Russian company websites hit by increased hacking in March, says cyber firm

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Efforts to disrupt the operations of company websites in Russia have jumped in March, a cybersecurity firm said on Friday, with the number of distributed denials of service (DDoS) attacks already exceeding those for the whole of February. Russian government entities and state-owned companies have been tar

Efforts to disrupt the operations of company websites in Russia have jumped in March, a cybersecurity firm said on Friday, with the number of distributed denials of service attacks already exceeding those for the whole of February.

Rostelecom-Solar, the cybersecurity arm of telecoms company Rostelecom, on Friday said it had noted increased activity on hacker forums on Feb. 22-23, with mass attacks on state authorities' internet resources beginning on Feb. 25. Businesses have also become a target, in particular the banking sector, which has also been heavily sanctioned by Western powers.

 

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