They promised yesterday, they did it today: Ukraine’s IT army put the Russian banking system on hold
June 20, 2024
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This information was confirmed by the press service of the Ukrainian IT ARMY on June 20. Additionally, the Ministry of Digital Transformation also published a communiqué on the
This information was confirmed by the press service of the Ukrainian IT ARMY on June 20. Additionally, the Ministry of Digital Transformation also published a communiqué on the subject.
Hacker attack on Russian banks
In particular, the following services stopped working as a result of the DDoS attack:
VTB;
Sberbank;
Tinkoff;
Alpha Bank;
Beeline;
MTS;
Rostelecom;
Gazprombank;
megaphone,
SBP;
NSPK;
EIRC
IT army launches attack on Russian banks / Image of the community press service
IT experts said: They promised that these days they would put the entire banking system into the hands of the enemy – and these were not empty words. The next day, the hackers fulfilled their promise.
With the import replacement card payment system “Mir”, more banks were disconnected and, accordingly, all card payments, – They write in the Ukrainian IT ARMY.
The Russians confirmed the attack, stating that the impact on services was “insignificant and short-lived”.
Previously, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine announced that it had carried out a DDoS attack on Russian electronic services. Failure led to the paralysis of government institutions and private companies.
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