Court websites and TV stations are down across Russia following a cyberattack that’s gone on for two days.
A man looks over a television monitor at campaign headquarters for Russian President Vladimir Putin early March 18, 2024 in Moscow, Russia. Russian Putin won reelection in voting that ran March 15-17.Some television stations and websites in Russia are offline for the second day in a row following what Moscow called an “unprecedented” attack on its digital infrastructure. The disruption began on October 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s birthday.
On Monday Russian state-owned broadcaster VGTRK’s website and digital streaming services went off the air. The affected outlets included radio stations and TV channels such as Russia-1 and Russia-24. “Our state media holding, one of the largest, has faced an unprecedented hacker attack on its digital infrastructure,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said in a statement about the attack.that it had been attacked and was working around the clock to get services back online.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was marked by an increase in cyber war on both sides. In 2015, Russia attacked Ukraine’s power grid with a Trojan virus called BlackEnergy. It tried something similar on Christmas the following year. Ukrainian-linked hackers have hit Russian TV stationsPicking Putin’s birthday to launch the attack is no coincidence. For decades, aspirants and detractors have used the Russian President’s birthday to get his attention and send a message.
NASA and Roscosmos have elevated the air leak to the highest level of risk, but they can't agree on when it becomes unmanageable.The Commerce Department said hardware and software components in cars could allow foriegn adversaries to collect data on Americans and manipulate vehicles.Ancient burial mounds called kurgans have been damaged in areas of Ukraine occupied by Russian forces, which could indicate a violation of international law.
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