Kremlin has described a cyber-harael reports on Russia’s national carrier Aerophlot as “worrisome”, as the airline reported failure in its information system and canceled dozens of flights.
A statement from a Pro-Ukraine Hacking Group called Silent Crowe was said that it took out Hack with a Belarusian group.
“We declare the successful completion of long and large -scale operations, resulting in a fully compromised and destroyed to the internal IT infrastructure of the aeroflot,” the group accused Telegram.
It also claimed that it managed to destroy database and corporate systems and gain control over employees’ individual computers.
Silent Crowe also “threatened to release the personal data of all the Russians that have once blown the aeroflot”.
“Glory for Ukraine! Long -long live Belarus!”, The post was completed.
Hacker groups exaggerate their successes regularly and whether this latest attack causes any permanent disruption. The BBC is not able to verify any claims of the silent croe.
However, the Russian prosecutor’s office confirmed that “the hacker attack resulted in failure in the operation of the aeroflot information system” and said that a criminal investigation was opened.
The Ministry of Transport said that many passengers would be transferred to flights operated by other carriers.
The cancellation affected most internal flights but also disrupted the routes of Belarus, Armenia, and Tashkent.
Pro-Russian and Ukrainian Hacking Group have been extremely active since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022-but it is difficult to know when their claims about various cyber-halls are made with facts.
These gangs are often run by volunteers who target organizations and exaggerate their attacks to make headlines and degrade enemy morale.
The attack is a rare that has a visual and immediate effect on a major Russian company, which affects thousands of citizens as well as the firm.
Silent Crowe said that they have worked with a long -established Belarusi Hacker Group Cyber Partitions, who have been attacking against targets in Russia and Belarus since 2022. Cyber parties have “described themselves as a highly organized hall, which is fighting for the liberation of Belarus from the dictatorial rule.”
While many groups claim to be “hecticists” – activist hackers – evidence explains close relations with the security services of countries he supports.
Since Moscow troops started a full -scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, passengers in Russia often face disruption – usually due to attacks by Ukrainian drones.
Earlier in July, hundreds of flights were canceled at four main airports in Moscow after a continuous Ukrainian drone attack, which affect thousands of people.
