Pro-Russia hacker group Killnet launched a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on NATO sites, including the NATO Special Operations Headquarters (NSHQ) website.
The attack was confirmed by NATO, while the hacker group announced the attack on its Telegram Channel with the following message.
“NATO cyber experts are actively addressing an incident affecting some NATO websites. NATO deals with cyber incidents on a regular basis and takes cyber security very seriously.” reads a statement from NATO.
“We are carrying out strikes on Nato. Details in a closed channel,” reads a message published by the Pro-Russia group on its Telegram Channel.
According to The Telegraph, the website of Nato Special Operations Headquarters remained unreachable for a couple of hours. The attack also impacted the website of the Strategic Airlift Capability, which is a multinational initiative that provides its participating nations assured access to military airlift capability to address the growing needs for both strategic airlifts and tactical airlifts.
