Russian hackers, linked to the notorious Sandworm group, carried out a cyberattack on Kyivstar, Ukraine's leading mobile operator. The attack, which used a compromised employee account, disrupted mobile and internet services, affecting half the population of Ukraine. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is assisting Kyivstar in restoring the network, with over 95% of mobile communication base stations operating normally. Kyivstar aims to restore all services, but it may take weeks. The CEO, Oleksandr Komarov, stated that the issue lies in compromised accounts within organizations. The Russian hacker group, Solntsepek, claimed responsibility for the attack, and Kyivstar is gradually restoring its services.
❗️#Kyivstar suffers another outage. Users from different regions, including Lviv, Mykolaiv, #Kyiv and Poltava regions, have reported the absence of mobile communication. The company's specialists are working to restore services. https://t.co/OQP84naJLj
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/CC3HcDNbRm
📶#Kyivstar has stabilized communication in #Kyiv and resumed roaming, according to the company's press service. Currently, over 95% of mobile communication base stations in the controlled territories of Ukraine are operating normally. https://t.co/VB99Vp2GBB
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❗️#Kyivstar in the second half of the day will start restoring mobile internet," said the company's president, Komarov. https://t.co/kslPHJ1PWy
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⚡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
#MustRead: Broadband and mobile provider Kyivstar claims to have been hit by a massive cyberattack from hackers that has disrupted its services in Ukraine. https://t.co/ekSjhwtrxM
⚡️ Kyivstar begins restoring services following cyberattack. Kyivstar, Ukraine's leading phone operator, began gradually restoring its services after a massive cyberattack caused network and internet outages, the company announced on Dec. 13. https://t.co/rClCt0LZmy
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
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⚡️ Russian hacker group claims responsibility for Kyivstar cyberattack. A Russian hacker group claimed responsibility for the recent cyberattack against Ukraine's leading phone operator, Kyivstar, the SBU reported on Dec. 13. https://t.co/G1wb7IELxB
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
Broadband and mobile provider Kyivstar claims to have been hit by a massive cyberattack from hackers that has disrupted its services in Ukraine. https://t.co/ekSjhwsTIe
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⚠️ UKRAINE SAYS RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE-LINKED HACKERS CLAIM CYBERATTACK ON MOBILE NETWORK A cyberattack that knocked Ukraine’s biggest mobile network operator offline has been claimed by a hacking group believed to be affiliated with Russian military intelligence, Ukraine's cyber… https://t.co/uI3vFGG1lJ
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🚨 Ukraine's largest telecom operator, 📡 Kyivstar, hit by a #cyberattack, disrupting mobile and internet services. Read more about this here: https://t.co/St5uYtb1wV #cybersecurity #informationsecurity
❗️The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is assisting #Kyivstar in restoring the network. According to preliminary estimates, today it is planned to restore fixed-line internet to households and start launching mobile and internet services. https://t.co/nD70orKspt
The CEO of Ukrainian cellphone network Kyivstar says the company is suffering from the biggest cyberattack on a telecom network in history. https://t.co/0pH8qunyxh