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The investigation revealed that Russian hackers who attacked the telecommunications giant Kyivstar had access to the system since at least May 2023. A cyberattack on a mobile operator should be a “big warning” to the West. Ilya Vitiuk, head of the SBU’s cybersecurity department, told Reuters that the Security Service of Ukraine has determined that […]
Ukrainian hackers from the IT Army attacked the Russian EPR system 1C-Rarus, according to the reports of Digits and IT Army of Ukraine on Telegram. EPR systems are responsible for planning enterprise resources. One of the largest ERP systems in Russia has 150,000 users, including tech giants and war sponsors Tatneft and VTB. “Clients cannot […]
Russian hackers are using the situation with Kyivstar’s outage to send emails with viruses and malware. This was reported by the press service of the State Special Communications Service. Recently, the agency’s specialists discovered a massive email distribution with the subject “debts under the Kyivstar contract” and the attachment “Subscriber’s debt.zip”. The emails were sent […]
Hackers of the Blackjack group, allegedly with the support of SBU cyber specialists, carried out a powerful cyber operation and destroyed the IT infrastructure of Rosvodokanal. This is reported by a number of Telegram channels and Urinform with reference to sources in law enforcement agencies. During the attack, they encrypted more than 6,000 computers and […]
The BLACKJACK hacker group, together with SBU cyber specialists, hacked the website of the Russian Ministry of Labor and Social Protection. The hackers gained access to a large number of documents: statistics on military operations (the so-called “combat operations”), personal data of military personnel, materials of reports to the President of the Russian Federation, certificates […]
The European Union’s cyber emergency response team has warned that the Russian hacker group Fancy Bear has targeted European governments. This was reported by Politico. It is noted that at least seven websites of European governments have been the targets of a phishing campaign that involves the use of specially designed lures to attack specific […]
OpenAI has confirmed that the problems with ChatGPT and its developer tools were caused by a DDoS attack. During the attack, users received messages about system overload, and most users could not access the service. Initially, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman blamed the platform’s new features, but the company later admitted to a targeted attack. The […]
A large-scale database hacking took place in Russia: the KibOrg team, in cooperation with NLB hackers, hacked the database of the Russian Alfa-Bank. Personal data of more than 30 million customers of Russia’s largest private bank were obtained. The database contains information about the client’s name, date of birth, account and phone number, and other […]
Hackers from the pro-Kremlin group Killnet conducted a cyberattack. It targeted the governmental systems of Israel. They reported this on their TG channel. Cybercriminals accused the Israeli government of bloodshed. The report emphasizes that the Israeli authorities betrayed Russia when they supported Ukraine in 2022. Members of the group promised to disable all Israeli governmental […]
A very powerful DDoS attack from abroad targets the passenger check-in system. On Thursday, September 28, the Russian Federation reported that the country’s major airports faced a powerful DDoS attack. Work disruptions were reported by employees at Domodedovo, Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo. This is reported by the Mash telegram channel. Due to a hacker attack targeting […]