Ukrainian hackers destroyed a data center used by the Russian military-industrial complex - source

Ukrainian hackers destroyed a data center used by the Russian military-industrial complex - source

Kyiv  •  UNN

April 8 2024, 09:56 AM  •  23047 views

Blackjack hackers, together with the SBU Cyber Department, destroyed more than 300 TB of data from the Russian data center OwenCloud.ru, which was used by the Russian military-industrial complex, oil and gas, and telecom. The destruction of the Russian cloud service was in retaliation for the attack on the Ukrainian data center Parkovy in January this year.

Blackjack hackers , together with the SBU cyber department, have destroyed the Russian data center OwenCloud.ru, which was used by the Russian military-industrial complex, oil and gas, and telecom. More than 300TB of data was eliminated, UNN correspondent reports, citing his sources. 

Details 

More than 10,000 legal entities, including companies in the Russian military-industrial complex, oil and gas, metallurgy, aerospace, and telecommunications giants, stored their data in the OwenCloud.ru cloud service. Among them: "Ural Civil Aviation Plant, Rubin Research and Production Enterprise (part of the Roselektronika holding), Ural Specialized Equipment Plant, Gazprom, Transgaz, Lukoil, Rosneft, Norilsk Nickel, Rostelecom, Telecom, and Megafon.

According to UNN sources , it was a joint operation of the Ukrainian hacker group BLACKJACK with the SBU cyber department. They destroyed more than 300 tons of data. This includes 400 virtual and 42 physical servers that hosted internal documentation, backups and other programs that allowed clients to remotely control production processes at enterprises. 

The destruction of the Russian cloud service was a retaliation for the attack on the Ukrainian data center "Parkovy" in January this year

- indicated the source of UNN.
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Addendum 

On March 23, UNN reported that GUR hackers attacked several important servers in Russia, including the website of the Russian state awards, the server of the Russian government, and the website of the Russian Federal Security Service.