A file explaining the software states: “The level of secrecy of processed and stored information in the product is ‘Top Secret’.”
A third Vulkan-built system – Crystal-2V – is a training program for cyber-operatives in the methods required to bring down rail, air and sea infrastructure. Codenamed Scan-V, it scours the internet for vulnerabilities, which are then stored for use in future cyber-attacks.Īnother system, known as Amezit, amounts to a blueprint for surveilling and controlling the internet in regions under Russia’s command, and also enables disinformation via fake social media profiles. One document links a Vulkan cyber-attack tool with the notorious hacking group Sandworm, which the US government said twice caused blackouts in Ukraine, disrupted the Olympics in South Korea and launched NotPetya, the most economically destructive malware in history. A diagram showing a Vulkan hacking reconnaissance system codenamed Scan, developed since 2018.
