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Cyberattack disrupts internet services at St. Petersburg provider
SkyNet says a cyberattack has disrupted its network since October 6, leaving some customers with slow or interrupted service.
The provider serves homes and businesses in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, with internet, phone and other services.
A distributed denial-of-service attack floods a network with traffic, making it harder for people to connect.
The Ukrainian group BO Team claimed responsibility for attacks on SkyNet’s infrastructure in September and October.
The group says it disabled more than 15,000 devices, but SkyNet has not confirmed that claim or the group’s claim of access to internal systems.
Customers were still reporting connection problems on Tuesday, and SkyNet has not said when normal service will return.
The disruption follows a major outage in mid-September that SkyNet blamed on a technical failure; it is unclear whether that outage was linked to the claimed attack.
SkyNet, an internet provider in St. Petersburg, reported service disruptions after a DDoS attack that it said began on October 6.
The company said the attack affected online gaming, voice calls and video conferencing, and warned customers of slow connections and interruptions.
Customers were still reporting connectivity problems on Tuesday, according to outage monitoring service Detector404.
The Ukrainian hacking group BO Team claimed responsibility for attacks on SkyNet’s infrastructure on September 14 and October 5.
SkyNet has not confirmed the group’s claims that it disabled more than 15,000 network devices or accessed internal systems.
- Who
- SkyNet, an internet provider in St. Petersburg, and the Ukrainian hacking group BO Team.
- What
- SkyNet reported service disruptions following a DDoS attack. BO Team claimed responsibility for attacks on the company’s infrastructure.
- When
- SkyNet said the disruption began on October 6. BO Team claimed attacks on September 14 and October 5.
- Where
- St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Why
- BO Team described its operation as retaliation for Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centers. SkyNet has not confirmed the group’s claims.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
BO Team claimed responsibility for an attack on SkyNet’s infrastructure.
BO Team claimed another attack on SkyNet’s infrastructure.
SkyNet said its network began experiencing disruption from a DDoS attack.
SkyNet said its network had been disrupted since October 6 and warned customers of service problems.
SkyNet customers were still reporting connectivity problems, according to Detector404.
- Provider
- SkyNet
- Location
- St. Petersburg, Russia
- Attack type
- Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)
- Disruption began
- October 6
- Claimed devices disabled
- More than 15,000
- Company operating since
- 2003
What people are saying
A quick recovery will not be possible,
BO Team remains a serious and continuously evolving threat in the Russian cyber threat landscape,
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