Severe cyber attack on Ukrainian government websites
On Friday January 14, 2022 there was a cyber attack on several websites of the Ukrainian government and embassy. Commentary on the incident by John Hultquist, VP of Intelligence Analysis, Mandiant. “The sweeping defacement of several Ukrainian government websites is consistent with incidents we have observed in the past as tensions have risen in the region. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was already defamed during the invasion of Georgia in 2008. The Georgian President was then compared to Hitler. As recently as 2019, GRU unit 74455 (“Sandworm”) carried out mass defacements in Georgia….