Pro-Russia hackers use Telegram, GitHub to attack Czech presidential election

A group of pro-Russian hackers is using Telegram and GitHub to launch distributed denial-of-service attacks against Ukraine and several NATO countries.

Researchers at SentinelOne said that as recently as this week they found the group – called NoName057(16) – targeting the websites of candidates in the 2023 Czech presidential election as well as businesses and organizations across Poland and Lithuania. The group is also responsible for disrupting services this week across Denmark’s financial sector.

“The most interesting part was …

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