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CyberBerkut
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<p>CyberBerkut is a modern organized group of pro-Russian <a href="/facts/Hacktivism/Pf2eep2m">hacktivists</a>. The group became locally known for a series of publicity stunts and <a href="/facts/DDoS_attack/6nkoK02J">distributed denial-of-service</a> (DDoS) attacks on Ukrainian government, and western or Ukrainian corporate websites. By 2018, this group was accused by western intelligence agencies, such as <a href="/facts/National_Cyber_Security_Centre_(United_Kingdom)/u3X1682N">National Cyber Security Centre (United Kingdom)</a> of being linked to the <a href="/facts/GRU_(Russian_Federation)/V1cWjcC6">GRU</a>, providing plausible deniability. </p>