UPDATE: M7 Group’s Czech and Slovak operator Skylink has fallen the victim of a hacker attack.
In a note published on the Skylink CZ’s Facebook page, the operator said: “We apologise, currently we have reported a system outage (web, customer zone) due to a hacker attack. We are working intensively on the repair. We thank you for your understanding”.
Broadband TV News notes that Skylink CZ posted the message on Tuesday (March 21) afternoon and the following morning its site was still down.
However, Skylink SK, its Slovak site, could be opened on Wednesday (March 22) morning.
As of Friday, March 24, Skylink CZ’s site was still down and Skylink SK operational.
Skylink SK carried the following message:
“On Tuesday, March 21, 2023, from 7 a.m., our systems faced a massive attack by a Russian hacking group. Using a DDoS attack, hackers shut down most of Skylink’s satellite and internet television web services. Customers were thus denied access to websites, customer systems and applications. The attack did not affect the television broadcast.
At 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, all Skylink web services were fully restored. At the same time, we have adopted additional protective measures that should prevent these attacks in the future”
Skylink offers DTH and internet TV services in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
M7 Group is part of Canal+ Group and also has CEE interests in Hungary and Romania.
