Mar 07, 2022 11:25:00

It turns out that the satellite 'KA-SAT' covering Europe was attacked at the same time as Russia's invasion of Ukraine

It was discovered that the communications satellite '

KA-SAT ' managed by Internet service provider Viasat was attacked by someone on February 24, 2022, when Russia began invading Ukraine. Since KA-SAT has expanded its services to many regions such as Europe, Germany and others have reported that they have been 'involved'.

Viasat: Satellitennetzwerk offenbar gezielt in Osteuropa gehackt --DER SPIEGEL
https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/viasat-satellitennetzwerk-offenbar-gezielt-in-osteuropa-gehackt-a-afd98117-5c32-4946-ab8a-619f1e7af024

Viasat says KA-SAT outage likely caused by a 'cyber event'
https://thestack.technology/viasat-ka-sat-outage-cyber/

'Cyber event' affecting satellite-internet service in Ukraine: Viasat
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/28/ukraine-updates-viasat-says-cyber-event-disrupting-satellite-internet-service.html

According to overseas media SPIEGEL, immediately after Russia started the invasion on the 24th, many users of the KA-SAT service reported that they could no longer access the Internet. KA-SAT provides services to Europe including Ukraine and the Middle East, and it is said that the wind power plants in Germany were also affected.

The identity of the attacker is unknown, but the German government said it was a 'coincidence' that the Russian invasion and cyber attacks started at about the same time, and that the Ukrainian army was using KA-SAT. He said he doubted the relationship with the Russian-Ukraine war.

Germany has announced that it will provide weapons to Ukraine, but some governments are concerned about this, 'increasing the risk of cyber attacks on German authorities.' SPIEGEL reports that the government is considering strengthening countermeasures against cyber attacks.