Cyber specialists of the DIU continue a large-scale attack on the Russian digital infrastructure involved in ensuring the military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. On the third day from the start of the operation, new banks and payment services, social networks, messengers and entertainment resources were added to the list of targets. This is reported by Online.UA with reference to its own sources in the security and defense forces.
Points of attention
- DIU's large-scale cyber attack on Russian digital infrastructure has disrupted financial institutions, social networks, and entertainment resources.
- Major banks like Alfa-Bank, SberBank, and VTB Bank are among the targets, leading to payment chaos and unstable Internet services in Russia.
- The cyber assault is causing massive disruptions in personal accounts, payment systems, and online services, leading to an 'Internet apocalypse' in Russia.
- Russian media acknowledges the severity of the cyber attack, with some calling it unprecedented in power and impact.
- Ukrainian cyber experts continue to target Russian Internet providers, exacerbating the crisis and prompting concerns about the country's online security.
DIU staged an Internet apocalypse in Russia: what is known
On July 25, the largest Russian banking institutions are under attack, including Alfa-Bank, SberBank, Raiffeisen-Bank, VTB Bank, RSHB Bank, Rosbank, Gazprombank, T-Bank and iBank. On the second day of the attack, they were joined by Promsvyazbank and Pochta Bank, as well as Avito, a Russian Internet service for posting ads for goods, real estate, resumes, and vacancies.
Today, the Russian social network VK, the Discord messenger, the Rapid Payment System "SBP", the National Payment Card System "NSPC" and the Lampa movie-video viewing resource are also affected.
Some financial institutions, in particular Alfa Bank, initially denied that the failure was due to external interference. However, the rest of the banks, such as VTB, admitted that they were trying to cope with a "large-scale DDOS attack planned from abroad" and overcome its consequences.
However, the online services of financial institutions across the country are either not working at all or are working unstable and with errors for the third day. Because of this, clients throughout Russia cannot go to personal accounts, pay for services, pay for using public transport and carry out any other financial transactions.
The situation is complicated by the unstable work of Internet providers, in particular Beeline, Megafon, MTS, Tele2 and Rostelecom — they are also attacked by Ukrainian cyber experts.
As noted by the hostile media, hackers act according to the usual scheme: they scan the infrastructure of the victims, find vulnerable places and then strike. It is reported that users in the entire territory of the Russian Federation cannot fully use the services of banks. In some Russian media, the current events are called the "Internet apocalypse" and admit that they have not yet encountered cyber attacks of similar power.
We will remind you that a large-scale cyber attack began in the morning of July 23. As a result of the attack, the work of payment systems, mobile applications of banks, personal accounts, the payment system for services in public transport, etc., stopped or was significantly complicated. According to sources Online. UA in GUR, the operation against financial institutions of the aggressor state continues.
What is known about the new GUR cyber attack on Russia
From the morning of July 23, a massive cyber attack by the specialists of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on the banking system of the aggressor state began. This is reported by Online.UA sources in military intelligence.
According to Online.UA military intelligence sources, as a result of the attack, the work of payment systems, mobile applications of banks, personal offices, payment systems for services in public transport, etc., stopped or was significantly complicated.
Interruptions in the work of the main mobile operators and Internet providers of Russia are also observed.
In Russia, it has already been recognized that a massive failure in the work of online services is the result of an attack by "politically motivated hackers". At the same time, Ukrainian intelligence points out that the attack is still ongoing and far from over.
In fact, the Russians achieve their "goals" in this way, which, as you know, is going "according to plan." Russia and Putin's serfs are returning to "originals" and "scrap": the "NATO" Internet has less and less influence on the lives of Russians, and online services are disappearing as "enemies of liberal values". This is a good moment to fully implement the "import substitution" dreamed of by the Kremlin in the form of wooden calculators, paper passbooks and rock accounting paintings. For our part, we are making every effort to speed up this process and return Muscovites to the times when no bitcoin, stock exchange, or even the dollar had any impact on their lives. After all, they simply won't have access to this, — the interlocutor in the GUR of the MOU commented on the situation.
