Cyber ​​Attack on Ukraine’s Largest Internet Provider!

Apart from the armed war between the two sides, since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, there has been nothing else. ‘cyber warfare’ is happening. So far, both sides have mutually attacked each other with heavy cyber attacks, and access to government sites and banks has been blocked many times due to these attacks, including independent hacker groups.

Now, a very powerful new cyber attack has occurred in Ukraine. The attack on Ukrtelecom, the country’s largest fixed line telecommunications company, has been the case since the beginning of the Russian occupation. most violent cyber attack was stated.

The most violent cyber attack since the beginning of the Russian invasion

After this massive attack on Ukrtelecom, the company while shutting down service across the country; Victor Zhora, deputy head of the State Special Communications and Information Protection Service of Ukraine, reported that the government is investigating the attack. On the other hand, is the company from a denial-of-service (DDoS) attack or from a deeper and more complex attack It is unknown at this time whether he is suffering.

However, Ukrtelecom acknowledged the attack with its responses to customer comments on Facebook. In one of these comments the company’s services “the enemy’s powerful cyberattack” Ukrtelecom stated that it was discontinued as a result of “At the moment there are difficulties in using the internet service from Ukrtelecom. Our experts are doing everything possible to solve this problem as soon as possible. ” said and “Due to abnormal load and problems with internal systems, contact center and Facebook operators are unable to process customer requests.” he added.

NetBlocks, which monitors internet outages around the world, stated that Ukrtelecom has been dealing with the service interruption problem since this morning. Speaking to Forbes on the subject, NetBlocks director Alp Toker spoke about an event he described as the most important cyber attack since the Russian invasion. “The new attack is a long-term and effective interconnection of Ukraine at the national level. cut deeply“ said and “Unlike the cuts and interruptions in the most heated conflict zones, this incident hit the country’s national operator deeply and failed to mitigate the incident. seems to be struggling they look.” recorded as.