An image posted by hacktivist group Cyber Berkut.(Credit:Cyber Berkut)Pro-Russian Ukrainian hackers claimed responsibility for a cyberattack that took down several NATO Web sites amid rising tensions over military incursions into the Crimean peninsula.
A hactivist group calling itself Cyber Berkut claimed to have launched attacks Saturday that took down NATO's main page and that of NATO's cyber defence center. The group also claimed to have taken down the site for NATO's Parliamentary Assembly.
NATO spokesperson Oana Lungescu confirmed on Twitter that several NATO sites had been the target of a "significant" distributed-denial-of-service attack but said the integrity of the systems was unaffected and experts were working to restore normal functionality.
DDoS attack on some #NATO sites ongoing but most services restored. Integrity of NATO data &systems not affected. We continue working on it
— Oana Lungescu (Sign up here with your email
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