EU to Send Activate Cyber Response Team to Help Ukraine Deal With Cyber Threats

Russian military hackers were behind the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that briefly knocked Ukrainian banking and government websites, the US has said.

Updated: 23 February 2022 17:06 IST

EU to Send Activate Cyber Response Team to Help Ukraine Deal With Cyber Threats

Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Estonia, Romania, Croatia will send the team of experts

Highlights

Russia has denied any role in the DDoS
UK cyber experts are working with Ukraine to help
Six European Union countries are sending a team of cybersecurity experts

Six European Union countries are sending a team of cybersecurity experts to Ukraine to help deal with cyber threats after Russia formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, Lithuania's deputy defence minister said on Tuesday.

In response to a request from Ukraine on Monday, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Estonia, Romania, Croatia will send the team of experts they set up earlier to help other EU countries, institutions and partners to cope with cyber threats, Deputy Defence Minister Margiris Abukevicius said.

"Ukraine might need help to deal with particular incidents or support to test their infrastructure looking for security weakness", he told Reuters.

Ukraine Warns of Cyberattacks on Banks, State Agencies, Defence Sector

Russian military hackers were behind a spate of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that briefly knocked Ukrainian banking and government websites offline, the United States and the United Kingdom said on Friday.

Russia has denied any role in the DDoS, which inflicted relatively limited disruption on Tuesday last week.

UK defence minister Ben Wallace said on Monday UK cyber experts are working with Ukraine to help to protect it from Russian activity.

Russia Says Not Behind Ukraine Cyberattack

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