Military intelligence conducts a cyber attack on Russia’s 1C Company

Ukrainian Military Intelligence (HUR) successfully carried out a cyber attack on Russia’s 1C Company, an agency source confirmed to the Kiev Independent on May 7.

Based in Moscow, 1C Company is a software developer, distributor and publisher best known for its widely used business software.

According to media reports, the cyberattack took out a corporate cloud provider and a remote work server, leaving users in Russia unable to access various business tools and databases.

HUR has carried out several cyber attacks in recent months. In April, it targeted the online platforms of Russia’s ruling United Russia party.

United Russia claimed at the time that the attacks were linked to the launch of its Victory Day campaign. According to the United Russia statement, the party’s critical digital infrastructure remained operational.

Meanwhile, Russia is accused of carrying out cyber attacks not just on Ukraine, but on countries across Europe.

Berlin temporarily recalled its ambassador from Moscow on May 6 after German authorities said the hacker group APT 28, affiliated with the Russian Military Intelligence Service (GRU), carried out cyber attacks against Germany’s defense and industrial sectors and officials of the ruling Social Democratic Party since 2022.

Another facet of Moscow’s electronic warfare is GPS jamming of civilian aircraft.

This is evident from a report by The Sun based on data from the website GPSJAM.orgSince last August, about 46,000 aircraft have reported problems over the Baltic Sea, most of them in Eastern Europe near the border with Russia.

Russia has been accused of disrupting GPS signals in nearby countries, such as Finland, as early as the 2010s, but incidents have increased dramatically in recent months, especially over the Baltic Sea.