19 On the evening of May, 10, many Italian government websites were attacked and paralyzed by Russian hackers, including the Italian cyber security police department. Ironically, the website of the police department in charge of network security was hacked. The hacker organization that launched this cyber attack is generally considered to be the Russian Killnet organization named "cyber killer" in Chinese. Because as early as May 16, the organization "declared war" on the above-mentioned ten governments, because it believed that these ten governments supported the anti-Russian movement. The Italian postal communication police have confirmed that the websites of several Italian government departments have been attacked.
The network killer organization is a Russian folk hacker organization, which is very mysterious. In March this year, 1 was officially unveiled, and it became one of the three largest hacker organizations in the world in just two months. There is little information about them on the Internet. The only difference between their appearance and other hacker organizations is that they fight for Russia instead of extorting money. As soon as the cyber killer organization appeared, it hacked the websites of Ukrainian right-wing departments, the website of the President's Office and anonymous hackers. Anonymous is the largest hacker organization in the world, openly supporting Ukraine and mocking cyber killer organizations. The network killer organization deserves to be the hacker organization of the fighting nation, and it directly forced the closure of anonymous websites without any nonsense.
At present, except that the Italian government website has not been restored when the Italian post and communication police released the news, the cyber killer organization has not reported how much damage it has caused to the Italian government. It is not known how much confidential government information in Italy has been intercepted by cyber killer organizations.
Many people don't feel how terrible it is to be attacked by the internet. It's not just about modifying the interface of the website, nor is it as simple as stealing the game account. At the end of last century, the Pentagon did a simulated cyber attack. In the Pentagon office, a major officer took over the weapon system of a destroyer cruising in the Pacific Ocean with a laptop in more than ten minutes, and simulated the missile launch.
At that time, the network and computer technology were different from today. If a country's key departments are attacked by cyber attacks, it can instantly paralyze the country and throw the whole country into chaos. For example, when hackers attack the power system, the whole country will be blacked out immediately, and the property of countries and individuals who attack the banking system will vanish in an instant. At the beginning of this century, the United States and Israel attacked Iran's nuclear facilities through the internet, which ruined Iran's efforts and accumulation for more than ten years. Cyber attacks are sometimes more effective than troops fighting on the battlefield, and it may make a country give in instantly.
According to the notice of Italian post and communication police, the attack warning of cyber killer organization is relatively large, and there is no news that Italy's weapon system has been attacked. Once the news that the cyber killer organization announced that it would launch a cyber war against ten western countries came out, it made the United States and other countries nervous than Russia's announcement of the possible use of nuclear weapons. Because the announcement that the use of nuclear weapons is not ruled out is at best a threat, and the possibility of actual use is very small. Cyber attacks are different. They can be launched anytime, anywhere, so you can't prevent them. If the stock exchanges of the United States and Britain are attacked, or even the nuclear arsenal is attacked, a powerful country like the United States will collapse. Now all countries are inseparable from the network, even if the connection with the external network is cut off, there is no guarantee that it will not be attacked by the network.
The cyber killer organization was listed as one of the biggest threats to infrastructure by the Five Eyes Alliance just after its establishment, which shows how harmful cyber attacks are to a country. It will involve all aspects of people's livelihood. A slight problem in these aspects will throw the attacked country into chaos, and the importance of network security to a country is self-evident.
We haven't seen the next move of the cyber killer organization, who they will attack and what department they will attack. There are often news of "America shivering" on the Internet. This time, I am afraid that the United States will really tremble and can't sleep at night. Another feature of cyber attacks is that you can't know who attacked you and where he attacked you, and you can't detect the signs of being attacked in advance. Although China has not been attacked this time, it is important to strengthen network security. To what extent will this cyber killer attack these ten countries, and will it trigger a larger war? We will wait and see.
However, through the practice of cyber killer organizations, we can see that the anti-western sentiment in Russia has reached a critical point. Russia's refusal to comment on the practice of cyber killer organizations also shows that Russian officials recognize this cyber attack. The only thing that can reassure these ten countries is that the cyber killer organization announced that the attack was not aimed at ordinary people and would not bring them harm. If NATO still doesn't stop, this time it doesn't involve the people. What about next time?