Russian hackers got into the system of Kyivstar, a Ukrainian telecommunications operator, at least in May 2023, although the large-scale attack took place on 12 December. Source: Illia Vitiuk, head of the cyber security department of the Security Service of Ukraine, in an interview with Reuters Details: During the investigation, the Security Service of Ukraine […]
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Russian hackers send emails with malware, taking advantage of national mobile operator Kyivstar’s outage
Russian hackers are taking advantage of the outage at Kyivstar, one of Ukraine’s national mobile operators, to send out emails containing malware to Ukrainians using archive files named “Amount owed by subscriber”, “Request”, “Documents”, etc., the State Service of Special Communications has warned. Source: State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine (SSSCIP) […]
Kyivstar’s competitors can only absorb a 10% increase in subscribers
Given the protracted outage of Kyivstar’s (Ukraine’s largest mobile operator) network after a major cyberattack, its competitors remain limited in how many Kyivstar clients they can service, Petro Chernyshov, former head of Kyivstar, told NV Business on Dec. 13. Read also: Vodafone, Lifecell report network issues after Kyivstar cyberattack Ukrainian mobile operators have limited technical […]