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Russia covers cybersecurity and information-security developments connected to Russia, including incidents, policy, privacy, advisories, research, and news affecting organizations, public services, and digital systems in the area.
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'Almost everything' wiped in the telecom attack, says Ukraine's top cyber spy Russia's Sandworm crew appear to have been responsible for knocking out mobile and internet services to about 24 million users in Ukraine last month with an attack on telco giant Kyivstar.…
Ukrainian cybersecurity authorities have disclosed that the Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as Sandworm was inside telecom operator Kyivstar's systems at least since May 2023
Nation-State Hackers Blamed for Severing Communications to 24 Million CitizensUkraine's security intelligence chief said Russian hackers had been responsible for severing internet access and mobile communications from telecom operator Kyivstar in December, after compromising the firm's network months ago. He said the "disastrous" cyberattack had wiped "almost everything."
If Ukraine's core telephone network can be taken out, organizations in the West could easily be next, Ukraine's SBU chief says.
The Russian hackers behind a December breach of Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest telecommunications service provider, have wiped all systems on the telecom operator's core network. [...]
Ukraine’s security service says Sandworm accessed Kyivstar’s system at least six months before launching the attack
Incident prompts Ukraine's security service to ask webcam operators in country to stop live broadcasts.
Ukraine’s security services revealed Russia has hacked surveillance cameras to spy on air defense activities and critical infrastructure in Kyiv ahead of missile strikes