Soon after taking down Soviet monuments in a province with a large Russian ethnic population, Estonia said on Thursday that it had thwarted "the most extensive cyber attack since 2007".
On Wednesday, the Russian hacker collective Killnet claimed responsibility for the attack and announced that it had blocked access to more than 200 public and private institutions in Estonia, including an online citizen identity system. An Estonian government official, however, said on Thursday that the attack had little overall impact.
Estonia faced its "most extensive" cyberattacks since 2007 on Wednesday (August 17), following the removal of several Soviet monuments, including a tank, from the eastern border city of Narva, the government's Chief information officer said on Thursday.
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Estonia faced its "most extensive" cyberattacks since 2007's Bronze Night on Wednesday (August 17), following the removal of several Soviet monuments, including a tank, from the eastern border city of Narva, the government's chief information officer said on Thursday.
Estonia has repelled "the most extensive cyber attacks since 2007", it said on Thursday, shortly after removing Soviet monuments in a region with an ethnic Russian majority.