Ukrainian hackers take down service provider for Russian banks

Russian telecom provider Infotel JSC suffered a cyberattack claimed by Ukrainian hackers Cyber.Anarchy.Squad. Infotel provides services including connectivity to the Russian Central Bank. The attack cut off multiple major banks' access to the banking system. Infotel confirmed the "massive" attack but did not share a timeline, while Georgia Tech's Internet Outage Detection and Analysis (IODA) project shows that the Central Bank of Russia's Internet provider went down on June 8. Ukrainian hacktivists released screenshots as proof of the attack. Cyber.Anarchy.Squad …

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