{"id":16775,"date":"2022-02-25T20:45:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T20:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/25\/ukraine-asks-its-hacker-community-to-assist-with-cybersecurity-defense\/"},"modified":"2022-02-25T20:45:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T20:45:34","slug":"ukraine-asks-its-hacker-community-to-assist-with-cybersecurity-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/25\/ukraine-asks-its-hacker-community-to-assist-with-cybersecurity-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine asks its hacker community to assist with cybersecurity defense"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The government of Ukraine has asked the local hacker community to help protect critical infrastructure from cyberattacks and carry out cybersecurity spying missions against invading Russian forces, Reuters reported<\/a> on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Posts seeking volunteers began appearing on hacker forums Thursday morning as Russia attacked Ukraine. According to Reuters, one post read \u201cUkrainian cybercommunity! It\u2019s time to get involved in the cyber defense of our country\u201d and asked hackers to submit applications via Google Docs. Applicants are reportedly asked to list the cybersecurity tasks they specialize in and share professional references.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yegor Aushev, the co-founder of a Kyiv-based cybersecurity company that works with Ukraine\u2019s government on defending critical infrastructure, told Reuters that he authored the post. Aushev stated that he wrote the post at the request of a senior official from Ukraine\u2019s Ministry of Defense.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Reuters, another person \u201cdirectly involved in the effort\u201d confirmed that the request to publish the post had originated from the Defense Ministry. Representatives from the Ministry didn\u2019t respond to a request for comment from Reuters. A defense attache at Ukraine\u2019s embassy in Washington told the news agency that he \u201ccannot confirm or deny information from Telegram channels\u201d and declined further comment.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Politico <\/span>reported<\/span><\/a> that the websites of Ukraine\u2019s Parliament and Ministry of Foreign Affairs were taken offline by a distributed denial-of-service attack. The same day, cybersecurity company ESET LLC <\/span>stated<\/span><\/a> that a new data wiper malware has been deployed against hundreds of computers in Ukraine. Last week, Ukraine\u2019s Defense Ministry and several state-backed banks were also targeted by a <\/span>series<\/span><\/a> of distributed denial-of-service attacks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Volunteers from Ukraine\u2019s hacker community will become part of defensive and offensive cyber units, Reuters reported. The defensive units will reportedly focus on protecting infrastructure such as power plants and water systems from hacking attempts, while offensive units would be tasked with helping to carry out cyber espionage operations against invading Russian forces.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meantime, companies all over the world face the potential of cyberattacks from Russia as the countries where they\u2019re based impose sanctions on Russia. According to The Telegraph<\/a>\u00a0today, Nvidia has been hit by a major cyberattack.\u00a0Details are sparse so far, but the company is looking into the incident. It was apparently\u00a0initiated at the same time as the Russian cyberwarfare division started its offensive against Ukraine.<\/p>\n

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