On June 20, Russian banks experienced significant disruptions in payment processing due to a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. The attack, reportedly the largest in history, targeted multiple financial systems and banks, including VTB, Sberbank, Tinkoff, Alfa-Bank, Beeline, MTS, Rostelecom, Gazprombank, MegaFon, SBP, NSPK, and EIRTs. The Ukrainian IT army claimed responsibility for the cyberattack, which also disabled Russia's Mir payment system. Kommersant Daily reported that Russians faced problems with processing payments at major banks following the attack.
👌 IT Army attacks Russian banking system, disabling Mir payment system https://t.co/kCyJvvREj5
⚡Ukrainian hackers claim responsibility for cyberattack on Russian banks, payment system. https://t.co/p8t0tBh7WY
Let's all pray for the Russian banking sector as Ukraine's IT army has just taken credit for taking down the whole lot. https://t.co/5kng8Rs0ZR
⚡️😳 The largest DDoS attack in history. The Ukrainian IT army disabled the Russian payment system "Mir", - IT ARMY of Ukraine. ❗️VTB, Sberbank, Tinkoff, Alfa-Bank, Beeline, MTS, Rostelecom, Gazprombank, MegaFon, SBP, NSPK, EIRTs and other services do not work. https://t.co/ScabDUyAgN
🇷🇺BREAKING: DDOS ATTACK DISRUPTS RUSSIAN BANKS' PAYMENT SYSTEMS A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack reportedly targeted multiple Russian financial systems and banks, causing significant disruptions in payment processing. The attack impacted the operational… https://t.co/hWI8voQksd
🔵 RUSSIANS REPORT SOME OUTAGES ON BANK APPS AFTER CYBERATTACK, SAYS KOMMERSANT DAILY Russians on Thursday reported some problems with processing payments at major banks after a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on Russian banks, Russia's Kommersant newspaper…