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 resembles emblem of special police unit "Berkut" | |
| Formation | c. 2014 |
|---|---|
| Type | Virtual community;Voluntary association |
| Purpose | Internet activism;Internet vigilantism |
| Region served | Ukraine |
| Membership | Unknown |
| Website | http://www.cyber-berkut.net/ |
CyberBerkut (Template:Lang-ru, Template:Lang-uk) — is a modern organized group of pro-Russian hacktivists . The group became locally known for a series of publicity stunts and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on Ukrainian government, and western or Ukrainian corporate websites .
Background
The group emerged after the dissolution of special police force "Berkut" that came as a consequence of the violent repression used during the EuroMaidan demonstrations . Composition is not known, for obvious reasons members of the community tend to remain anonymous, one of many groups visible only in social networks . Their proclaimed goals are fighting against neo-fascism, neo-nationalism and arbitrary power in Ukraine . To further this aim, CyberBerkut activists targeted the “Right Sector” IT resources . CyberBerkut's symbols resemble that of the "Anonymous" group . The prefix "cyber" probably alludes to working in the cyberspace (the Internet) . In fact cyberBerkut only attacks NATO and Nato allies targets . Like Ukraine anonymous which had no link with the anonymous, CyberBerkut seems to be an active branch of the FSB, acting for the desinformation.
Activity
- Attacks on NATO websites.
- Attacks on U.S. private military companies.
- Publication of correspondence of deputies of (political parties) Batkivshchyna and Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform.
- Publication of correspondence with the United States Embassy in Ukraine and United States foundations.
- Disclosure to public of telephone recording between Yulia Tymoshenko and Nestor Shufrych.
- Disclosure to public of telephone recording between EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton and Foreign Minister of Estonia Urmas Paet.
- Blocking cellular phones of members of the Yatsenyuk Government and persons close to them.
- Blocking Internet resources of Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine Andriy Parubiy and news portals: LigaBusinessInform and Ukrainian Independent Information Agency.
- Publication of video materials that are blocked on YouTube .
- Attempts at disrupting the recruitment of the National Guard of Ukraine .
- Attempted destruction of the electronic system of the Central Election Commission of Ukraine prior to the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election.
- Publishing lists of alleged Ukrainian military deserters
- Attempts at disrupting the work of the Central Election Commission of Ukraine by damaging the IFES system before the elections and blocking cellphones of their organisators.
- Temporary disruption of the websites of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the General Prosecutor of Ukraine. Websites of TV channels 1+1 and Inter were also temporary disrupted .
- Email hacking and publication of the conversation between Ihor Kolomoyskyi and the persecutor of the Lviv Oblast, hacking of the computer and email of a person related to Ihor Kolomoyskiy. Archives of the contents of 89 email accounts of Lviv oblast's prosecutor office employees.
- Hacking and publishing of the Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov's conversation.
- Blocking of the website of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on June 29, 2014.
- Publication of the real name and biography of Semen Semenchenko - Konstantin Grishin.
- Hacking of commercial billboards in Kiev and broadcasting footage over them with the accusal of some candidates in the parliamentary election as war criminals.
- Hacking ot the German Chancellery and the German Bundestag
Response
- Repeated blocking of CB's Facebook pages, although new ones have been made on the following day .
- Likely in response to attacking the websites of Greystone Limited and Triple Canopy, CyberBerkut's websites have been temporarily disrupted. The websites started to work again on the following day .
- Arrests of people suspected in relation to CyberBerkut.
See also
Notes
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- Tymoshenko claimed that the recording had been deliberately edited to discredit her.
References
- (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/08270324-9678-11e4-a40b-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3OEH9n5sq)
- Ukrainian CyberBerkut takes down NATO websites
- NATO websites targeted in attack claimed by Ukrainian hacker group Cyber Berkut
- Ukrainian Hacker Group CyberBerkut Launched a DDoS-attack on NATO
- CyberBerkut takes vengeance on American private military companies
- Anonymous Ukraine Claims to hack and leak secret email conversations of Vitali Klitschko’s UDAR party
- Cyber Berkut and Anonymous Ukraine: Co-opted Hacktivists and Accidental Comedians
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEFCmJ-VGhA
- Piret Pernik: teine taktika, sama strateegia Template:Et icon
- Three NATO Websites Disrupted by Ukrainian Hackers of Cyber Berkut
- NATO websites hit in cyber attack linked to Crimea tension.
- "CyberBerkut announces destruction of electronic system of Ukraine's Central Election Commission". Voice of Russia.
- "КиберБеркут: Украинские солдаты массово дезертируют из армии". RT Online. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- "На сайте проводят регламентные работы технического характера в преддверии дня выборов. Такие работы проводились и ранее, в прошлые выборы. Работы проводятся, чтобы увеличить работоспособность сайта и увеличить его скорость", — сообщил РИА Новости пресс-секретарь комиссии Константин Хивренко.
- Хакеры заявили об уничтожении ИТ-системы ЦИК Украины за 2 дня до выборов президента
- "КиберБеркут": Коломойский спонсировал части Нацгвардии на юго-востоке | РИА Новости
- "Кибер-Беркут" вскрыл схемы карательных операций Коломойского - Первый по срочным новостям — LIFE | NEWS
- Вести.Ru: КиберБеркут утверждает: на Украине готовится военный переворот
- Хакеры заявили, что взломали переписку Авакова об убийстве Сашко Билого // KP.RU
- Организация "Киберберкут" заблокировала сайт президента Украины - ИТАР-ТАСС
- "Хакеры узнали настоящее имя командира батальона «Донбасс»". Вести.ру. 2014-07-30.
- «Порошенко, Ляшко и Ярош военные преступники!», — «КиберБеркут» взломал киевские рекламные билборды (видео)
- Cyber-Angriff auf Kanzleramt und Bundestag, Die Welt, January 7th, 2015
- СБУ задержала организацию хакеров "Киберберкут" - за попытку срыва выборов президента
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