A Russian military satellite network goes offline
An unknown hacktivist group, claiming to be part of Wagner, has claimed responsibility for the attack.
On June 29, 2023, a previously unknown cybercriminal collective claimed responsibility for the disconnection of Dozor-Teleport, a Russian military computer network supplied by a satellite.
Dozor-Teleport users include the Russian Ministry of Defense, Northern Fleet vessels, the FSB (Russia’s domestic intelligence service), Rosatom (Russia’s state-owned civil nuclear operator), and Russian oil tankers. It remained offline for just under 24 hours, before being restored to service on the evening of June 29.
The hacktivists, who took responsibility for the attack on a Telegram channel created the same day, say they are part of Wagner, the Russian mercenary group. The cybercriminals claim to have damaged satellite terminals and deleted confidential information. They have also published a database supposedly belonging to Dozor-Teleport. For the moment, there is nothing to indicate the veracity of these various allegations..
On June 23, 2023, the Wagner group, heavily involved in the war in Ukraine alongside the Russian army, led a rebellion against the Kremlin, destroying several Russian helicopters and a fighter jet. Their troops came to a halt a few hundred kilometers from Moscow, after a mysterious agreement between Vladimir Putin and Wagner’s leader, Evgeny Prigozhin. During the mutiny, several pro-Russian hacktivists attacked sites linked to the mercenary group.