Russia's Largest Platform For State Procurement Hit By Cyberattack (therecord.media) 18
Roseltorg, Russia's main electronic trading platform for government and corporate procurement, confirmed it was targeted by a cyberattack claimed by the pro-Ukraine hacker group Yellow Drift. The group allegedly deleted 550 terabytes of data, causing significant operational delays and client concerns. The Record reports: The company initially confirmed last Thursday that its services had been temporarily suspended, without providing further details. In a recent Telegram statement, Roseltorg disclosed that it had been targeted by "an external attempt to destroy data and the entire infrastructure of electronic trading." Roseltorg stated that all data and infrastructure affected by the recent attack had been fully restored, and trading systems are expected to resume operations shortly. However, as of the time of writing, the company's website remains offline.
Last week, the previously unknown pro-Ukraine hacker group Yellow Drift claimed responsibility for the attack on Roseltorg, stating they had deleted 550 terabytes of data, including emails and backups. As proof, the hackers published screenshots from the platform's allegedly compromised infrastructure on their Telegram channel. "If you support tyranny and sponsor wars, be prepared to return to the Stone Age," the hackers said.
The cyberattack on Roseltorg is already impacting clients who rely on the platform's operations, including government agencies, state-owned companies and suppliers. Following the company's announcement, many clients expressed concerns in the comments section, complaining about potential financial losses and delays in the procurement process. Roseltorg said in a statement that once access to the trading systems is reinstated, all deadlines for procedures, including contract signings, will be automatically extended without requiring any requests from users.
Last week, the previously unknown pro-Ukraine hacker group Yellow Drift claimed responsibility for the attack on Roseltorg, stating they had deleted 550 terabytes of data, including emails and backups. As proof, the hackers published screenshots from the platform's allegedly compromised infrastructure on their Telegram channel. "If you support tyranny and sponsor wars, be prepared to return to the Stone Age," the hackers said.
The cyberattack on Roseltorg is already impacting clients who rely on the platform's operations, including government agencies, state-owned companies and suppliers. Following the company's announcement, many clients expressed concerns in the comments section, complaining about potential financial losses and delays in the procurement process. Roseltorg said in a statement that once access to the trading systems is reinstated, all deadlines for procedures, including contract signings, will be automatically extended without requiring any requests from users.
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Found the Anonymous Coward from Moscow and/or the RNC.
Russians have ALWAYS been terrible neighbors, just ask any of the countries that border it.
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Re: Good (Score:2)
Or almost all of the former Soviet states. Even during those days they hated Russians, they just couldn't be open about it lest they quietly disappear one day.
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One of the largest bumps to NATO's memberships happened shortly after the breakup of the USSR. Basically all former Soviet states (save Ukraine) immediately asked to join NATO, and those that didn't, asked to join later.
You have to be a pretty terrible neighbor if everyone immediately starts going to the other side when they can.
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Technically Ukraine asked later too
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They're in for a tough time, what with the US, Hungary, and Turkey likely doing their best to give Ukraine to Russia in 2025.
Even Canada might go slightly right in the wake of Trump's election to the South, though Trump talking about taking over Canada and our largish Ukrainian population might stiffen our resolve for what that's worth. Hopefully with the US trying to undermine NATO the EU will grow a pair and start a NO-USA defense club. It'll cost, but it'll cost less than depending on Trump or his succ
Where's Nelson (Score:2)
when you need him?
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HAW HAW!
Other Plan (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Other Plan (Score:5, Interesting)
It's always use it before you get detected versus waiting to potentially cause even more damage. When is the right time to act? Think about Israel who hacked the Hezbollah's pagers. Apparently, they thought they were about to get detected soon when they acted.
You don't know for how long the Ukrainians were in before they acted and deleted everything. They might very well have been in for a while doing exactly what you suggested before deleting everything because they thought they were about to get detected.
Re: Other Plan (Score:2)
It possibly was Israel that planted the idea of using pagers in their heads to begin with and let them think it was their own idea. Just plain ol' social engineering.
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How do you know they burned their access? Probably an insider provided it.
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