Ukraine hit with another massive cyber attack; one GOP senator warns Russian missile strikes could follow: The Ukrainian government said it was hit with another critical cyber attack on Wednesday, this one taking down several government websites and banks in the Eastern European country. The attack, called a mass distributed denial of service attack, or DDoS, reportedly began around 4 p.m. local time, according to a post by Mykhailo Fedorov, head of Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation, CNBC reported. In a post on his Telegram, Fedorov reported that websites for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cabinet of Ministers, and Verkhovna Rada, the country’s parliament, were among those affected by the attack. The government websites were offline as of Wednesday morning as officials attempted to switch traffic to another provider in order to minimize damage. CNBC noted that a DDoS attack is when a hacker floods a target's network or server with traffic so that others can't access it. Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said in a tweet Wednesday that massive cyber attacks on the Ukrainian government and the disruption of communications were part of Russia's plan. He also warned that the cyber attacks would be "followed by targeted missile strikes against air defense sites [and] ammunition/weapons depots." https://www.theblaze.com/news/ukraine-hit-with-another-cyber-attack -Fair Use- Purim is Feb. 26 on the Essene Calendar.
