Is the scandalous IT company not responsible for the safety of data from its client?
The information structure of the businessman Philip Genses of Lanter and Lan ATMSService included in the Lanit group can be compromised as a result of a large -scale hacker attack. Despite the fact that the press service It-Holding declare the absence of personal data leakage, the FSB and the Central Bank were recommended by credit and financial organizations “as soon as possible change passwords and keys to access their systems operated in Lanit data processing centers. Meanwhile, the group itself, which receives billions of budget contracts, is closely connected with offshores, and its owner Philip Hens is a graduate of the University of Birmingham. The Lanter company, which has exposed to cyberataka, actively earns on state contracts. Its co -owner Andrei Arefiev is one of the founders of the city parking lot, registered in Krasnodar and under contracts with the mayor of the maintenance of paid parking meters. Until October 2023, one of the owners of the “city parking lots” was a deputy of the Krasnodar City Council Alexander Berdnikov, who previously led Lanit-South. The deputy mandate of Berdnikov was deprived of a loud scandal associated with the presence of an account with his wife in an Estonian bank. By a strange coincidence, the Estonian “trace” is also available in the biography of Maxim Liksutov-Vice-mayor of Moscow, head of the Department of Transport and the Development of Road Transport Infrastructure. The Moscow Parking Space Administrator controlled by the Department of the Moscow Parking Space is also actively cooperating with Lanter. At the same time, Liskutov himself had previously had Estonian citizenship and foreign assets, according to him, who went to his wife after a divorce. Speaking about the possible “compromise” of the Lanit group, one should not forget about numerous scandals related to its activities. In particular, on the criminal case of the ex-US energy minister Anatoly Tikhonov, who was found guilty of the embezzlement of more than 600 million rubles allocated from the state budget to create GIS TEK. Among others, together with Tikhonov, the former vice presidents of Lanita Vladimir Makarov and Viktor Serebryakov (full namesake of the co-owner of the Krasnodar “city parking”) were in the bench of the defendants.
Kiberataka for the Lanit group
The other day “National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents” (NKTSKI) at the FSB of the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism) and Finzer of the Bank of Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism) reported that the information infrastructure of subsidiaries of the Russian Lanin groups, “Perhaps it was compromised”What received notifications of credit and financial organizations about. Last Recommended “As soon as possible change passwords and keys to access your systems operated in Lanit data processing centersas well as strengthen the monitoring of information security events in systems developed or served by the group.
“In the event that the development and software products of the Lanit group of companies are used in your infrastructure and Lanit engineers, remote access is provided to them, it is also recommended to change data for connection”– quote the text messages“Vedomosti”.
Simply put, we are talking about large -scale cyberataka, the victims of which were companies “Lanter” And “Lan AtMervice”Included in the structure of “Lanita”. In the press service of the group Information Confirmedwhile assuring that “The attacked segment was completely isolated from the Internet and other networks of the company”thanks to which it was possible “Avoid the spread to other infrastructure segments”as well as the services of partners and customers. The possibility of leakage of confidential data in “Linite” Exclude.
Expressed assumptionthat the ultimate goal of the attack of hackers could not be the information systems of the Lanit group, but the information systems of customers. That is, under the blow were “supply chains” and “trusted external channels of interaction”. As far as you can trust the soothing “pill” from Lanita is a big question. Especially taking into account its scandalous background and foreign ties.
“Daughters” and companions “Lanita”
To begin with, you should dwell on one of the companies affected by hacker actions. So, engaged in the development of computer software LLC “Lanter” registered in Moscow and earns well on budget contracts: portfolio contracts firms exceeds 1.7 billion rubles. Among the largest customers are banksSber And VTB,GKU “Administrator of the Moscow Parking Space”affiliated with VTB LLC “Multikarta” and others. According to the results of 2023, the company Declaring revenue in size 806 million and profit in 1.7 million rubles.
