The work of the systems of GenBank, the Russian National Commercial Bank, Bank Center-Invest and KreditUralBank was paralyzed.
Cyber specialists from the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense conducted a large-scale cyber attack on four Russian banks in temporarily occupied Crimea. Ukrinform reported this with reference to a source in the Main Intelligence Directorate on Friday, November 1.
“Cyber specialists from the Main Intelligence Directorate conducted a large-scale cyber attack on four Russian banks operating illegally in the temporarily occupied Crimea As a result of a successful 24-hour attack of DDoS, the work of remote banking systems of Genbank , Russian National Commercial Bank, Center-Invest Bank and KreditUralBank was paralyzed.”
According to a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate, tens of thousands of Russians were left without online access to their bank accounts after many complained about malfunctioning mobile banking applications and the inability to carry out any financial transactions. .
The banks themselves confirmed “the largest DDoS attack in history, which became an unexpected challenge for the bank team” and warned clients about the lack of access to all online banking systems.
We remind you that earlier power steering hackers attacked satellite communications in Russia. In early October, GUR cyber experts attacked the financial sector of the Russian Federation.
Source: korrespondent
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