Cyber specialists of the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine have carried out a large-scale cyber-attack on the systems of one of the largest mobile and Internet operators in russia, which is involved in russian aggression against Ukraine – the MegaFon company.
A number of media outlets were informed about this by intelligence sources.
"Since yesterday morning, residents of Moscow, St. Petersburg and many central regions of the Russian Federation have begun to complain about disruptions in mobile communications, the Internet, as well as poor performance of many mobile services and applications. Within a few hours, Roskomnadzor confirmed a "failure in the infrastructure of MegaFon," the sources reported.
It is noted that later russian media named the real reason for the lack of communication and the Internet – a "resultant carpet DDoS attack on MegaFon."
The company itself stated that its network was supposedly working "normally", but "possible access problems occur for reasons beyond their control."
However, as it became known from sources in Ukrainian intelligence, a successful "carpet attack" disrupted the work of not only MegaFon, but also communication and Internet operators "Yota", "NetByNet", and temporarily deprived russians of access to Internet resources and services, such as such as Steam, Twitch, Discord, which are actively used by the russian army and enemy special services for aggression against Ukraine.
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