Security News > 2022 > March > Google: Russia, China, Belarus state hackers target Ukraine, Europe
Google says Russian, Belarusian, and Chinese threat actors targeted Ukrainian and European government and military organizations, as well as individuals, in sweeping phishing campaigns and DDoS attacks.
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine and Facebook previously warned of other phishing campaigns against Ukrainian officials and military personnel, also attributed Ghostwriter hackers.
Russia and Belarus are not the only ones attacking Ukrainian and European orgs.
As BleepingComputer previously reported, this deluge of ongoing attacks has also included DDoS attacks targeting Ukrainian government agencies and state banks, as well as multiple series of destructive malware attacks [1, 2]. Google TAG also detected "DDoS attempts against numerous Ukraine sites, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as services like Liveuamap that are designed to help people find information".
To help websites belonging to Ukrainian government websites, embassies worldwide, and other governments stay online throughout these attacks, Google also expanded eligibility for Project Shield, the company's free protection service against distributed denial-of-service attacks.
The creation of the Ukrainian IT Army was prompted by a "Massive wave of hybrid warfare," and it was only revealed after the Defense Ministry of Ukraine began recruiting Ukraine's underground hacker community to launch cyberattacks against Russia.
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