Italy prevents pro-Russian hacker attacks during Eurovision contest
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian police thwarted hacker assaults by pro-Russian teams through the Might 10 semi-final and Saturday remaining of the Eurovision Tune Contest in Turin, authorities stated on Sunday.
Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra received the competition with their entry “Stefania”, using a wave of public help to say an emotional victory that was welcomed by the nation’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Throughout voting and the performances, the police cybersecurity division blocked a number of cyber assaults on community infrastructure by the “Killnet” hacker group and its affiliate “Legion”, police stated.
The police additionally gathered info from the pro-Russian group’s Telegram channels to forestall different crucial occasions and recognized the assaults’ geographic location.
On Might 11, “Killnet” claimed an assault on the web sites of a number of Italian establishments, together with the Senate, Italy’s higher home of parliament, and the Nationwide Well being Institute (ISS), ANSA information company reported.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, many Western governments have raised alert ranges in anticipation of attainable cyber assaults on IT methods and infrastructure.
Russia routinely denies it carries out offensive cyber operations.
(Reporting by Gianluca Semeraro; enhancing by Raissa Kasolowsky, William Maclean)
