Russia's Killnet group claims responsibility for cyberattack on Lithuanian sites

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Russia's Killnet group has claimed responsibility for cyberattack on Lithuanian sites
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Russia's Killnet group has claimed responsibility for cyberattack on Lithuanian sites

'We have demolished 1652 web resources,' hackers say

Russian hacker group Killnet says it launched a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on Lithuania on Monday in response to the country's decision to block the transit of goods subject to Eur...

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