Cyber-attack on Ukraine's Kyivstar knocks out telecoms services
On 12 December 2023, Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest mobile operator, was hit by a cyber-attack that disrupted telecoms services and damaged part of its infrastructure. Parent company VEON announced on 19 December that services had been restored. Revenue losses from the attack were later estimated at about $100 million, and Ukraine began gathering evidence to prosecute the attackers.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Kyivstar
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- 2023-12-12
- Scale of damage
- Telecoms services disrupted, part of infrastructure damaged, revenue losses estimated at about $100 million
- Cause / method
- Cyber-attack attributed to Russia's Sandworm
- Location
- Ukraine
Timeline
- Kyivstar's telecoms services went down owing to a cyber-attack.
- Damage to part of the infrastructure came to light, and Ukraine's computer emergency response team launched an investigation.
- Parent company VEON announced that Kyivstar's services had been restored.
- Russia's Sandworm was named as being behind the attack.
- Revenue losses from the attack were estimated at about $100 million.
- Ukraine began gathering evidence to prosecute the attackers in The Hague.
Also affected by this incident
Kyivstar cyber-attack expected to cost parent VEON about $100 million in revenue
↳ Knock-on damage from the Kyivstar incident · View original incidentImpact: Expected revenue loss of about $100 million
Ukraine's Kyivstar suffered a cyber-attack that was expected to cause revenue losses for its parent company VEON Ltd. The expected revenue loss is about $100 million.
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