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Russia downed satellite internet in Ukraine -Western officials
Wales, May 10 (Reuters) -Russia is behind a large cyber attack on the satellite internet network that took tens of thousands of modems offline at the beginning of the Russian -Ukraine War, United States, Britain, Canada, Estonia and the European Union said on Tuesday .
Digital attacks on the Ka-Sat Viasat network (vsat.o) at the end of February occurred like Russian armor pushed to Ukraine. US Foreign Minister Antony Blinken said the cyber attack was intended “to disrupt Ukraine command and control during the invasion, and the action had an impact on the abundance of other European countries”.
British Foreign Minister Liz Truss called the “intentional and evil” satellite internet hack “and the EU council said it caused” Communication Extinguisher Unevasa “in Ukraine and several EU member countries.
Viasat’s blackouts remain the most open cyber attacks carried out since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in part because hacking has direct consequences for satellite internet users throughout Europe and because paralyzed modems often have to be replaced manually.\
After the modem -the modem was eliminated offline, unlike you to pull it out and put it back and reboot and they returned, “Director of Cybersecurity of the U.S. National Security Agency Rob Joyce told Reuters on the sidelines of the cyber security conference on Tuesday.
The exact consequences of hacking on the Ukrainian battlefield have not been announced to the public, but the government contracts reviewed by Reuters show that Ka-SAT has provided internet connectivity to military units and Ukraine police.
Sabotage Satellite Modem causes “a big loss in communication at the beginning of the war”, Ukraine Cyber Security Officer Victor Zhora said in March
In a statement, Ukraine’s state services for special communication and information protection say that Russia “is an aggressor country that attacks Ukraine not only in our land, but also in cyberspace”.
The Russian Embassy in Washington did not immediately return the message asking for a comment. Russia regularly denies carrying out offensive cyber operations.
Viasat said in a statement that they “recognized” the announcement and would continue to work with government officials to investigate the hacking. The company did not provide an update about the comments of Viasat officials to Reuters in the end of March that hackers were still trying to interfere with the company’s operations, despite having a limited effect.
