Kyivstar’s failure caused similar problems in many cities of Ukraine
December 12, 2023
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There is a problem with street lighting In Lviv, LKP “Lvivsvitlo” reported that street lighting lines were manually turned off due to a technical malfunction in the Kyivstar
There is a problem with street lighting
In Lviv, LKP “Lvivsvitlo” reported that street lighting lines were manually turned off due to a technical malfunction in the Kyivstar network. 24 Channels. City Hall described the situation as “non-standard” and warned residents about possible delays in street lighting and response time to emergencies.
Similarly, in Sumy, due to a fault, Kyivstar employees had to manually turn off street lighting, affecting the operation of more than 300 substations. While emergency teams are on their way to the scene, efforts to disconnect the connection are continuing in Starosty districts.
Payment not working
In Chernivtsi, they warned of possible difficulties in paying public transport fares through bank cards or authenticators using NFC.
In Dnipro, payment terminals in supermarkets do not work due to a malfunction in the Kyivstar network. “Privatbank” was also informed that some ATMs may not work due to malfunction.
Residents of the Odessa region report the same problems. Residents of other parts of the country likely faced similar challenges.
Other problems
In Rivne, the failure of Kyivstar’s work led to interruptions in the work of the city council’s hotline.
The municipality informed the public via mobile phones. 1553 and 096 333 15 53 numbers are temporarily unavailable.
Citizens are advised to use landline numbers 1553, 63 63 95, 26 67 68and mobile phone number 099 333 15 53 until the network is restored.
Kyivstar is actively working to resolve technical issues, but the extent and duration of outages remain unclear. At the moment it is not known exactly when the network will return to normal operation, but the Minister of Social Development, Regions and Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov has already participated in resolving the problem. He noted that the problem should be expected to be resolved as soon as possible. “five to six hours”.
As you may remember, the malfunction in the network occurred due to a hacker attack on the core of the network, and this was explained to 24 Kanal by sources within the company.
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