Since the beginning of the Russian war against Ukraine, many Western countries have increased their readiness for cyber attacks.
Italian police prevented hacker attacks by pro-Russian cyber groups during semifinals and finals of the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin. This was reported by Reuters.
It is noted that during the voting and speeches of the contestants, the Italian police repulsed several cyberattacks on the network infrastructure by the hacker group Killnet and its “unit” Legion.
More On May 11, Killnet announced a hacker attack on the websites of several Italian institutions, including the Senate, the upper house of the Italian parliament and the National Institutes of Health.
to potential cyberattacks on IT systems and infrastructure, writes Reuters.
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It will be recalled that the Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. After the performance, frontman Oleg Psyuk, despite the ban, addressed to the world community with the call “Save Mariupol! Save Azovstal! Right now!”. However, the organizers of the competition did not disqualify Ukrainians .
The Kalush Orchestra received 439 points from viewers from 40 countries , and the total number, with a score of 631 points.
See the special topic: Revenge of “Azov” for Ukraine's victory at Eurovision: the occupiers draw messages bombs Russian troops signed the bombs with the words: “Kalusha, as you requested!” Kalush Orchestra presented a video for the song “Stephanie” The video presents real footage of the war in Ukraine. The train from Kyiv to Ivano-Frankivsk will be called “Stephanie Express” At the main stations it will be greeted with a song. Mariupol defenders thank Kalush for support Ukrainian social networks “exploded” over the band's leader's appeal to the world community. How many points did Ukraine receive from different countries at Eurovision The Kalush Orchestra received the fewest points from Serbia, Northern Macedonia and Malta.
