Ukraine Crisis: Official Kremlin Website Down Amid Russian Invasion

Following allegations of denial of service (DDoS) attacks on multiple Russian government and state media websites, the official website of the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin's office, kremlin.ru, was down. The disruptions occurred as Ukraine's Vice Prime Minister announced the formation of a "IT army" to battle Russian cyber-attacks. According to specialists at the cybersecurity firm ESET, a newly discovered piece of damaging malware was detected spreading in Ukraine on Wednesday, affecting hundreds of machines. Suspicion fell on Russia, which has been accused of hacking Ukraine and other nations on several occasions. According to Reuters, the victims included government institutions and a financial institution. Last week, the United Kingdom and the United States said that Russian military hackers were behind a wave of DDoS assaults that temporarily took down Ukrainian banking and government websites prior to the Russian invasion. The charges have...