The representative said that besides ticketing and scheduling being disrupted, the cyberattack also affected freight trains.
According to reports, Russia has been sending military equipment and personnel by rail into Belarus, which shares a border with Ukraine. @belzhd_live, a group of Belarus Railway workers that tracks activity on the 5,512-km railway, said on Friday that in a week’s time, more than 33 Russian military trains loaded with equipment and troops had arrived in Belarus for joint strategic exercises there. The worker group said at the time that it expected a total of 200 so-called echelons to arrive in the coming days.
The Washington Post said the Belarusian Defense Ministry on Monday reported that Russian troops continued to arrive in the country ahead of a major training exercise next month. Video also surfaced on social media Monday showing Russian military convoys and trains with military equipment moving across southern Russia and Belarus.
Hactivists say they hacked Belarus rail system to stop Russian military buildup
If confirmed, the attack would be one of the first times ransomware has been used this way.
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