Kyiv, December 13 (Xinhua) -- Alexander Komarov, president of Ukraine's largest mobile operator "Kyiv Star", said in a TV program on the 12th that the company's communication infrastructure "was attacked by very powerful hackers and part of the infrastructure was damaged."
Komarov said that the purpose of the hacking attack was to disrupt the communications infrastructure of the "Star of Kyiv" as much as possible, and "they have partially achieved this goal."
According to Ukraine**, from 7 o'clock in the morning of the same day, the "Kyiv Star", which has 24 million users, was disconnected from the network, causing nationwide mobile communications and Internet access to be paralyzed, and many financial institutions such as the National Sberbank of Ukraine reported being attacked by cyber attacks and paralyzed a wide range of service terminals on the same day. In addition, the "Star of Kyiv" network disconnection also led to the failure of the municipal and air defense warning systems in Kyiv, Kyiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Lviv and other oblasts in the capital of Ukraine.
"Kyiv Star" posted on social ** on the evening of the 12th that after efforts, the current fixed communication service has been partially restored, and other businesses are still recovering.
In order to eliminate potential safety hazards, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine posted on social ** on the 12th that patrol police and staff of the National Emergency Situations Bureau will be arranged to be on duty in residential areas where air defense warning warnings cannot be received through mobile devices such as mobile phones, and early warnings will be issued through loudspeakers.
On the same day, the Ukrainian Bureau posted on social media that Russian special forces may have been involved in the cyber attack, and the Ukrainian Bureau has launched a criminal investigation into the incident.
Russian officials have not yet responded to this. (ENDS).