The cyberattack on Kyivstar is perhaps the largest hacker attack since the beginning of Russia’s all-out invasion.
British intelligence experts have called the recent cyber attack on Kyivstar one of the most devastating hacker attacks since the start of Russia’s all-out war. About this social network X reported The British Ministry of Defense, citing intelligence data.
On December 12, Ukraine’s largest mobile operator Kyivstar experienced a cyber attack, the effects of which lasted at least 48 hours, affecting the company’s mobile and data services. As a result of the cyber attack, more than half of the population of Ukraine was left without mobile and Internet communications. Kyivstar said that no leaks of clients’ personal data have been recorded.
This hacker attack disrupted the operation of air raid sirens, some banks, ATMs and point-of-sale terminals. At the same time, Monobank became the target of a DDoS attack, which led to the interruption of access to the bank’s website.
“With Ukrainian government resources and emergency services affected, this incident is likely to be one of the most explosive cyberattacks on Ukrainian networks since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion,” intelligence experts said. .
We remind you that on December 13, Russian hackers from the Solntepek group claimed responsibility for the cyber attack on Kyivstar, declaring the destruction of “10 thousand computers, more than 4 thousand servers. ” In this regard, Kyivstar denied the claims of Russian hackers.
Source: korrespondent
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