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Russian hacking group KillNet claims cyberattacks on 207 Estonian public and private institutions, including payment systems, according to the news published by RuNews24 in Russian.
Yesterday, Estonia was the target of the most extensive cyberattacks it has faced since 2007. DDoS attack attempts targeted both public institutions and the private sector. (1/4) @e_estonia
— Luukas Ilves (@luukasilves) August 18, 2022
Undersecretary for Digital Transformation Luukas Ilves confirmed the attacks on Twitter, calling them “the most extensive cyber attacks Estonia has faced since 2007”. And this even after cyber attacks have increased since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.
“The attacks were ineffective,” Luukas Ilves said, however. “Services were not disturbed. With a few brief and minor exceptions, the sites remained fully available throughout the day. The attack went virtually unnoticed in Estonia.”
Estonia. Soviet monuments taken from public places in the city of Narva
This Thursday, the attacks were motivated by Estonia’s decision to remove Soviet monuments from public space, starting with the T-34 tank in the city of Narva, on the border with Russia, which was dismantled to be placed in a museum.
In 2007, cyberattacks were also motivated by the removal of a statue from a square in Tallinn. The withdrawal of the symbol of the Soviet occupation provoked, at the time, violent demonstrations by the community of Russian origin.
Russian-speaking citizens, the ghost of the Soviet past and cyber threats. Estonia remains “a vulnerable part of NATO”
Source: Observadora
