Explained | Data-wiper malware and DDoS attacks that targeted Ukraine
Even as Ukraine grapples with the military operation launched by Russia on February 24, the country is also being targeted by large-scale cyber attacks targeting government websites, banks, and other users. On February 23, hours before Russia advanced a full-scale military operation into Ukraine, cybersecurity firms Symantec and ESET said that a new and sophisticated strain of a data-wiper malware, dubbed Hermetic Wiper, had been detected in hundreds of computers in Ukraine. On the night of February 23, the Slovakian cybersecurity company ESET said it had detected the data-wiper malware, which it named Hermetic Wiper, on hundreds of computers in Ukraine. On February 24, Wednesday, a DDoS or distributed denial-of-service attack also hit Ukraine’s largest commercial bank, Privatbank and its government departments, including the Ministry of Defence.
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