Compromiseseverity: Medium2022-05-14
Italian police mitigate Killnet DDoS attempts against Eurovision 2022 grand final
published by Euronews
Actor
Pro-Russia hacktivist collective; brand reorganized multiple times since its emergence around January 2022. Conducts performative DDoS against Western government, healthcare, and airport sites timed…
Summary
Italian police said the pro-Russian Killnet collective targeted the Eurovision 2022 grand final and the two earlier semi-finals with DDoS attacks aimed at the contest's network infrastructure during voting and performances. The attempts were mitigated by the Polizia Postale together with ICT Rai and Eurovision TV. Killnet denied the attribution on Telegram and shortly afterwards posted a video declaring 'cyber war' on ten countries supporting Ukraine.
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ddositalyeurovisionpro-russian
Primary source
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