...According to the HUR source, the cyberattack disabled access for approximately 20,000 system administrators. These admins are responsible for maintaining Gazprom’s vast IT infrastructure, including systems used to monitor gas pipelines, compressors, and SCADA units — all essential for the safe operation of energy distribution.
Even more alarming, the attackers reportedly wiped backup databases, deployed custom malware, and damaged BIOS firmware on multiple servers, rendering them physically inoperable. The malware targeted clusters running 1C software, a widely used Russian platform for handling corporate contracts, procurement, logistics, and internal communications.
This wasn’t a mere denial-of-service (DoS) attack. It was a surgical takedown of Gazprom’s operational heart.
