Security News > 2022 > March > Viasat, Rosneft hit by cyberattacks as Ukraine war spills online

As Russian ground forces closed in on key Ukrainian cities including capital Kyiv, and airstrikes hit military bases near the western city of Lviv, the expected cyber-onslaught by Russia has largely failed to become reality.

Until last week, when it emerged that Western spy agencies were investigating a large-scale satellite broadband outage affecting satellite communications provider Viasat, which began on 24 February - the day Russia invaded Ukraine.

"We know that all impacted customers' modems will be rendered unusable and therefore we need to replace hardware," said a Viasat email to end users sent on 11 March and seen by The Register.

The satellite affected was said to be Viasat's KA-SAT bird, which provides connectivity to the UK, continental Europe, western Russia, and Turkey.

As well as its commercial interests on both sides of the Atlantic, Viasat is a US and UK military contractor.

We have contacted Viasat's representatives and await the company's comment.

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