Hackers from the “Ukrainian IT Army” group attacked the website of the Moscow Stock Exchange. This was reported by RIA Newsquotes a cybersecurity market source.
On Monday, April 24, the Moscow Stock Exchange website was down for more than 20 minutes after trading started at 10:00 Moscow time. At the same time, trade took place as usual without interruption.
According to the source, the hackers, who launched the attack from “Ukraine’s IT army” at 9.55 am, used “carpet bombing” tactics.
“At the beginning of this year, the cyber group launched attacks on small players in the Russian market. “On June 19, there were attacks on Russia’s three largest banks (Gazprombank, Alfa Bank and VTB),” the source continued.
He said the hackers then attacked the National Payment Card System (NPC). As the source noted, hackers also used the same cyberattack tactics.
24 June reportedIt was stated that Russian flight ticket sales services were exposed to a powerful wave of DDoS attacks.
Before recognizedRussian companies do almost nothing to protect their branches from hackers.
Russian hackers before was attacked Ukrainian websites published Putin’s remarks.