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Hackers target Ukrainian bank with DDoS attack
Hackers targeted Ukraine's largest mobile-only bank, Monobank, with a powerful denial of service (DDoS) attack on May 2, the company's co-founder and CEO Oleh Horokhovskyi reported.
DDoS attacks direct excessive amounts of traffic at a website in order to overload its servers, often causing disruptions to service.
Horokhovskyi announced "another powerful DDoS attack" against the bank at around 1 p.m. local time.
The bank's CEO reported a similar attack earlier this year. The bank simultaneously received 580 million service requests.
Horokhovskyi did not say who he thought was behind the attacks, though previous threats have been linked to Russian hackers.
Russia has launched thousands of cyberattacks against Ukrainian organizations since the start of its full-scale invasion.
Pentagon: Washington has not changed position on Ukrainian strikes in Russia with US arms.
Washington has not changed its position on potential Ukrainian strikes with U.S.-supplied weapons on Russian territory, even after Russia had launched its offensive in Kharkiv Oblast, Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said at a press briefing on...
Pentagon: Washington has not changed position on Ukrainian strikes in Russia with US arms.
Washington has not changed its position on potential Ukrainian strikes with U.S.-supplied weapons on Russian territory, even after Russia had launched its offensive in Kharkiv Oblast, Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said at a press briefing on...
Belbek airfield strike destroyed 3 Russian planes, satellite images suggest.
Satellite images obtained by RFE/RL and The New York Times suggested two MiG-31s and one Su-27 were damaged if not totally destroyed.
Air Force: Ukraine downs all 20 Russian drones overnight.
Russian Shahed-type drones were intercepted over Kharkiv, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Odesa and Mykolaiv oblasts, Air Force commander Mykola Oleshchuk said.
Russia claims over 100 downed drones amid reports of massive drone attack on port, oil facilities.
If confirmed, it would be the largest drone attack by Ukraine throughout the entire war. A previous attack in March saw the Kremlin claiming to have downed 65 drones.
Policing minister wants a 'substantial increase' in stop and search.
Policing minister Chris Philp says he wants to see a "substantial increase in the use of stop and search". He noted that the use of stop and search in London has decreased in recent years, and he wants officers to have "the confidence to use it wh...
'PRAY TOGETHER': 11-year-old wins case to start prayer club at school.
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King's first official painted portrait since coronation unveiled.
The first official painted portrait of the King since the coronation has been unveiled at Buckingham Palace. The striking piece of work is about 8ft 6in tall, and 6ft 6in wide, and was done by the artist Jonathan Yeo. Mr Yeo has also painted Tony ...
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How Narendra Modi made himself unbeatable I DW News.
India's massive election is underway; nearly a billion people are eligible to vote. But the winner seems to be a foregone conclusion - Narendra Modi is poised to take his place at the helm of a third-successive government. In a country where anti-...