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Viasat Outage

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Kyle Fendorf, Jessie Miller, CFR

Feb 24, 2022

Satellite internet provider Viasat was hit by a cyberattack which caused wide-ranging communications outages throughout Ukraine on February 24, the same day Russian forces invaded the country.

Satellite internet provider Viasat was hit by a cyberattack which caused wide-ranging communications outages throughout Ukraine on February 24, the same day Russian forces invaded the country. Viasat is still working to restore service to affected parts of the country almost three weeks after the attack occurred. Ukrainian officials have said the attack caused, "a huge loss in communications in the very beginning of the war," and the National Security Agency (NSA) has announced a probe into the hack.

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