Cyberattack Disrupts Kaluga Astral Services for About a Week
Summary
Kaluga Astral said a cyberattack disrupted services for about a week, affecting business operations. The company reported no evidence of customer data leakage and said services are being restored after security reviews; Russian agencies are investigating.
Key points
- Kaluga Astral said a cyberattack earlier in the month disrupted several services for about a week.
- Customers reported interruptions to cash-register operations, regulated-goods sales, customer portals, corporate email, HR document management, and digital-certificate authentication.
- Astral said services are being restored only after a full security review.
- The company said its investigation found no evidence that customer data had been leaked or compromised.
- Russian government agencies are involved in the investigation; Astral has not identified an attacker or disclosed technical details.
- The article says there is no evidence linking the latest incident to the IT Army of Ukraine.
Article Details
- Victim Organization
- Kaluga Astral
- Incident Type
- Cyberattack causing disruption to several services
- Affected Records
- Unknown
- Affected Data Size
- Unknown
- Operational Impact
- Several services were disrupted for about a week, affecting tax reporting, electronic document management, and other business operations. Customer complaints also described interruptions to cash register operations, sales of certain regulated goods, customer portals, corporate email, electronic HR document management, and digital-certificate authentication. Services were being restored after security reviews.
- Ransom Or Extortion
- None reported
- Claim Status
- confirmed