A major Ukrainian telecom operator was hit by a “super powerful” cyber attack on Tuesday. As a result of the attack, network and mobile phone connections were cut off for more than 24 million Ukrainians.
The Ukrainian telecom operator Kyivstar was the target of a massive cyber attack on Tuesday. Adobe Stock
On Tuesday, the Ukrainian telecom operator Kyivstar was targeted by one of the biggest cyber attacks of the war.
As a result of the attack, more than 24 million Ukrainians were left without mobile phone network and internet connections.
According to Netblocks, which reported a large outage in X, the connections partially returned on Tuesday, but in the evening they crashed again.
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– The war with Russia has several dimensions, and one of them is cyberspace, CEO of Kyivstar Oleksandr Komarov said in a television interview by NBC News including describing Tuesday’s attack as “super powerful”.
The party behind the massive cyber attack is not known for sure, but the Ukrainian security service is investigating the attackers’ connections to the Russian administration.
The problems continue
Kyivstar’s website is still down at the time of writing this article. There is only a message on the site stating that connections were lost as a result of the attack and apologizing for the inconvenience caused to customers. Kyivstar says that it will try to restore connections as soon as possible.
Komarov could not yet say on Tuesday how quickly the connections will be restored.
However, according to the operator, customers’ personal information is not at risk as a result of the attack.
Ukraine has been the target of a large number of different cyber attacks during the war, from the disruption of websites and satellite connections to the penetration of energy infrastructure.