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Hacker attack on Kyivstar: demand for lifecell eSIMs has increased 10 times

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Lifecell's demand for eSIMs has increased 10 times after a times after the hacker attack on Kyivstar, which left thousands of users were left without communication. This was reported to UNN by the press service of lifecell.

Demand for SIM cards and eSIMs has increased significantly, as has traffic to our website and app. For example, traffic to our website has grown more than 5 times, while the demand for eSIMs increased 10 times. Our team is currently working on ensuring the stability of our network and ensuring the correct operation of services for our subscribers

 - the press service said.

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In addition, the company emphasized that a failure in the the network of any operator affects the work of others,  the load on the network and services of on the network and services of operating operators.

SEE ALSO: Kyivstar plans to launch mobile and Internet services today - SBU

"Today in the lifecell network  there are difficulties with account replenishment and activation of new subscribers, website or application. At the same time, our network  is currently stable," lifecell summarized.

As a reminder,

Due to a technical failure in Kyivstar, the network's subscribers lost access to mobile communications and the Internet. "Kyivstar explained the large-scale failure as a powerful hacker attack. The Security Service of Ukraine opened a criminal investigation into the cyberattack on Kyivstar.

A Russian pseudo-hacker group has claimed responsibility for yesterday's attack on Kyivstar mobile operator. 

Lilia Podolyak

Technologies

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