Mobile operator Vodafone Ukraine is experiencing problems with account top-ups and its app due to an increased load on its payment acceptance system caused by a major outage in the Kyivstar network, the company reported on Facebook on Dec. 12.
Kyivstar, Ukraine’s largest mobile operator, suffered a major disruption, leaving all its subscribers without communication and internet access, prompting urgent inquiries into the nature and origins of the crippling attack.
All information systems belonging to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) continue to function normally despite the Kyivstar network failure, according to the regulator’s press service on Dec. 12.
About 30% of cashless payment terminals operated by PrivatBank, Ukraine’s largest bank, rely on Kyivstar's mobile network and are therefore currently out of commission, PrivatBank told NV Business on Dec. 12.