"Estonia Says it Repelled Major Cyber Attack After Removing Soviet Monuments"

Estonia moved to boost cybersecurity in 2007 after suffering extensive attacks on public and private websites that it blamed on Russians angry at its removal of a Soviet-era statue.  An Estonian government official recently stated that Estonia has repelled "the most extensive cyberattacks since 2007".  The cyberattacks occurred shortly after removing Soviet monuments in a region with an ethnic Russian majority.  Russian hacker group Killnet claimed responsibility for the attack, stating on its Telegram account that it had blocked access to more than 200 state and private Estonian institutions, such as an online citizen identification system.  However, an Estonian government official said the attack's impact was limited.  Killnet, which claimed a similar attack against Lithuania in June, said it acted after a Soviet Tu-34 tank was removed from public display in the town of Narva to a museum on Tuesday.  The Estonian government on Tuesday ordered the swift removal of all public Soviet memorials in majority Russian-speaking Narva, citing rising tensions in the town and accusing Russia of trying to exploit the past to divide Estonian society.  
 

Reuters reports: "Estonia Says it Repelled Major Cyber Attack After Removing Soviet Monuments"