The GUR, together with cyber volunteers, attacked almost a hundred Russian web resources

The GUR, together with cyber volunteers, attacked almost a hundred Russian web resources

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Ukrainian intelligence and cyber volunteers attacked about 100 Russian websites. 39 of them are still down. These are companies that serve the Russian public sector, which is involved in the war against Ukraine.

Ukrainian intelligence, together with cyber volunteers, attacked almost a hundred Russian web resources. Currently, 39 sites are still down.

UNN reports this with reference to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense.

On July 15, 2024, a volunteer hacker community together with cyber specialists from the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine attacked about 100 web resources in the space of the aggressor state of Russia. As of July 16, 39 of the attacked Russian websites are still down

- the statement said.

It is reported that the cyberattack was aimed at destroying the internal information of companies that serve clients from the Russian public sector involved in the war against Ukraine.

According to the GID, in particular, the following were affected:

MITgroup is a group of companies that develops corporate websites. ● Perm Promobladnannya Plant is a company that manufactures and supplies lifting equipment for industrial facilities.

● United Crane Technologies is a trading and manufacturing company that manufactures and sells lifting equipment.

● RUMOS-LADA is a dealer of LADA cars.

"As a result of the cyberattack, the appearance of the aggressor's affected web resources has undergone certain changes - now, instead of the usual Muscovite sections, only a pig's head and a 404 error code are visible on the sites," the GUR informs.

Addendum In June, intelligence reported that activists of the BO_Team cyber community, together with cyber specialists from the Defense Intelligence Agency, destroyed more than 100 terabytes of data from some Russian companies and servers within a week.