Ukraine's leading mobile operator, Kyivstar, suffered a cyberattack by a Russian hacker group called Solntsepek, linked to the notorious Sandworm. The attack was carried out through a compromised employee account. Kyivstar's CEO, Oleksandr Komarov, stated that the company may need weeks to fully restore services after the breach. The cyberattack on Kyivstar is part of a larger trend, with Ukrainian cyber units hacking into Russia's tax system and Monobank, one of Ukraine's largest banks, also reporting a massive hacker attack.
Kyivstar may need weeks to restore all services after cyber attack - CEO https://t.co/Bwcpt6OEcD https://t.co/aTWY0cv1eb
❗️#Kyivstar in the second half of the day will start restoring mobile internet," said the company's president, Komarov. https://t.co/kslPHJ1PWy
⚡Kyivstar CEO: Hackers used compromised employee account to carry out attack. Russian hackers broke through Kyivstar's cyber security through the compromised account of one of the company's employees, CEO Oleksandr Komarov said on air on Dec. 13. https://t.co/wTGWljFahT
❗️#Kyivstar was hacked through the account of one of its employees, stated the company's president, Komarov. "The issue lies not in the technologies, but in the fact that in any organization, there might be people who, figuratively speaking, point Russian missiles or give away… https://t.co/qtku99Tevr https://t.co/fbyIXKr4SO
A hacker group calling itself Solntsepek—previously linked to Russia’s notorious Sandworm hackers—says it carried out a disruptive breach of Kyivstar, a major Ukrainian mobile and internet provider. https://t.co/INEcbwifBp
The Russian hacker group Solntsepek, which has been linked to the GRU unit Sandworm, has taken credit for yesterday's massive cyberattack on Ukrainian telecom giant Kyivstar. https://t.co/3eAG5ZdjK3 https://t.co/O5UNWVv7Jd
A cyberattack on Ukraine's leading mobile operator has been tied to a notorious Russian hacking group known as Sandworm. https://t.co/TomgKbOUdJ
A cyberattack on Ukraine's leading mobile operator has been tied to a notorious Russian hacking group known as Sandworm. https://t.co/FJLYRffyNG
Ukrainian cyber units hacked into thousands of servers of Russia's tax system, extracting sensitive information before destroying the tax database, Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) said on Dec. 12. https://t.co/GUwHDwdK59
A hacker group calling itself Solntsepek—previously linked to Russia's notorious Sandworm hackers—says it carried out a disruptive breach of Kyivstar, a major Ukrainian mobile and internet provider. https://t.co/dQXmAqnf6p
Kyivstar aims to restore some of mobile network on Wednesday after cyber attack https://t.co/lO56xP0szY https://t.co/jB7NN7iiMm
A "massive" hacker attack was reported on Dec. 12 by Monobank, one of Ukraine's largest banks, the company's co-founder and CEO Oleh Horokhovskyi said. https://t.co/xghLDO1TMf