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Last week, Kazakhstan was the target of a wave of cyberattacks that computer experts say have slowed down web connections across the country.
The factor even caught the attention of the president, who blamed the attack on foreign-based actors to sow political unrest.
“Some forces are wearing down those movements with the aim of provoking an internal revolution in our country,” Kassym-Jomart Tokayev told an audience in the northeastern province of Abai on September 30.
Tokayev based his argument on the fact that the Internet slowdown was first recorded after his announcement of early presidential elections to be held on November 20.
“They need to avoid positive adjustments in Kazakhstan. But we will not deviate from our course,” he said.
The State Technical Service, or STS, a cybersecurity unit operating under the umbrella of the National Security Committee, or KNB, said it detected an increase in malicious activity online starting Sept. 24 and that attacks pile up thereafter. Faulty connections on September 28 delayed several morning flights in Almaty and Atyrau through a few hours.
The STS said the attacks targeted government agencies and web infrastructure. The sabotage was likely similar to “ongoing public events in the country and around the world. “The company did not specify what that meant.
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London-based cybersecurity regulator NetBlocks said Sept. 28 that knowledge of Kazakhstan’s network showed connectivity at 23% of levels.
Until Tokayev delivered his speech, no Kazakh official had tried to advance theories about who might be in the particular situation. The president’s explanation was vague, but echoed language he used to describe alleged planners of the political unrest that left dozens dead in Kazakhstan in early January.
This turbulence paintings of “terrorist gangs” that had gained “serious education abroad,” Tokayev said.
Since then, the blame for plotting the events, which began as spontaneous protests against emerging fuel prices, fell on former KNB leader Karim Masimov, who faces treason charges.
However, he presented an explanation, suggesting that the hacking activity may stem from Russia’s war on Ukraine, an attempt through unspecified parts to cause instability in Central Asia.
Kazakhstan officials report what they called the development risk posed by hackers.
Speaking to Tokayev in early August, KNB leader Yermek Sagimbayev said his company had recorded and repelled 295 million cyberattacks and 2,000 DDoS attacks against critical infrastructure in Kazakhstan since the beginning of the year.
The danger of services being compromised is developing as Kazakhstan seeks further digitization of the economy and government.
Even as the cyberattack reached a new peak on Sept. 28, Tokayev addressed the plenary consultation of a foreign-generation convention in the capital, Astana.
“The concept of ‘government for citizens’, i. e. the provision of facilities for citizens, is one of our top vital priorities,” he told participants at the Digital Bridge Forum 2022. “With the help of virtual technologies, we need to make people’s daily lives as simple as you can imagine and achieve equivalent opportunities for everyone. “
For Eurasianet. org
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