Pro-Russian Hackers Claim Cyberattack On German Government

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Source: RFE/RL

A pro-Russian computer hacking group has claimed responsibility for a January 7 cyberattack on German government websites, including Chancellor Angela Merkel’s page.

The group, called CyberBerkut, demanded Berlin stop "financial and political support" for Ukraine’s government. Berkut refers to riot police deployed in Kyiv against protesters by former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who was ousted in February 2014 after spurning a deal with the EU and turning toward Russia. The group’s claim of responsibility, made on its website, could not be independently verified.

Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert said the attacks began at 10 a.m. local time, leaving government websites periodically inaccessible. He said the data center for the service provider was "under a severe attack" apparently "caused by a variety of external systems."

The attack began hours before Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk was due to meet in Berlin with German President Joachim Gauck on January 7.

Read more: http://www.rferl.org/content/germany-cyberattack-ukraine-russia-cyberberkut/26781342.html

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Looks like Russia got jealous of North Korea's Sony hack and decided to further punish the Ukraine for rejecting the Kremlin

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1. Sadly, this story doesn't have "Snowden" or "NSA" anywhere

so nobody will pay attention to it...

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2. RT will say the Germans did it or

it was really a NATO operation.

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3. RT and Putin explainers are already saying it was not Russians but patriotic Ukrainians who did it

because real Ukrainians don't want all that evil EU money. Real Ukrainians want Rubles! http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6051623

Honest to god, RT has failed to hide their BS propaganda with slick fake-news writing this time. It sounds like PRAVDA of the old days, or North Korea: "They are angry that Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk plans to use billions from the EU to fund war in the east of the country rather than rebuild it."

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4. that train is never late nt