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

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, apart from the armed war between the two sides, there has been a ‘cyber war’. So far, both sides have mutually dealt with heavy cyber attacks on each other, and access to government sites and banks has been blocked many times due to these attacks, including by independent hacker groups.

Now a very powerful new cyberattack has occurred in Ukraine. It was stated that the attack on the country’s largest fixed line telecommunications company, Ukrtelecom, was the most severe cyber attack since the beginning of the Russian invasion.

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

After this massive attack on Ukrtelecom, the company stopped providing services 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, it is unknown for now whether the company is suffering from a denial of service (DDoS) attack or a deeper and more sophisticated attack.

However, Ukrtelecom acknowledged the attack in its responses to customer comments on Facebook. In one of these comments, Ukrtelecom stated that the company’s services were cut as a result of “the enemy’s strong cyber attack.” Due to the load and problems in internal systems, the contact center and Facebook operators are unable to process customer requests.”

NetBlocks, which monitors internet outages around the world, stated that Ukrtelecom has been dealing with the service interruption problem since this morning. Related to the issue. Speaking to Forbes as NetBlocks director, Alp Toker said of an incident that he described as the most important cyber attack since the invasion of Russia, “The new attack deeply disconnected Ukraine at a national level, for a long time and effectively,” and said, “It is in the most heated conflict zones.” unlike blackouts and blackouts, this event deeply hurts the country’s national operator. n hit, and they seem to be having a hard time mitigating the event.”