GUR attacked providers in Russia on a “holiday”: dozens of industrial facilities' resources blocked
Kyiv • UNN
Ukrainian intelligence conducted a large-scale cyberattack on Russian telecommunications and industrial resources. About 70 terabytes of data were destroyed, dozens of servers and hundreds of computers of Russian military-industrial enterprises were affected.
On Independence Day, the GUR, together with Ukrainian hackers, launched a large-scale attack on Russian mobile and Internet providers, as well as on information resources and cloud storage of large Russian industrial facilities that support the Russian military-industrial complex. This was reported to UNN by a source.
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According to a source in military intelligence, users in Russia are complaining en masse about the malfunctions of the digital service provider Rostelecom, complaining about the lack of Internet connection at mobile operators MTC and Beeline, complaining about Yandex, because Yandex.mail, Yandex.food and Yandex.taxi are not working. It is emphasized that all the attacked Russian resources support and finance the war against Ukraine.
In addition, dozens of resources of large industrial facilities of the Russian Federation, which ensure the operation of the military-industrial complex of the terrorist state, were affected by this powerful cyberattack.
In particular, according to a source of UNN, the network infrastructure of the Chaika-Service car plant (which produces special equipment for Russian law enforcement agencies), Kontur-NIIRS LLC (which produces special equipment for airplanes and helicopters), and I.S. Brooke INEUM PJSC (which supplies hardware and software, servers, processors, etc.) was attacked.
Sources claim that the cloud and file storages of the Internet service provider Mail.ru, VDSina, the Internet service provider Kvideks, National Cable Networks LLC, Central Telegraph PJSC, and others were also attacked. In addition, at least two dozen other resources of companies that manufacture lighting equipment, diesel stations, hosting providers, ballistic protection products, etc. were affected.
The cyberattack affected at least 33 servers and 283 workstations at industrial facilities, destroyed 15 cloud and file storages, and took down 21 websites. The total amount of information destroyed is about 70 terabytes. At the same time, in place of the destroyed web resources, Ukrainian hackers left "plugs" with propaganda content in support of Ukraine's victorious actions
"This is another cyber greeting to the inhabitants of the marshes. We will definitely see them again. Happy Independence Day of Ukraine!" the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine commented on the attack.
