(MENAFN- UkrinForm) According to sources in the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, this became known from a statement the provider submitted to the Russian police following the cyberattack.

As intelligence reports indicate, the targeted provider itself confirmed the losses amounting to 66 million rubles, as well as the breach of users' personal data caused by the DIU operation.

In this regard, Orion Telecom has asked Russian law enforcement to open a criminal investigation into the incident.

In addition, under Russian law, the provider will likely face an administrative fine of up to 15 million rubles for allowing the data breach.

As the Ukrainian intelligence service recalled, DIU cyber specialists attacked Orion Telecom's infrastructure earlier this summer on Russia Day. The provider's operations were paralyzed that day.

A closed city specializing in uranium extraction-where Orion Telecom was the sole provider-was left completely without internet access. That same morning, local public channels in Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Bratsk, and Abakan were flooded with complaints from frustrated Russians reporting a loss of internet and television service.

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According to Ukrainian intelligence, Orion Telecom's networks were actively used by Russian security agencies to support the country's aggression against Ukraine.

As reported by Ukrinform, cyber specialists from the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine earlier carried out a successful attack that paralyzed the operations of Russia's national payment system“SBP” , which is widely used to transfer funds to“charitable and volunteer organizations” supporting the so-called“special military operation” (the war against Ukraine).

Photo: DIU

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