Ukraine ke sab se baray telecom operator Kyivstar ko ek cyber attack ka nishana banaya gaya hai jis ne mulk bhar mein mobile aur internet access mein rukawat paida ki. Company ke paas qareeban 25 million mobile subscribers aur 1 million se zyada home internet users hain. Kyivstar ne ek Facebook post mein kaha hai ke ‘specialists aur partners ne is cyber attack ke asarat se network ko phir se qaim karne ke liye apni poori koshish ki hai,’ aur data aur SMS services 24 ghanton ke andar online ho jayengi.
Pro-Russia hacktivist group KillNet ne Telegram par is hamle ka zimma dar hone ka daawa kiya hai, lekin is daaway ko sabit karne ke liye koi aur saboot nahi diye gaye.
Yeh dilchasp hai ke hacking group Solntsepyok ne bhi is cyber attack ka zimma dar hone ka daawa kiya hai, Telegram par ye kehte hue ke unhone ‘10,000 computers, 4,000 se zyada servers, saare cloud storage aur backup systems ko tabah kar diya hai.’ Is hamle ki wajah batayi gayi ke Kyivstar ne Ukraine ke Armed Forces aur mukhtalif law enforcement aur state bodies ko services dene ka kaam kiya tha.
X par kuch posts mein, NetBlocks ne bataya ke ‘Ukraine ke #Kyivstar telecoms operator par hone wale cyber attack ne mulk ke tamam ilaqon par asar daala hai, metrics ke mutabiq, jisme sarsari asar capital par hai, jabke iske asarat ko hawaai sireen hoshyaar network aur banking sector mein bhi report kiya gaya hai jabke jaari hai connectivity ko bahaal karne ki koshish.’
Company ne is hamle ko ‘Russia ke saath hone wale jang ka natija’ qarar diya hai. Halaanki, company ne hamle ki tabaahi aur rukawat ka haqeeqi maqasid aur tafseelat par abhi koi malumat faraham nahi ki hai. Ek Facebook update mein, Kyivstar ne kaha hai ke ‘network ko mustawar karne ke baad, wo tamam subscribers aur corporate clients jo hacking attack ke natijay mein company ke services ka istemaal nahi kar sakte thay, unhe bilkul bhi tawun diya jayega.’
Is waqt koi saboot nahi hai ke subscribers ki shakhsiyat se mutalliq koi data hamle mein compromise hua ho.
Kyievstar ne ye bhi kaha hai ke jo bhi subscribers aur corporate clients company ke services ka istemaal nahi kar sakte thay, unhe tawun diya jayega. Kyievstar ab apne users se darkhwast kar raha hai ke woh apni shakhsiyat ke malumat talabgaron se bachain aur unhone tawajju di hai ke tawun aur network ko phir se qaim karne se mutalliq khabar sirf company ke official pages par update ki jayegi.