DIU cyber specialists paralyze a nuclear munitions developer in Russia
Kyiv • UNN
Cyber specialists of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, together with hackers, attacked a provider in Snezhinsk, paralyzing the work of the All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics. The attack destroyed data, obtained personal information, and revealed mechanisms for circumventing sanctions.
Cyber specialists of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine together with hackers have paralyzed the work of an enterprise near the Russian city of Chelyabinsk that develops nuclear weapons. UNN reports this with reference to the GUR.
cyber specialists of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine together with the hacker group "VO Team" worked productively near Chelyabinsk and paralyzed the work of the enterprise that develops nuclear weapons of the aggressor state of Russia
As a result of a successful attack on the only provider in the city of Snezhinsk, Chelyabinsk region of Russia, Vega, 1173 switches and 10 servers were reportedly disabled. The information on Vega's servers was destroyed.
A number of strategic enterprises in the city have been without internet and communication services for almost a week. Among them is VNIITF (All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics). According to the GUR, this is a Russian nuclear munitions developer that was connected only to the Vega provider.
"A successful attack in the aggressor's cyberspace allowed us to obtain personal data of employees and an array of other documents of the said plant, which is under sanctions. The information obtained, in particular, allows us to establish the mechanisms of circumvention of sanctions and the persons involved," the GUR said in a statement.
The cyber operation also threatens the disruption of Russia's state defense order, as evidenced by comments in local public spaces in Snezhinsk, the DIU added.
