The Russian group SBU has claimed responsibility for the hacker attack on Kyivstar

The Russian group SBU has claimed responsibility for the hacker attack on Kyivstar

Kyiv  •  UNN

December 13 2023, 10:08 AM • 36557 views

A Russian hacker group is blamed for the attack on Ukraine's Kyivstar mobile network; services are restored, and the SBU is investigating.

 Responsibility for yesterday's attack on the mobile operator  Kyivstar was claimed by a Russian pseudo-hacker group. Today they plan to start the launch of Kyivstar mobile communications and Internet.  This was reported by UNN with reference to the press service of the SBU.

Details

Responsibility for the attack has already been claimed by one of the Russian pseudo-hacker group has already claimed responsibility for the attack. It is a hacker unit of the main Department of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (better known as the game), which thus publicly legalizes the results of its criminal activities

- the SBU stated.

The attack caused critical damage to Kyivstar's digital infrastructure. critical damage. Reportedly, the restoration of all services in compliance with the necessary security protocols will take time.

Cyber specialists of the Security Service of Ukraine and specialists of "Kyivstar specialists in cooperation with other government agencies continue to work on to restore the network after yesterday's hacker attack.  According to preliminary estimates, on December 13 it is planned to restore fixed internet for households, as well as to start launch of mobile communications and the Internet

- the SBU said in a Telegram post.

As a reminder

Due to a technical failure in Kyivstar, subscribers lost access to mobile communications and the Internet. "Kyivstar explained the large-scale failure by a powerful hacker attack. The SBU opened a criminal investigation into the cyberattack on "Kyivstar, suspecting Russia of involvement.

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