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posted by janrinok on Sunday December 11 2016, @12:24AM   Printer-friendly
from the tit-for-tat dept.

Russia's telecom operator on Friday said that it had blocked a series of cyber attacks on the country's leading banks this week, the latest to target the country's financial sector.

Rostelecom said in a statement that it "successfully thwarted DDoS (distributed denial of service) on the five biggest banks and financial organisations in Russia" on December 5.

"The most sustained attack lasted more than two hours," it said.

Russia's FSB security service last week said it had uncovered plans by foreign intelligence services to carry out massive cyber attacks targeting the country's financial system from December 5.


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  • (Score: 2) by Snotnose on Sunday December 11 2016, @01:38AM

    by Snotnose (1623) on Sunday December 11 2016, @01:38AM (#439855)

    They cheated for decades in the Olympics. They keep getting caught in lies. Much like Trump on the campaign trail I don't believe a single thing that comes out of their mouthes.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Sunday December 11 2016, @03:49AM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Sunday December 11 2016, @03:49AM (#439877) Journal

    That's the funny thing about it. This might be the MOST believable thing the Russians are saying. They have some minor INTERPOL-tier shit go down. It's real. But then you doubt it because...... you forgot how to play realpolitik. Get in the game because shit is only going to get weirder over the next 8 years.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by dbv on Sunday December 11 2016, @05:01AM

    by dbv (6022) on Sunday December 11 2016, @05:01AM (#439898)

    I'm with ya bro. I'm only reading MSNBC [theintercept.com] and WaPo [zerohedge.com].