Killnet Targets 10 Countries After a Failed Attempt at Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), which is organized annually by the European Broadcasting Union, had recently experienced cyberattacks by pro-Russian hackers group, Killnet. The police cybersecurity department in Italy revealed that they were able to stop incoming attacks from the hackers during the contest.
Following Ukraine’s third victory in the contest, police said they blocked several cyberattacks on network infrastructure by ‘Killnet’ and it affiliated with ‘Legion’ during voting times and performances. The Italian police department also gathered information from their official telegram group channel and identified the targeted locations.
After the victory, Volodymyr stated that Mariupol, which has endured a relentless Russian onslaught, will host next year’s Eurovision song contest. He said that Ukraine will be hosting Eurovision next year. He further stated that the nation will do its best so that the affected city, will be liberated and rebuilt to host guests and participants of event one day.
Following the attempted attack on Eurovision, Killnet, a pro-Russian hacker group, was not happy with the announcement made by the Italian police department on blocking their distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.
Killnet Says No to the Allegations
In their response, it said the group was not behind the attack on Eurovision. They further stated that the group will declare cyberwar on ten countries and the Italian police. On their Telegram channel, they posted a message indicating an attack on the police of Italy.
They posted on the channel that according to the foreign media, it attacked the competition and they were stopped by the Italian police. Killnet maintained that it did not attack Eurovision.
But today, killnet has officially declared war on 10 countries including the deceitful police of Italy. An attack on an unnamed website was later carried out and the threat actors taunted the police, asking why they did not thwart the attack.
