After an unprecedented attack by cyber specialists from the DIU on the banking sector, Russians are unable to withdraw cash. Ukrainian intelligence also managed to gain access to the databases of Russian financial institutions.
This was reported to Suspilne by sources in the special services.
Thus, according to the sources, brokerage applications and ATMs have joined the main banking institutions of the Russian Federation, which have already blocked online services. From now on, users of a number of Russian banks cannot withdraw cash, as their debit and credit cards are immediately blocked when they try to use an ATM.
Cyber intelligence specialists also managed to gain access to large volumes of databases of the targeted financial institutions. VTB Bank, Alfa Bank, Sberbank, Raiffeisen Bank, Russian Agricultural Bank, Rosbank, Gazprombank, T-Bank and iBank were joined by the Russian bank Dom.rf.
In addition, the brokerage application T-Investments was blocked.
Since Russia raised key interest rates to 18% on 26 July, it is impossible to carry out any banking transactions due to the lack of access to services, which leads to the loss of funds by the population.
According to sources in the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, the operation against Russian financial institutions is ongoing.