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Russia Says Thwarted Fresh Cyber Attacks On Major Banks

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

Phoenix666 writes:

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 11 2016, @09:43PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 11 2016, @09:43PM (#440075)

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