More cyberattacks and harmful viruses have hit Ukraine.
In the midst of Russia's tensions, Ukraine has been targeted by additional cyberattacks and deadly viruses. Ukraine's parliament, as well as other government and banking websites, were targeted by a new wave of distributed-denial-of-service attacks on Wednesday, according to cybersecurity experts. Unidentified attackers also infected hundreds of computers with destructive malware, according to researchers. Officials have long predicted that cyberattacks would precede and follow any Russian military entry, and analysts said the intrusions followed a nearly two-decade-old Russian playbook of combining cyber operations with real-world action. ESET Research Labs claimed it discovered a new data-wiping piece of malware on hundreds of workstations in Ukraine on Wednesday. However, it was unclear how many networks were affected. In answer to an inquiry from The Associated Press about whether the virus was successful in its wiping capacity, ESET research leader Jean-Ian Boutin said, &q