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	"plain_text": "Viasat Hit with Russia’s Wiper Malware called ‘AcidRain,\r\n’\r\nAffecting European Services\r\nBy Isaiah Richard\r\nPublished: 2022-04-01 · Archived: 2026-04-05 15:25:37 UTC\r\nViasat is the latest victim of a Russian wiper malware that suffered a hack resulting in an outage in its European\r\nservices, discovered by security researchers. The malware is known as \"AcidRain,\" and it is a part of the many\r\ninvasive technologies made by Russian hackers that aim to plague different services and disrupt their operations.\r\nViasat Suffers from Russian Wiper Malware Attack that Affected its EU Services\r\nhacker\r\nhacker Unsplash/Kevin Ku\r\nA report from a cybersecurity researcher firm called Sentinel Labs identified the recent attack that took down\r\nViasat's operations in central and eastern Europe. The attack also centered on Ukraine's now inoperable modems\r\nfrom Viasat's KA-SAT devices in the country. The attack happened last February 24, and the company has been\r\nlooking into it ever since.\r\nThe security researchers discovered that the malware used here originated from Russia, and it has a massive effect\r\non the company's systems. The US communication company's operations in Europe got a significant disruption on\r\nits services, rendering 5,800 of Germany's wind turbines unavailable for remote access.\r\nAcidRain, Russian Wiper Malware with Destructive Power\r\nTech Crunch reported that the threat actors used a new malware called \"AcidRain,\" a wiper malware that has the\r\ndestructive power to shut down modems and routers in a specific area or company. The malware is similar to that\r\nof the VPNFilter stage 3 plugin that resulted in significant outages for different companies back in 2018.\r\nKaspersky Antivirus Software as Russian Cyberattack Exploiter? Germany Suggests Replacing It\r\nA particpant checks a circuit board next to an oscilloscope on the first day of the 28th Chaos\r\nCommunication Congress (28C3) - Behind Enemy Lines computer hacker conference on December\r\n27, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The Chaos Computer Club is Europe's biggest network of computer\r\nhackers and its annual congress draws up to 3,000 participants. Adam Berry/Getty Images\r\nRussia Hacks in the Recent Times\r\nThe United States is on high alert against Russian entities that aim to access its systems, focusing on the recent\r\nconflict that the international community faces in the present. There was an attack that targeted the country's\r\nNuclear Power Facility, with the US DOJ believing it was the work of the Russians that accessed the systems.\r\nhttps://www.techtimes.com/articles/273755/20220331/viasat-hit-russia-s-wiper-malware-called-acidrain-affecting-european.htm\r\nPage 1 of 2\n\nThe alerts against Russia are on a global scale, with security researchers and experts in the country saying that the\r\nEuropean country enforces its attacks with state-sponsored hackers. The reign of terror of these hacks leaves the\r\nmany corporations and companies that rely heavily on technology and the internet open to different kinds of\r\nattacks.\r\nRussia is one of the countries famous for its hacking capabilities, and many reported cases came from the\r\ntranscontinental country, according to experts. The recent hack against Viasat is a massive attack from the threat\r\nactors originating from Russia, especially with their use of the wiper malware that effectively took down its\r\noperations.\r\nThis article is owned by Tech Times\r\nWritten by Isaiah Richard\r\nⓒ 2026 TECHTIMES.com All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission.\r\nSource: https://www.techtimes.com/articles/273755/20220331/viasat-hit-russia-s-wiper-malware-called-acidrain-affecting-european.htm\r\nhttps://www.techtimes.com/articles/273755/20220331/viasat-hit-russia-s-wiper-malware-called-acidrain-affecting-european.htm\r\nPage 2 of 2",
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