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Holidays, public holidays, any "extra" days off - this is an opportunity for attackers to try to launch an attack. The attackers' calculation is simple: the fewer "defending" specialists are at their workplaces, the higher the chances of breaking into the perimeter, establishing themselves, and causing damage. It was the same last year: at the beginning of May 2024, we were approached for help in investigating two serious cybersecurity incidents that occurred during the May holidays. Attackers targeted and destroyed the virtual infrastructure of large organizations and temporarily paralyzed their business operations. The normal weekend was ruined not only for our on-duty experts but also for representatives of the affected organizations, who had to trade nature and barbecue for servers and logs.