CYBER ATTACKS Today’s cyber-attack on websites of Romanian public and private institutions was claimed by a cyber-crime group called Killnet, the National Cyber Security Directorate announced. A number of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks targeted websites belonging to the government, defence ministry, border police, the passenger railway corporation CFR and OTP Bank, and was claimed to be in response to Romania’s support of Ukraine in the military conflict with Russia. Prague also accused a pro-Russian hacker group of committing cyber-attacks against websites run by the Czech public administration, hospitals and private entities on April 21.
UKRAINE NATO warns that the West must be prepared for a long-term conflict. Its deputy secretary general Mircea Geoană said that the coming days and weeks may prove decisive, but that the war in Ukraine is likely to last longer-perhaps months or even years, depending on many factors. Russia carries on its offensive to get full control over the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine and to create a land corridor to Crimea, the Ukrainian Army announced. Moscow also increased the number of drones flying over Odessa region on aerial reconnaissance missions, while local officials say Russia disseminates fake news and disinformation in an attempt to induce panic among the civilians in the region.
