GUR cyber specialists attacked the Central Bank of Russia, – source

GUR cyber specialists attacked the Central Bank of Russia, – source Vladislav Kravtsov

GUR attacked the Central Bank of Russia/Collage 24 Channel

On July 29, Ukrainian hackers attacked the main Russian bank that financially supports Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine. We are talking about the Central Bank of Russia.

Cyber ​​specialists from the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense are involved in this operation. This was reported by sources of 24 Channel.

The Central Bank of Russia has been under cyber attack

The source said that since about 11:00 local time, the Bank of Russia's resources have been working either with significant interruptions or are completely unavailable to users. The financial institution itself acknowledges the fact of the cyberattack and notes that the intensity of the attack is growing.

It is worth noting that the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia) is the main first-tier bank, the main issuing, monetary and credit institution of the Russian Federation, which develops and implements, in cooperation with the Russian government, a unified state credit policy and is vested with special powers, in particular, the right to issue banknotes and regulate the activities of banks.

In addition, Russian users cannot use the online services of Zenit Bank and Gazprombank. The situation is further complicated by the lack of a stable Internet connection, since the largest telecommunications providers in Russia are also subject to systematic cyber attacks, the source noted.

In particular, the attack is being carried out on the MTS provider, whose users have not been able to fully use the services for the third day already.

GUR cyber specialists hit the Central Bank of Russia/Photo provided by 24 Channel