Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s vice prime minister, requested help from amateurs to form the IT Army of Ukraine Ukrinform/Shutterstock
Thousands of amateur hackers from countries around the world have joined a Ukrainian group dedicated to bringing down Russian government and financial websites in response to the invasion of the country, according to statements from the Ukrainian government, evidence of Russian website outages and instant-messaging groups seen by Âé¶¹´«Ã½.
The so-called IT Army of Ukraine was conceived by Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s vice prime minister, who – two days after the invasion began – that the…



