Security News > 2022 > February > Ukrainian military agencies, state-owned banks hit by DDoS attacks
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, whose site has been taken down following the attacks, said that its "Website was probably attacked by DDoS: an excessive number of requests per second was recorded."
"Starting from the afternoon of February 15, 2022, there is a powerful DDOS attack on a number of information resources of Ukraine," Ukraine's State Service for Special Communication and Information Protection added.
The SSU added that it has already counteracted multiple such attempts linked to hostile intelligence agencies and dismantled bot farms targeting Ukrainian citizens with bomb threats and fake news designed to spread panic.
The country's Computer Emergency Response Team warned of attacks against Ukrainian authorities, coordinated by the Gamaredon hacking group by the Ukrainian security and secret services).
The SSU added one day later that it blocked more than 120 cyberattacks targeting Ukrainian state institutions throughout January 2022.
Microsoft also said earlier this month that Gamaredon has been coordinating a wave of spear-phishing emails targeting Ukrainian entities and orgs related to Ukrainian affairs since October 2021.
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