New Cyber Attacks Hit Airport, Metro in Ukraine (reuters.com) 50
Cyber attacks hit Ukraine's Odessa airport and the metro system in Kiev on Tuesday, with the state-run Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) saying a new wave of hacks was hitting the country and asking transport networks to be on particular alert. From a report: Ukraine was the chief victim of a major cyber attack earlier this year, and the government had warned on Oct. 13 that another strike might be coming. "We ask the owners of telecommunication systems, other information resources, transport infrastructure first of all, as well as ordinary internet users, to comply with stricter cyber security requirements," CERT-Ukraine said in a statement. The cyber police and the infrastructure ministry said that Tuesday's strikes did not appear to constitute a mass attack. The central bank said the banking system was working normally. "We report that the IT system of Odessa international airport has been hit by a hacker attack. All services of the airport are working in a stricter mode," the airport said in a statement.
Queue apologists in 5... 4... 3... 2... (Score:4, Insightful)
So, how will Putin's troll network be spinning this one?
1. It's a false flag attack by the Ukraine's own government.
2. It's all part of the Gay Jew conspiracy.
3. Iran
4. Something something CIA/Mossad/
5. But... Hillary's emails!
Stay tuned to Slashdot to find out!
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Cyber attacks using malware called “BadRabbit” hit Ukraine and Russia...
Interfax, one of the largest news agencies in Russia, said some of its services were hit by an “unprecedented virus attack”. The agency will be back online by the end of Tuesday, Yuri Pogorely, Interfax Deputy CEO, told Reuters.
“According to our data, most of the victims targeted by these attacks are located in Russia. We have also seen similar but fewer attacks in Ukraine, Turkey and Germany,” said Russian cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab.
Interesting WP article on Russia, Ukraine (Score:3)
https://www.washingtonpost.com... [washingtonpost.com]
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Cyber attacks using malware called “BadRabbit” hit Ukraine and Russia...
Interfax, one of the largest news agencies in Russia, said some of its services were hit by an “unprecedented virus attack”. The agency will be back online by the end of Tuesday, Yuri Pogorely, Interfax Deputy CEO, told Reuters.
“According to our data, most of the victims targeted by these attacks are located in Russia. We have also seen similar but fewer attacks in Ukraine, Turkey and Germany,” said Russian cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab.
Re:Queue apologists in 5... 4... 3... 2... (Score:5, Insightful)
The fucking Summary: "Ukraine was the chief victim of a major cyber attack earlier this year, and the government had warned on Oct. 13 that another strike might be coming................. CERT-Ukraine said in a statement."
The original article: Title: New wave of cyber attacks hits Ukraine and Russia
Cyber attacks using malware called “BadRabbit” hit Ukraine and Russia on Tuesday
Interfax, one of the largest news agencies in Russia, said some of its services were hit by an “unprecedented virus attack”.
“According to our data, most of the victims targeted by these attacks are located in Russia. We have also seen similar but fewer attacks in Ukraine, Turkey and Germany,” said Russian cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab.
Ukraine’s cyber police chief told Reuters the country was “barely affected”.
And, more, how such a lame post like this, the OP, got mode up "4 insightful".
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Gucifer? Is that you, buddy?
You know Russia always screams like it's been gut-shot whenever it kicks the crap out of somebody. And you know there's no way to verify whether there's been any actual damage.
Russia is really good at the misinformation game. But you already know that.
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Gucifer what? I don't know who you are, you too!
What I pointed out is the way "journalism" works here in Slashdot and a comment without back up, without even matches the content of the article it tried to mention, was moderated "insightful".
Russia is really good at the misinformation game. But you already know that.
You may be right or not. When ever you have a proof, show it.
But by your logic, if Russia is not the victim of this cyber attack, clearly Russia's behind this, if it is the victim, clearly Russia stages a false-flag.
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Not exactly false flag, Gucci. Nice attempt at mis-defining what's happening, though.
As you probably know, the top guy at Interfax, the Russian company targeted by the same hackers, isn't exactly close to Putin. Three Interfax journalists have been murdered by Putin's thugs. And the Interfax CEO is under 24-hour guard. He has also structured Interfax so that killing him won't turn it over to a Putin satrap, and he's sent his daughter abroad where she's less likely to be kidnapped.
So while Russia is weep
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All you throwing here is your assumption, that's not my interest, that does not have anything to do with my original post. Understand!?
Could you read English? Repeat after me:
You may be right or not. When ever you have a proof, show it.
Also, your information is wrong here:
Three Interfax journalists have been murdered by Putin's thugs
https://cpj.org/killed/europe/... [cpj.org]
Sergei Grebenyuk, Interfax
1996-02-08 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Yuri Soltis, Interfax
1994-06-12 in Moscow, Russia
At least, 2 Interfax journalists were kill when Eltsin was the president
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Your English suffers when you're angry. Also, seem unaware that Putin was oozing in to replace Yeltsin at just the time of those killings. Within three years Yeltsin was a memory, his supporters in the journalism community were muzzled or dead and his oligarch friends had been replaced by Putin's oligarch friends.
So if you want to throw around words like "bullshit" I feel entirely comfortable asking you how Putin's dick tastes.
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You don't want to discuss, but try to provoke others. In the end, you could not defend your points. All you could do is insulting me, that is.
asking you how Putin's dick tastes.
Better asking your mother.
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I can't help but notice you dodged the question.
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Yeah, he also shot Kennedy. Seriously, back when the killings took place, Putin was just an aide to a mayor, nothing more. I don't know whose dick you suck, but get your facts straight.
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Interfax is just one of the victim!
More than half the victims were in Russia, followed by Ukraine, Bulgaria, Turkey and Japan, according to ESET.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
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Except no such thing followed. Calm down, take a deep breath and stop being hysterical.
Currently touring the Borscht Belt (Score:2)
Coming soon to an America near you!
Odessa's airport may be a test (Score:2)
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Been there as well and I am surprised. The metro in Kiev is ancient, in a shoddy state and predates the word "cyber" so I cannot really think of any target for a cyberattack there beside its official website, whatever it would be.
Re:what if they accessed customer data (Score:5, Informative)
You have watched too much Mr Robot. Besides the metro uses plastic tokens that have to be bought for cash. No credit cards are involved.
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You met me at a very strange time in my life.
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To be fair, unlike Mr Robot, the book is boring.
Strict mode? (Score:2)
Operating in a stricter mode
So what? The airports put "use strict;" at the top of their perl scripts? Is this some sort of loose-syntax exploit?
The Big Picture - (Never mind the Country) (Score:2)