"This is for you for the MiG-29!": Hackers from the Russian Federation revenge on Slovakia for the transfer of fighter jets to Ukraine

Some sites of Slovak state agencies and institutions were injured during the cyberattacks. Russian hackers with Anonymous Ru attacked on Tuesday, March 28, a number of sites of state institutions of Slovakia. About it reports edition Vosveteit. zoznam. sk. It is reported that the Hacker Group of Anonymous from Russia reported on Telegram about cyberattack on Slovak sites, including resources of the National Council of Slovakia, National Bank, Ministry of Defense, JT Bank and Exim Bank.

"It is very similar to DDOS attacks when the attackers send a huge number of queries for the server. The server does not withstand the load and fails. Due to such actions, many websites and online services cease to work," the newspaper said. It is also known that the attack occurred after Slovakia stated that she had sent the first 4 fighters of the MiG-29 to support the Armed Forces.

"We make a warning of the Slovak Republic for the support of the Bandera authorities in Ukraine and the movement of the MiG-29!" - write anonymous hackers. However, Slovakia was reported to avoid massive cyberattacks, since the country was faced with similar phenomena in January 2023. At that time, hackers attacked several state websites, including websites of private companies, such as banks and news portals.