Russian hackers threaten Europe with digital apocalypse: psychological operation or real threat?

Russian hackers regularly attack the digital infrastructure of Ukraine and the European Union, but having received a powerful backlash, the aggressor state's cybercriminals have begun to spread the threat of an attack on an unprecedented scale.

Here's What We Know

Russian propaganda channels are publishing an address by the head of the KillNet hacker group, in which he states that his team is ready to organise a "digital apocalypse" for the countries of the European Union and Ukraine, with France being the first to suffer.

According to the KillNet leader, Europe will face a transport collapse of unprecedented magnitude, disruption of industries and internet outages.

Our team is alerting you as opponents of the launch of a massive cyber operation against Europe and Ukraine.

Russian media claims that KillNet hackers have created an "unprecedented network weapon" that "ransomware and DDoS-ers" cannot match.

There is no doubt that Russia will continue to conduct regular cyberattacks on the digital infrastructure of various states, but in this case, the ostentatious announcement of the event, which looks more like a psychological attack, is disconcerting.

Russian propagandists are masters of such intimidation and manipulation, so we urge not to panic at every such statement, but be prepared for any development of the situation.

This leaves KillNet's statement:

Source: propaganda channel, which we do not specify