Experts say restoring Russia’s tax system could take at least a month after Ukraine’s reported hack
From Euromaiden Press BY ALYA SHANDRA
Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) has allegedly attacked Russia’s tax system, destroying the entire database and its backup copies, according to a statementby the intelligence agency on Tuesday. HUR claims Russia will be unable to fully restore its tax system.
“During the special operation, military intelligence officers managed to penetrate one of the well-protected key central servers of the Federal Taxation Service (FTS of the Russian Federation), and then more than 2,300 of its regional servers throughout Russia, as well as in the temporarily occupied Crimea,” HUR said.
The cyberattack infected all servers with malware, paralyzing communication between the central Moscow office and 2,300 regional Russian tax offices, as well as between the FTS and the IT company Office.ed-it.ru that served as the tax data center, according to HUR.
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