“Ukraine: Hackers are stepping up ahead of elections”
“Kills with the supposedly Russian origin, has been stepped up ahead of the Ukrainian presidential election, says Serhij Demedyuk, head of the Ukrainian cyberpolis.”
“Attacks with, for example, virus-infected gratulationsmejl and great shopping deals, or links to harmful software updates, directed towards servers and computers belonging to the Ukrainian electoral authority, tells Demedyuk in an interview with Reuters. Also reported the hackers buy the personal data of valmyndighetens employees.”
“– the Payment is made in kryptovaluta in most cases. . . and from the same wallets that were used to fund previous attacks. This indicates that the same hackergrupper under specific Russian authorities are involved, ” says Serhij Demedyuk.”
“Ukraine is going into presidential elections on march 31. The incumbent president, Petro Porosjenko has previously warned that Russia is trying to interfere in the electoral process in different ways.”