USA: Russia 'responsible' for DDoS attacks against Ukrainian banks - WH cyber advisor

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The US’ Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology, Anne Neuberger, attributed this week’s DDoS cyber attacks against Ukrainian banks to Russia, during a White House press conference in Washington DC on Friday.
“Russia likes to move in the shadows and counts on a long process of attribution so it can continue its malicious behavior against Ukraine in cyberspace, including pre-positioning for its potential invasion. In light of that, we’re moving quickly to attribute the DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks,” commented Neuberger
“We believe that the Russian government is responsible for wide scale cyberattacks on Ukrainian banks this week. We have technical information that links Russian, the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate, or GRU. As known, GRU infrastructure was seen transmitting high volumes of communication to Ukraine-based IP addresses and domains,” added Neuberger.
The USA and other Western countries have expressed fears that Russia could stage a false flag attack to justify invading Ukraine, amid reports that Moscow has concentrated around 150,000 troops next to the Ukraine border.
Russia has said it is carrying out planned military drills and that some of the troops have been already withdrawn to their permanent bases, though Western countries have said there is no evidence of a pull-back.
On Thursday, US President Joe Biden said military action could begin “in the next several days” but stressed that a diplomatic solution was still possible.
Moscow has denied intending to invade, accusing the West of stoking tensions.

SOT, Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology: “Russia likes to move in the shadows and counts on a long process of attribution so it can continue its malicious behavior against Ukraine in cyberspace, including pre-positioning for its potential invasion. In light of that, we’re moving quickly to attribute the DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks. We believe that the Russian government is responsible for wide scale cyberattacks on Ukrainian banks this week. We have technical information that links Russian, the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate, or GRU. As known, GRU infrastructure was seen transmitting high volumes of communication to Ukraine-based IP addresses and domains. We’ve shared the underlying intelligence with Ukraine and with our European partners. While of limited impact, this recent spate of cyberattacks in Ukraine are consistent with what a Russian effort could look like and laying the groundwork for more disruptive cyberattacks accompanying a potential further invasion of Ukraine’s sovereign territory. We’ve been preparing for this possibility.”

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