By the end of February, Russia officially joined Ukraine and made a decision that will go down in history. war had stated. This crisis, which was on the agenda of the whole world, led to sanctions against Russia by many companies and countries. Moreover, because we live in an increasingly digital world, this war had major consequences for the cyber world.

Many hacker groups from around the world have made statements after the crisis. Groups such as Anonymous supported Ukraine and staged attacks on Russia. In addition, hackers in Russia also attacked Ukraine. In addition, some other hacker groups, all of which you can find here, stated that they would defend Russia. As the ramifications of war continue in the cyber world, now the tech giant from Microsoft A statement has come.

Domain names of a Russian hacker group seized

Microsoft announced that it will discontinue sales of its products in Russia and provide cybersecurity support to Ukraine, drawing attention to the cyberattacks against Ukraine in a blog post shared on April 7. Giant company, Russian hacker group with ties to Russian military intelligence to Strontium (known as Fancy Bear or APT28) confiscates domain names explained.

US based company, these sites of Russian attackers Ukrainian media, US and European Union institutions He said he used it to aim. Let’s also mention that Strontium has attacked these countries, including Ukraine, in previous years, including the US elections.

According to the statements, Microsoft received a court order on April 6 to get its hands on the domain names. These domains were then forwarded to servers called “sinkholes” that cybersecurity experts use to detect and analyze malicious links. As a result of this More than 100 domains were seized stated in the company statements.

Finally, Tom Burt, Microsoft’s vice president of customer security, said in his statements that Strontium was trying to support the invasion and leaking sensitive information. Burt added that the Ukrainian government are informed he also added.