Ukraine Nuclear Operator Reports Cyberattack On Its Website
Sumaira FH Published August 17, 2022 | 01:30 AM
Kyiv, Ukraine, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Aug, 2022 ) :Ukraine's nuclear operator Energoatom on Tuesday reported what it called an "unprecedented" cyberattack on its website, but said its operations had not been disrupted.
"On August 16, 2022, the most powerful cyberattack since the start of the Russian invasion occurred against Energoatom's website," the operator said on Telegram.
It "was attacked from Russian territory".
The Russian "popular cyberarmy" group used more than 7 million internet bots to attack the website for three hours, Energoatom said.
But the assault "did not have a considerable impact on the work of the Energoatom website".
A Telegram channel called "popular cyberarmy" in Russian around midday called on its followers to attack the Ukrainian nuclear operator's website.
But by Tuesday evening, it had announced a "change" in plans, redirecting supporters to a new target -- the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, whose website was sluggish.
The cyberattack comes as tensions flare over the Zaporizhzhia power plant in the south of the country, which Russian forces occupied in March, shortly after invading its pro-EU neighbour.
Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of shelling the nuclear installation, which is the largest in Europe, sparking fears of a nuclear accident.
Ukraine counted on four nuclear power stations to supply it with around half of its electricity supply before Russia's invasion on February 24.
Ukraine was the site of the world's worst nuclear accident in 1986, when the Chernobyl power station's reactor number four exploded.
The power station's three other reactors were successively closed down, with the latest shutting off in 2000.
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