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Ukraine to review cyber defenses after airport targeted from Russia

  • January 24, 2016
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edwin_eekelaers
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Mon Jan 18, 2016 6:31am EST by  Pavel Polityuk & Alessandra Prentice
 
Ukrainian authorities will review the defenses of government computer systems, including at airports and railway stations, after a cyber attack on Kiev's main airport was launched from a server in Russia, officials told Reuters on Monday.
Malware similar to that which attacked three Ukrainian power firms in late December was detected last week in a computer in the IT network of Kiev's main airport, Boryspil. The network includes the airport's air traffic control.
 
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Baldrick
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I am afraid that I think that such a move is long overdue, and am surprised that the Ukrainian authorities have taken this long to take this action...at bit like 'bolting the stable door after the horse has gone'...LOL

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