Ukraine effectively "congratulated" the illegitimate president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, on his birthday. Cyber specialists of HUR together with activists of the "VO Team" group hacked the state automated system "Pravosodye". Online.UA learned about this from competent sources in military intelligence.
Points of attention
- Ukrainian cyber specialists from DIU and the 'VO Team' group successfully hacked the state automated system 'Pravosodye' in Russia, effectively disrupting the Russian judicial system.
- The cyber attack on the 'Pravosodye' system caused a paralysis of courts, electronic mailboxes, and official websites, leading to complaints from Russian users about the non-functioning portal.
- The success of the cyber attack was attributed to the low qualifications of Russian cyber security specialists and vulnerabilities in Russian cyber security systems.
- In a separate incident, Ukrainian cyber experts targeted the banking sector of Russia, resulting in failures in the fast payment system, mobile applications, and online banking services of major banks like Alfa Bank and Otkritie Bank.
- The attacks on the Russian judicial system and banking sector highlight the ongoing cyber warfare between Ukraine and Russia, showcasing the capabilities of Ukrainian cyber specialists and the vulnerabilities in Russian cyber infrastructure.
A cyber gift to Putin: the DIU paralyzed the work of the Russian judicial system
On October 7, cyber specialists of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine together with the activists of the "VO Team" group "congratulated" the Russian dictator Putin on his birthday by hacking the state automated system "Pravosudye", thanks to which electronic document circulation takes place in all courts of the Russian Federation.
As reported by Online.UA sources in the GUR, the attack paralyzed the work of courts, departmental e-mail boxes and official websites.
As a result of the cyber attack, personal data of users and internal documentation of the system were obtained. Currently, Russians are reporting the impossibility of filing lawsuits and reviewing the time of court hearings, as court websites have been disabled.
According to military intelligence sources, the cyber strike was made possible due to the low qualifications of Russian cyber security specialists, as well as "holes" in the exposed Russian cyber security systems from Kaspersky Lab, Positive Technologies PJSC and IVC JSC.
The Pravosudie system is an electronic document circulation system in Russian courts of all jurisdictions and levels. Through it, they submit court applications, inform about appointments and changes of court hearings, receive consultations on court cases.
DIU attacked Russia's banking sector
On October 2, cyber experts of the State Security Service once again attacked the banking sector of the Russian Federation, which is helping it in the war against Ukraine.
Alfa Bank, Otkritie Bank, as well as the telecommunications operator Rostelecom came under the cyber attack.
There was a failure in the fast payment system, mobile applications and online banking also did not work. There are still problems with this.
After the attack by Ukrainian cyber specialists, the pro-Kremlin media wrote that the banks of the Russian Federation recognized a global failure, but did not specify the reasons.
