Russian cyber attack on Eurovision foiled by Italian authorities

The day after the contest Reuters reported that Italian police had "thwarted attacks by proRussian groups" during the Eurovision semifinal on May 10, and the ultimate final on Saturday. It is unclear whether the attacks were in the form of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks or web defacements. According to the report, Italian police pointed the finger of blame towards the "Killnet" hacking group, and its affiliate "Legion." The same proRussian cybercriminal groups have been blamed for attacks which disrupted Italian government, military and health service websites last week. Killnet previously launched DDoS attacks against Romanian government websites at the end of April.

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