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Ukranian Hackers Managed to Nearly Destroy Russian Internet Provider | The regional Russian provider confirmed the attack on social media, saying it caused a "complete failure" in its infrastructure.
The regional Russian provider confirmed the attack on social media, saying it caused a "complete failure" in its infrastructure.
The hacking group, called Ukrainian Cyber Alliance, took credit for the attack, saying the St. Petersburg-based Nodex “was completely looted and wiped… while the empty equipment without backups was left to them.” Cyberattacks have long been a domain of countries like Russia and North Korea, using them to infiltrate domestic infrastructure like utility grids and, in the case of North Korea, even steal cryptocurrency to fund nuclear weapon development. YouTube has remained accessible in Russia but with regular significant outages and slowdowns that critics say are the result of intentional throttling by the government to prevent viewing of certain content. News operations spreading Western ideas like Radio Free Europe, and online influence campaigns through social media can be neutered if Russians are simply cut off from their reach.
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