Kremlin planning Champions League cyber attack, Ukrainian state agency claims - power storage devices
According to Ukraine's National Security Department, the Russian government is preparing a massive cyber attack on Saturday's Champions League final.
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The security department of Cisco, the computer network company that detected the attack-
They said that due to the urgency of preventing the attack, they were investigating the release of information before it was completed.
Cisco has warned hackers have infected at least 500,000 internet routers and storage devices in complex states
Malware has been developed in dozens of countries, with a focus on Ukraine.
The capital will have the Champions League final on Saturday night and Liverpool will face Real Madrid.
The Ukrainian security agency said in a statement that its experts "believe that hardware infections in Ukrainian territory are preparing for another cyber aggression by the Russian Federation, aiming to destabilize the situation during the Champions League final.
Cisco's Martin Lee told Sky News that the affected countries include the UK, but the main target of the hacking campaign is Ukraine.
The malware that Cisco calls VPNFilter can be used for espionage or to destroy the device it is infected.
This could cause serious damage in Ukraine, and a year later, the country spread all over the world and dismantled the Chernobyl radiation monitoring system in the process.
Earlier this year,
Called NotPetya-
Apologies to the Russian government
The Kremlin has denied these claims, as well as other claims that Russia is involved in radical cyber activities aimed at damaging the Ukrainian economy.
Cisco said it will make public its knowledge of the VPNFilter movement because it is concerned about the upcoming attack, although Cisco suspects it will happen on the Ukrainian constitutional day of June 28.
Some of the country's major cyberattacks that have become victims have been launched around the National Day, as well as the grid attacks shortly before Christmas on 2015 and 2016.
The latest warning from the National Cyber Security Center about hacking into internet infrastructure is the first to suggest this.
A spokesman for the National Cyber Security Center said: "This study promptly reminds organizations and family users to master the basics and help protect their systems from cyber threats.
"We actively encourage everyone to follow the manufacturer's advice and make sure they install the patch and use-to-
Date AV software
Best practice advice for good web hygiene can be found on the NCSC website.
"The Russian embassy in London did not immediately respond to Sky News from the Russian Federation responsible for VPNFilter.