Swiss authorities noted on Thursday “as expected” the first cyberattacks linked to the organization of the Peace Conference in Ukraine this weekend. “These attacks are expected and there is currently no acute danger,” the Federal Office for Cybersecurity said in a statement, without attributing the origin of the attacks.
These overload attacks, also known by their English acronym DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service), “resulted in small outages within the defined tolerance range. The operation of the affected units was not significantly affected,” the Office said. With such cyberattacks, “hacktivists aim to launch disruptive maneuvers in cyberspace in order to disseminate their political message and attract attention,” add the Swiss authorities who had indicated to expect these attempts.
Dozens of leaders from around the world will meet in Switzerland on Saturday and Sunday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a Summit designed as a “first step” to find the path to peace in Ukraine, in the presence of just under around a hundred countries and international organizations, but in the absence of Russia and China. The objective of the Summit, requested by kyiv, is to “inspire a future peace process”, but the outcome of the meeting remains uncertain. Ukraine hopes to gain broad international support by laying out the conditions it believes are necessary to end the war.
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