Russian Satellite Internet Downed via Attackers Claiming Ties to Wagner Group

Attribution for the cyberattack on Dozor-Teleport remains murky, but the effects are real — downed communications and compromised data.

Russian satellite Internet provider Dozor-Teleport was knocked offline in the early hours of June 29, dealing a communications blow to the companys customers, which according to reports include Russian military and energy interests.
The Wagner Group, the mercenary army once fighting for Russia, and now seemingly turned against Putins government, claimed it was behind the
cyberattack against the satellite communications provider
. But experts arent convinced.
Russian reports say full recovery of Dozor-Teleport could take up to two weeks. The companys general director Alexander Anosov confirmed the breach to Russian media, adding that early investigations show the company was breached through a third-party cloud provider.
The threat actors behind the compromise explained on Telegram they were able to deliver malware to several
satellite terminals
to take them offline, reports said. For additional proof, the threat actors posted internal data stolen from the
Dozor-Teleport network
.
The whole world watched our actions, listened to our every word. We showed how easily we can reach Moscow in a day without meeting any resistance, the cyber attackers said in their Telegram message.
The reference seems to add to the narrative that the cyberattack was launched by Wagner Group, which, under the command of the now-exiled Yevgeny Prigozhin, marched on Moscow in protest of the Putin governments execution of the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
.
But the
Wagner Groups Telegram channel
has made no mention of the cyberattacks so far, according to reports on the incident.
Cybersecurity and international relations expert Oleg Shakirov has been monitoring the breach and assessed in a June 29 tweet that Wagners involvement is very unlikely.
He instead suspects the Dozor-Teleport compromise is the work of the Ukrainian military. Some Russian websites have also been defaced presumably on behalf of Wagner (disgruntled that Russia didnt fulfill its part of the bargain), Shakirov added. But again this looks like Ukrainian false flag trolling.

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