Ukrainian intelligence hacks major Russian security agency internet provider
HUR attacked one of the largest internet providers for Russian security agencies (photo: Getty Images)
Cyber specialists from the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense (HUR) have attacked one of the largest private internet service providers for Russian security agencies, sources told RBC-Ukraine.
According to sources, cyber specialists of military intelligence carried out another attack on the IT infrastructure of the aggressor state. This time, the target was the Filanco group of companies — a major provider of internet and hosting services, serving over 20,000 clients, including Beeline, MGTS, 24tv, and Russian security agencies.
As a result of the attack, six hundred virtual machines and 24 hypervisors were disabled, 800 terabytes of data were destroyed, along with 11 physical servers, 74 Raspberry devices for remote data monitoring from the data center and 12 terabytes of sensor data, as well as five physical servers in the office and 5 terabytes of data stored on them.
In addition, 3,100 pieces of switching equipment were taken out of service, including 37 service routers, core routers, and border network routers.
Ukrainian intelligence cyber specialists also "emptied" company wallets in its personal account for a total of 1.3 million US dollars.
Furthermore, they defaced the website selling "emergency suitcases" for Russian security agencies, posting on its main page a photo of destroyed Russian forces in Ukraine.
Ukrainian Main Directorate of Intelligence cyber specialists recently carried out a large-scale special operation against the occupation authorities of Crimea.
The HUR also paralyzed the work of one of the largest drone manufacturers in Russia.
Earlier, the HUR cyber corps attacked the network infrastructure of Gazprom, which is involved in supporting Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine.
