Security News > 2022 > February > Ukrainian DDoS Attacks Should Put US on Notice–Researchers

"The DDoS attacks against the Ukrainian defense ministry and financial institutions appear to be harassment similar to the previous DDoS attacks seen in January," Rick Holland, CISO at Digital Shadows, said via email.

In the past two months, Russian- advanced persistent threats have been tied to an attack on 70 Ukrainian government websites, a wiper targeting government, non-profit and IT organizations, and increased attacks and espionage against military targets.

Prior attacks against Ukrainian targets have crippled companies that simply do business or passively interact with Ukrainian organizations.

Government officials have been warning of the potential for similar attacks directed at the United States government and its critical industries.

As Crowdstrike's Meyers said, "While there is no evidence of any targeting of western entities at this time, there is certainly potential for collateral impact as a result of disruptive or destructive attacks targeting Ukraine - this could impact companies that have a presence in Ukraine, those that do business with Ukrainian companies, or have a supply chain component in Ukraine such as code development/offshoring."

"Are these attacks part of nation-state aggression? Or criminal opportunists exploiting a tense situation? Or just entirely coincidental? While answering with any certainty may be tough, what isn't difficult is drawing clear line of sight to the significance of cyber-resilience as it relates to critical services and infrastructure," Vectra's Wade noted.

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