In Megafon’s work, there was a failure on January 30

The messages about problems began arriving at 3:00 p.m. in Moscow. Subscribers noticed internet problems at home and mobile, as well as a connection.

The peak of complaints about Megafon’s work in Downetector. At this point, 212 users said about failure. To the maximum at 3:00 p.m. in Moscow, the number of messages on the problems reached 266.

RB.RU sent a request to the Megafon press service.

On January 24, there was a massive failure in the operation of telecommunications operators. In Roskomnadzor, RB.ru reported that they recorded problems with Megafon infrastructure, clarifying that the problems were “in the foreign megafon joints with European communication networks.” In the networks of other RKN operators, I did not observe the fault.

The Megafon RB.RU press service declared that potential problems occurred with access to individual foreign internet resources “for reasons beyond the operator.”

The Forbes source in the field of cybersecurity linked the operator’s failure with the DDOS-Ataka carpet, which was made by the group of “politically motivated computer pirates” (Ukraine with weapons of IT). The interlocutor said that the attack “was productive”, since “there was a degradation of services in International Junction.”