Ukraine’s largest mobile network operator was hit Tuesday by what appears to be the biggest cyberattack of the war with Russia so far, disrupting mobile phone and Internet services for millions of people, as well as the country’s warning system. safety. Kiev region.
Kyivstar has 24.3 million mobile subscribers – more than half of Ukraine’s population – and more than 1.1 million home Internet subscribers.
Its chief executive, Oleksandr Komarov, said the attack was a “result” of the war with Russia, although he did not specify which Russian body he held responsible. According to him, the company’s IT infrastructure was “partially destroyed.”
“The war is also going on in cyberspace. Unfortunately, we have been affected because of this war,” Komarov told the national television broadcast.
“(The attack) significantly damaged (our) infrastructure, limited access, we were unable to fight it on a virtual level, so we physically closed Kyivstar to limit the enemy’s access,” he said.
Ukraine’s SBU intelligence agency told Reuters that one of the possibilities it was investigating was a cyber attack carried out by Russian security services.
Russia’s 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 on Wednesday. Services will be restored gradually, she said.
Source: Terra
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