Killnet
Sign in to saveKillnet is a pro-Russia hacker group known for its DoS (denial of service) and DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks towards government institutions and private companies in several countries during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The group is thought to have been formed sometime around March 2022.
Key facts
- Organization.name
- Killnet
- Organization.formation
- March 2022
- Organization.founder
- "Killmilk"
- Organization.type
- Hacker group, cyberwarfare organization
- Organization.purpose
- Pro-Russia DDoS and cyberattacks
- Organization.headquarters
- Unknown (allegedly Russia)
- Organization.region_served
- Globally
- Organization.membership
- Unknown
- Organization.leader_title
- Founder
- Organization.leader_name
- Allegedly "Killmilk"
- Organization.remarks
- Linked to attacks on critical infrastructure
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17 sectionsContents
- Five Eyes alert
- Attacks
- Romania
- Moldova
- Czech Republic
- Italy
- Attack on Eurovision 2022
- Lithuania
- Norway
- Latvia
- United States
- Japan
- Georgia
- Germany
- International Committee of the Red Cross rules
- Unmasking of leader
- References
Killnet is a pro-Russia hacker group known for its DoS (denial of service) and DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks towards government institutions and private companies in several countries during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The group is thought to have been formed sometime around March 2022.
==Five Eyes alert== The Five Eyes intelligence alliance issued a warning about attacks on critical infrastructure by Russian-aligned groups, including Killnet, in April 2022.
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