Consequences of the hacker attack on Kyivstar: problems with street lighting in Dnipro

Due to a large-scale hacker attack on  Kyivstar mobile operator, Dnipro may face problems with street lighting today. This is reported by the Dnipro City Council, UNN reports.

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Due to a hacker attack on Kyivstar in Dnipro, street lighting will not be available everywhere. The fact is that 80% of the city's lighting is switched on through the GSM channel of Kyivstar mobile operator

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The city council noted that first, they will manually turn on the lights on bridges, central streets and highways. In case of restoration of communication, outdoor lighting will work in full.

Addendum

Also, due to a hacker attack on Kyivstar, the local central air raid warning system is not working in Dnipro.

The city council reminded citizens that the "Air Alert" signal is announced on Bayraktar radio, Hit FM, and the DNIPROTV TV channel. In addition, you can find out about the alarm on the Telegram channel SIREN. DNIPRO or in the Viber community 

As a reminder,

Kyivstar statedthat due to a technical failure in the network, there were problems with access to mobile communications and the Internet. Later, Kyivstar explained the large-scale outage as a powerful hacker attack.