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(Morning News) Two sources revealed that the Ukrainian government is recruiting volunteers from Ukrainian underground hackers to help protect the national key infrastructure from attacked and perform cyber spy mission against the Russian army.
Reuters reported that when Russia launched an attack on multiple cities in Ukraine on Thursday (February 24), the call for recruiting volunteers began to appear at the Ukrainian hacking forum on the morning.
A post that appeared on the Internet wrote: "Ukraine online community! It's time to participate in the network defense of our country!" And ask hackers and network security expertsExperts such as malware development and professional recommendation.
Osheff, co -founder of a network security company, told Reuters that he issued the post at the request of a senior official of the Ukraine Ministry of Defense and said that officials from the Ministry of National Defense contacted him earlier that day.
Osheff's company has provided services to the Ukrainian government to cooperate to improve the network protection of key national infrastructure.
Another person who participated in the online spy mission also confirmed that the Ukraine Department of Defense asked him to provide assistance on Thursday morning.
The representative of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense did not respond to Reuters' comment requests.A military officer of the Ukraine Embassy in Washington said that "cannot confirm or deny from the Telegram Channel" mobile message platform, and refuses to make further comment.
