflict between the countries continues.

RBC-Ukraine reported that Ukraine "carried out a large-scale special operation targeting the occupation authorities in Crimea" that culminated in "a powerful DDoS attack [that] effectively paralyzed the information systems and network infrastructure in Crimea."

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