Don’t underestimate pro-Russia hacktivists, warns UK’s cyber crew

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is once again warning that pro-Russia hacktivists are a threat to critical services operators.

The cyber arm of the UK’s sigint specialists at GCHQ specifically highlighted local authorities, including regional governments and critical national infrastructure (CNI) organizations as being at an acute risk of hacktivist denial of attacks.

These are typically denial-of-service (DoS) in nature, but the cyber defense crew warned orgs not to underestimate the damage these simple attacks can do. 

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