Cyberattack on Russian tech firm Astral disrupts business, government services for week

Kaluga Astral, a Russian software vendor for tax reporting and electronic document management, reported a cyberattack earlier this month that disrupted a range of customer-facing services for about a week; the company is restoring services only after full security reviews. Astral states its internal investigation found no evidence of customer data compromise, disclosed no technical details or attribution, and noted Russian government agencies are involved in the probe. The company has a history of prior disruption (a 2022 DDoS) and was listed as a potential target by the IT Army of Ukraine in 2023, though no link to this incident has been established.