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In the videos, Mediazona spotted a water cannon that could be used to disperse demonstrations, as well as military trucks, vehicles used to transport detainees and a tractor with a special armored vehicle (the publication does not know exactly if it was a tank or an armored vehicle) .
As meduza.io recalls, in Belarus on August 9. presidential elections are taking place. When polling stations close in the country, opponents from the center of Minsk intend to take to the streets. Belarusian Telegram channels and the media also report that a large number of vehicles for the transport of detainees have appeared in Minsk.
On the morning of August 9, it was announced that the Belarusian police and special services would start working under the reinforced regime.
Announce DDoS attacks
In Belarus on August 8 at 10 p.m. There was a large wave of DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks against the country’s BY-NET Internet network infrastructure, the National Center for Computer Incident Response (CERT.BY) reported Sunday.
“The National Center for Computer Incident Response of the Republic of Belarus (CERT.BY) will be held on August 8, 2020 at approximately 10 pm. It recorded a large wave of DDoS attacks against the BY- network infrastructure. NET, ”the center said in a statement.
According to CERT.BY, “the targets of the Committee of State Security (KGB) of the Republic of Belarus (kgb.gov.by) and the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Belarus (mvd.gov.by) have been identified as targets of the attack. “.
“The impact continued on August 9, 2020. The attacks were carried out at 2 p.m. 52 min. And 6 p.m. 17 minutes, the duration of each one was one hour,” the center’s report reads.
“It should be noted that the security technology solutions (Anti-DDoS) of the communications service providers have resisted these attacks, but according to our data there have been problems with the equipment,” representatives of the center told Interfax.
Yuri Petručenia, CEO of Beltelecom, the country’s largest internet operator, was quoted as saying about cyber attacks from abroad against the websites of Belarusian state institutions, as quoted by the Belarusian state news agency Belta.
The cyberattacks, he said, began before the presidential election and are continuing today.
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