Kyivstar reported a failure in the west and south of Ukraine – Kommersant

The mobile operator Kyivstar recorded a disruption in its work in the west and south of Ukraine. Users write that problems arose, among other things, with the operation of the mobile Internet.

Yesterday, December 19, Kyivstar reported that all the problems that arose last week after the hacker attack had been fixed. But some of its subscribers complained that some functions remain unavailable. In particular, it is impossible to check the status of the account, the Ukrainian noted “Channel 24”.

Today, December 20, in the morning the operator confirmed the presence of a failure. “Dear subscribers, we know that now in a number of cities in the west and south of Ukraine there are difficulties with voice communications and mobile applications. The company’s specialists are working to restore services,” Kyivstar reported on Facebook (owned by Meta, which is recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation and is banned).

On December 12, the largest disruption to Ukraine’s information infrastructure since February 2022 occurred; tens of millions of Ukrainians were unable to access mobile communications and the Internet. Ukrainian intelligence services accused Russia of carrying out a powerful cyber attack on Kyivstar. The problems affected the banking sector and a number of other critical industries. “Kyivstar” statedthat hackers broke into the security system through an employee account.

Details – in the material “Kommersant” “Ukraine did not get in touch”.

Laura Keffer