Ukraines telecommunications system has come under attack, with equipment installed in Russian-controlled Crimea used to interfere with the mobile phones of members of parliament, the head of Ukraines SBU security service said on Tuesday. Some Internet and telephone services were severed after Russian forces seized control of airfields and key installations in Ukraines Crimea region on Friday, but now lawmakers were being targeted, Valentyn Nalivaichenko told a news briefing. “I confirm that an ... attack is under way on mobile phones of members of Ukrainian parliament for the second day in row,” the security chief said at a news briefing. “At the entrance to [telecoms firm] Ukrtelecom in Crimea, illegally and in violation of all commercial contracts, was installed equipment that blocks my phone as well as the phones of other deputies, regardless of their political affiliation,” he said. Ukrtelecom already has said armed men raided its facilities in Crimea on Friday and tampered with fiber optic cables, causing outages of local telephone and Internet systems on the continent. voanews/content/reu-ukraine-says-communications-hit-and-mp-phones-blocked/1864073.html
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 05:57:50 +0000
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