Cyber specialists of Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) carried out a cyberattack on online platforms of the Russian financial industry on Oct. 2, a military intelligence source told the Kyiv Independent. Russian banks Alfa-Bank and Otkritie Bank, as well as Rostelecom, Russia’s largest provider of digital services, were targeted, the source said, adding that these firms “ensured the aggression of the Russian Armed Forces against Ukraine.” The attack caused a “global failure” in the rapid payment system, shutting down banks’ mobile applications and online banking systems as well as the fina…