Russia’s flagship airline hacked through little-known tech vendor, according to new report therecord.media/russia-fl…
A cyberattack that forced Russia’s flagship airline to cancel dozens of flights this summer was linked to a little-known Moscow software developer that had maintained access to the carrier’s internal systems, according to a new investigation.
The report by the independent outlet The Bell, which is designated a “foreign agent” in Russia, is based on interviews with anonymous sources close to the company and involved in the incident’s investigation. It offers the most detailed account to date of what has become one of the largest cyberattacks in Russia since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began.
The breach, which was claimed by the pro-Ukrainian hacker collective Silent Crow and the allied Belarusian Cyber-Partisans, paralyzed Aeroflot’s operations […]. Recorded Future News can not independently verify the report from The Bell, which was founded in 2017 by Russian journalists.
