Hackers linked to Ukraine’s main spy agency have breached computer systems at a Moscow-based internet provider in retaliation for a Russian cyber attack against Ukrainian telecom giant Kyivstar, a source with direct knowledge of the operation told Reuters on Tuesday.

The hacking group, dubbed “Blackjack”, has previously been linked to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). The hackers deleted 20 terrabytes of data at M9 Telecom, a small Russian internet and TV provider, leaving some Moscow residents without internet, the source said.

The digital intrusion was a warm-up for a larger cyber attack which would be “serious revenge for Kyivstar”, the source said, citing the hackers. The source did not say when the hack took place.

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  • @cheese_greater
    9•6 months ago

    Rus needs to be cutoff from eenternets eentirely.

    • @Ross_audio
      6•6 months ago

      An iron curtain of the internet is serving who exactly?

      If we “Cut Russia off” the state will definitely be able to circumvent the block, ordinary people won’t.

      At the moment ordinary Russians can and do circumvent the Russian states censorship and that’s a very good thing. We don’t want to enforce that from our side too.

      • @cheese_greater
        7•6 months ago

        K, you talked me down hehe. That actually makes sense

    • Flying Squid
      0•6 months ago

      I wonder if that’s something that’s really doable at this stage? Are there too many lines in and out of Russia to achieve it?