Russian Internet Service Provider Nodex It said it was working to restore its systems after a cyberattack earlier this week in which hackers compromised its network and wiped out its internal servers, causing an immediate collapse of internet connectivity for Russian customers.
According to data from network giant Cloudflare, which monitors internet trends and traffic, the Russian regional ISP's outage began late on January 6 and continued to show users' internet traffic levels at 0%.
in the A post Nodex confirms cyber attack on Russian social network VK. “The network is down. It was compiled from backups,” the machine-translated post said. The internet service provider said there was no immediate timetable for its restoration.
the company later defined. The cyberattack on Ukrainian hackers caused a “complete failure” in its infrastructure, according to the translation.
A hacker group called the Ukrainian Cyber Alliance took credit for the cyber attack. Uploading screenshots. From key servers within Nodex's network.
“Nodex, a Russian Internet service provider in St. Petersburg, was completely vandalized. Data was stripped and they were left with empty devices with no backups,” he said. It was posted on the group's Telegram. The screenshots include one of its systems for virtual machines. Access to Nodex's internal network, including its backups and other critical systems, is shown.
according to RecordThe Ukrainian Cyber Alliance, a pro-Ukraine activist group formed in 2016, was the first to report the breach. Russian organizations are targeted. Ukraine is fully invaded in 2022.
Russia In St. Petersburg, Nodex continues to restore its Internet service as of Wednesday evening, the company said.