DDoS attacks surge in popularity in Ukraine — but are they more than a cheap thrill?

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DDoS attacks surge in popularity in Ukraine — but are they more than a cheap thrill?

This past weekend, Russia’s major cinema chains were dragged into the war in Ukraine when, over a period of a few hours, their websites suffered a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Across the country, at least 80 cinemas, including Kinomax, Mori Cinema, Luxor and Almaz, were unable to sell tickets online. 

The group taking credit for the attacks is Ukraine’s most famous collection of hacktivists — the IT Army — who on July 11 wrote on its Telegram channel: “The fewer tickets Russians buy online, the less money goes to the state budget to finance the war in Ukraine.”

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