Discord, Spotify and C8 affected by a Russian cyberattack?

War in Ukraine Russia uses never before seen malware

The Discord and Spotify services, but also the C8 channel, were inaccessible on Tuesday, the fault of muscular cyberattacks. Services have been restored, but since then major slowdowns and malfunctions have impacted social networks and the services of the biggest Internet players. Without formally attributing these cyberattacks, all eyes are on Russia.

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Perhaps you have noticed major slowdowns or content that has not been displayed for a day or two on your services and apps favorite mobiles? After major malfunctions at Discord, Spotify and the C8 TV channel, the problems have spread to all major players inInternetwhether it isAmazonof googlefrom YouTube, Twitter or facebook. Everything’universe from digital seems impacted by what appears to be a gigantic cyberattack. Obviously, given the current situation, with the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army and the heavy economic sanctions applied to Russia, all eyes are on the hackers affiliates to Kremlin.

A massive wave of cyberattacks spreading

It must be said that these attacks began in the wake of Ukraine’s application for membership of the European Union, as well as those of Moldova and Georgia. They intensified an hour after the announcement by the United States of an embargo on the oil and the gas Russian.

Analysts expected an increase in the intensity of these attacks after an announcement from Poland regarding the supply of fighter jets Mig-29 to Ukraine via Americans. In the end, Washington refused this option. To follow the evolution of this wave massive cyberattacks, the site Downdetector displays reports of concerns and disturbances. For their part, the Anonymous affirm having hacked Russian TV channels on Sunday to broadcast for a few minutes images of the war in Ukraine that the Russian media censor.

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