According to Ukrinform, this was reported by Reuters.

During the voting and speeches of the participants, it was recorded that many cyber attacks against the network infrastructure by the hacker group Killnet and its branch Legion were repelled by the police.

On May 11, Killnet announced an attack on the websites of several Italian institutions, including the Senate, the upper house of the Italian parliament and the National Institutes of Health (ISS).

After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the governments of many Western countries stepped up their preparations for possible cyberattacks on their IT systems and infrastructure.

As Ukrinform reported, on the night of May 14-15, the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 took place in Turin, Italy, with 25 participants. According to the voting results of the professional jury and the audience of the competition, the representative of the Ukrainian Kalush Orchestra received the highest score – 631 (192 from the jury, 439 from the audience) and became the winner.