Italian police prevent Russian DDoS cyber attack at Eurovision
The National Anti-Crime Information Technology Center for the Protection of Critical Infrastructure (CNAIPIC) of the Italian Police has managed to prevent several attempted cyber-attacks by the Legion branch of the Russian cyber-criminal group Killnet against the Eurovision music event.
Such attacks of DDoS nature have been directed against the network infrastructure supporting the voting system of the gala. CNAIPIC has conducted an analysis of the information taken through the Telegram channels used by the Killnet group, which has allowed it to infer important security information and share it with the Italian public television (RAI) to ensure the smooth running of the event.
References:
- 15/05/2022 twitter.com Sventati attacchi informatici da #PoliziadiStato a @Eurovision
- 15/05/2022 reuters.com Italy prevents pro-Russian hacker attacks during Eurovision contest
- 17/05/2022 techradar.com Eurovision 2022 was targeted by Russian hackers
- 16/05/2022 20minutos.es La ciberguerra también en Eurovisión: los hackers rusos intentaron atacar el sistema de votación para evitar la victoria de Ucrania
- 15/05/2022 niusdiario.es Italia desbarata un ataque informático de grupos prorrusos contra el Festival de Eurovisión
- 15/05/2022 eldiario.es La policía italiana logró frustrar varios ciberataques de un grupo prorruso durante las votaciones de Eurovisión