🔧 Sabotage

HUR hackers carried out cyberattacks on Russia's banking sector, targeting Alfa Bank, Otkritiy Bank, and Rostelecom.

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

On Wednesday, Oct. 6, HUR hackers carried out cyberattacks on Russia's banking sector

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Cyber specialists of Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) carried out a cyberattack on online platforms of the Russian financial industry on Oct. 2

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian banks Alfa-Bank and Otkritie Bank, as well as Rostelecom, Russia's largest provider of digital services, were targeted

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: uncertain

These firms 'ensured the aggression of the Russian Armed Forces against Ukraine.'

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

The attack caused a 'global failure' in the rapid payment system, shutting down banks' mobile applications and online banking systems as well as the financial institutions' internal services

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