Ukrainska Pravda, Ukrainian Intelligence Attacks and Paralyses Russia’s Tax System:

Cyber units of Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence attacked the tax system of Russia and managed to destroy the entire database and its backup copies. The intelligence adds that Russia will not be able to resuscitate its tax system fully.

“During the special operation, military spies managed to break into one of the well-protected key central servers of the Federal Taxation Service (FTS of the Russian Federation), and then into more than 2,300 of its regional servers throughout Russia, as well as on the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea.

As a result of the cyberattack, all servers were infected with malware…

CyberNews, Ukraine Says It Attacked Russia’s Tax Service:

Ukraine’s defense intelligence directorate (GUR) has claimed that its hackers infected thousands of servers belonging to Russia’s IRS equivalent, the Federal Taxation Service (FTS), and destroyed backups. …

According to a Russian business news outlet Kommersant, the FTS denied the attack had any impact on its daily operations, saying GUR’s statements do not reflect the reality.

(Hat Tip: Linda Jellum, Ted Seto)