DDoS attack on Romanian government attributed to Killnet.
Romanian authorities have attributed the distributed denial-of-service attack government websites experienced late last week to Killnet, a threat actor specializing in DDoS attacks conducted in the interest of Russia, the Record reports. The attack affected Romania's ministry of defense, its border police, the national railway, and the OTP Bank. Killnet claimed that the attacks were a retaliation for Romania's support of Ukraine in the face of Russia's invasion.
The Romanian Intelligence Service has reported that the attacks began around 4 am and the sites were down for several hours, and stated, “Following the investigations carried out by the CYBERINT National Center within the Romanian Intelligence Service, it was established that the cyberattackers used network equipment from outside Romania. The attackers took control of the equipment in question by exploiting cybersecurity vulnerabilities [and] the lack of cybersecurity measures and used them as a vector of attack on sites in Romania.” The National Directorate of Cyber Security (DNSC) has reported that it plans on releasing a list of the IP addresses involved in the attack as they work to resolve issues resulting from the attack.
Sabotage incident in France highlights vulnerabilities in infrastructure.
The sabotage incident in which fiber-optic cables in France were cut, severing Internet and telecommunications connections, CyberScoop reports, is seen as exhibiting the vulnerability of infrastructure to physical disruption. The incident remains under investigation. The sabotage is regarded as having been coordinated, but there's so far been no attribution.
“When you think about the attack and the amount of fiber optic cable that’s out there, it would be hard to protect. This is ..
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