Subj : Ukraine Blackjack hackers take down Moscow ISP in revenge for Kyi
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Jan 10 2024 15:45:04

Ukraine Blackjack hackers take down Moscow ISP in revenge for Kyivstar 
attack, but apparently theyre just warming up

Date:
Wed, 10 Jan 2024 15:36:26 +0000

Description:
Trading blows with the Russian bear, Blackjack scores a hit.

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In response to the recent takedown of the Ukrainian telecom provider 
Kyivstar, the Blackjack group has targeted the Moscow based M9 Telecom. 

The group claimed that the attack resulted in the total destruction of M9s 
servers, website, branch websites, and mail server. All in all, around 20 
terabytes of data was apparently deleted. 

The Blackjack group said this attack is just a warmup for a later assault, 
which will be a serious revenge for Kyivstar. In the aftermath of the attack, 
the group also publicly released 10GB of data from M9s mail servers and their 
client database. An eye for an eye, and a telecom for a telecom 

Last month, the Russian-backed Sandworm group took down Kyivstar services 
after lingering within its network since as early as May 2023. The attack 
resulted in a total network outage, causing disruption to communications in 
the capital and disabling a number of early warning systems in local 
villages. Last year's attack also prompted Kyiv residents to seek alternative 
telecom providers, causing network overloads for Lifecell and Vodafone in 
Ukraine. 

The Blackjack group earlier targeted a Russian water utility firm with 
support from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) resulting in the group 
deleting 6 terabytes of data and stealing an additional 1.5 terabytes. 

Russian and Ukrainian groups have been trading blows for a number of years, 
but cyber activity has increased in parallel with hostilities since the 
illegal Russian annexation of the Crimean peninsula in 2014. Russia has 
significant ramped up its cyberwarfare abilities in the wake of the full 
scale invasion of Ukraine as means of increasing its capacity for hybrid 
warfare and as practice and testing of its tactics, techniques and procedures 
(TTP). 

As the invasion of Ukraine - dubbed by the Kremlin as a special military 
operation - is set to enter its second year, Russia is expected to step up 
its cyber campaigns both against the Ukrainian civilian population and 
Ukraines allies as a way to erode support for both the government itself and 
any further provisions of military aid and funding. 

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n-revenge-for-kyivstar-attack-but-apparently-theyre-just-warming-up


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