Ukrainian intelligence launches cyberattack on services of United Russia party

Employees of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence have conducted a "large-scale cyberattack" on the services of the ruling United Russia party.

This was reported by sources of Radio Liberty.

The sources noted that the Russian party's websites and servers, as well as ER.RU and edinros domains, are currently under attack.

According to Ukrainian intelligence, some of the resources of United Russia are currently down, although the party claims that "the work of critical digital infrastructure is being maintained".

"On Friday morning, the Russian ruling party announced a large-scale DDoS attack on all its electronic services, linking it to the 'Dictation of Victory' campaign scheduled for today," the publication adds.

• On 5 March, it was reported that Ukrainian intelligence officers had successfully carried out a DDoS attack against the Russian Ministry of Defence, gaining access to the ministry's servers, ciphers and classified documents.