Ukraine’s largest mobile network operator was hit this Tuesday (12) by what appears to be the biggest cyber attack in the war with Russia so far.
The fact interrupted cell phone and internet services for millions of people, in addition to the air raid warning system in parts of the Kiev region, the country’s capital.
Kyivstar has 24.3 million mobile data subscribers — more than half of Ukraine’s population — as well as more than 1.1 million home internet subscribers.
The company’s CEO, Oleksandr Komarov, said the attack was a result of the war with Russia, although he did not say which Russian body he believes was responsible. According to him, the company’s IT infrastructure was “partially destroyed”.
“War is also happening in cyberspace. Unfortunately, we were hit as a result of this war,” Komarov said on national TV.
“[O ataque] significantly damaged [nossa] infrastructure, limited access, we were unable to combat it at the virtual level, so we physically closed Kyivstar to limit the enemy’s access,” he explained.
The Ukrainian intelligence agency, the SBU, told Reuters that one of the possibilities it is investigating is a cyber attack carried out by Russian security services.
The Russian Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Kyivstar later released a statement on Facebook saying it had restored some services and expected all its operations to return to normal this Wednesday (13). Services would be restored gradually, he concluded.
Source: CNN Brasil
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