Security News > 2023 > January > Gee, tanks: Russian hackers DDoS Germany for aiding Ukraine

In brief Russian hackers have proved yet again how quickly cyber attacks can be used to respond to global events with a series of DDoS attacks on German infrastructure and government websites in response to the country's plan to send tanks to Ukraine.

Germany announced the transfer of 14 Leopard 2 A6 tanks to Ukraine on Wednesday, jointly with the US saying it would send 31 M1 Abrams tanks to the besieged nation.

Cyber security firm Cado Security said it spotted chatter on Russian-language Telegram channels belonging to hacking group Killnet, urging other hackers to unite to attack Germany.

Riot Games, maker of popular titles like League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics, announced that hackers who stole some of its source code have demanded a ransom to keep it from being leaked online.

Riot said no player information was compromised, but admitted that experimental features and new game modes would be exposed once the hackers published the stolen code.

In an email, Yandex representatives admitted to The Register that some internal code had been exposed, but said it hadn't been hacked.

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