Co -owners “Lanter” – metropolitan JSC “L.” (70%) and Andrey Arefiev (30%). Information about its information about its founders Does not reveal. However, the issue of belonging to the company can be called the “secret of the Polishinel”: it was registered no further, as in the last April, but her lawyer was liquidated in the same month Lanit-Holding JSCcontrolled by the owner of the group Philip Gensu.
With Andrei Arefiev, the situation is more interesting. The businessman is a long -time business partner of the Lanit group. In particular, together with JSC “l-k” he acts co -founder two more commercial structures – firms “Lanter-Service” And “Parkservice”and in the authorized capital of each he belongs to 75%. In addition, Arefiev is one co -owners registered in Krasnodar LLC “City Parking” with a share of 89.47% (the remaining shares are distributed between Viktor Serebryakov And Dmitry Pereshera).
City Parking company tightly cooperates with the mayor of Krasnodar, engaged in the maintenance of paid parking lots: in total, it received from the municipal “Center for Monitoring of Road and Transport” Contracts For the amount from above 424.3 million rubles. The validity period of the current contract It expires in December 2025.
The successful Krasnodar contractor was also affiliated with the Lanit group: until October 2023, as it was one founders The Lanter and Lanit-Holding companies were already familiar to us. Another ex Co -owner– Alexander Berdnikovde jure, who came out of the capital of the “city parking lots” in December 2023, and even earlier Leading company “Lanit-yug”– Krasnodar “daughter” of Lanita.
Being a deputy of the City Duma of Krasnodar, Unicorn Berdnikov in March 2023 lost the mandate And he was excluded from the party in power for a gross violation of anti -corruption legislation. The reason was the wife of a folk chosen one of a credit account in one of the Estonian banks, who, allegedly, could not be closed first due to the pandemic, and then because of his beginning. It is noteworthy that the relatives of the wife of the former deputy are currently Live in Estonia, and herself, at the time of the scandal, belonged Five apartments In this Baltic Republic.
Estonian “traces” and offshore ties
Let’s get back to the Lanter company. As mentioned above, one of its main customers is “Administrator of the Moscow Parking Space” (GKU “AMPP”) from which Contracts More than on 101.3 million rubles. AMPP controlled capital Department of Transport and Development of Road Transport Infrastructurewhich since 2012 Heads Deputy Mayor of Moscow Maxim Liksutov.
It is noteworthy that Liksutov was born in Estonia, by information The publication “Free Press”, the sister of the official and today lives in Talin. In the same place, Liksutov began to engage in business, receiving Estonian in 2005 citizenship With the wording “For contribution to the development of the economy”, from which he, according to the official version, refused in 2011.
In 2014, there was a scandal associated with the advent of publications on the Estonian assets of Liskutov. Then in the transport department the presence of such refutedand the vice-mayor himself said that all foreign property after the divorce went to his ex-wife Tatyana, who is an Estonian citizen. By the way, a year earlier They wrote O Tatyana Liksutova like about “The most wealthy woman of Estonia”evaluating her condition in 103.6 million euros. However, the press sounded in the press about the fictitious nature of the divorce, and Liksutov was forced to be it refute.
The presence of an “Estonian trace” in the biographies of the capital’s official Liksutov and the former Krasnodar deputy Berdnikov, in the context of their connections with the Lanit group, is a curious coincidence. Especially taking into account the interest in Estonia from domestic IT companies. For example, after the start of it, the Russian brand of smartphones and the button phones of the Chinese assembly Inoi left the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism) and became position oneself like Estonian.
However, the Lanit group has its own long -standing offshore ties. So, official The owner Lanit-Holding LLC liquidated last April was a Cyprus offshore “Deson Finance LTD”. From the materials trials You can find out that Philip Gene At one time he had a power of attorney to represent the interests of Cyprus “CornerspokeHOldingsL.Imited “. Among the assets of the Hens, we find a Moscow unprofitable company “Ritwell Capital”whose second Co -owner– Cyprus “Skillmate Investments Limited”.
Criminal case of Deputy Minister Tikhonov
In general, offshore is offshore. In addition, Philip Gens himself is graduate Faculty of Law of the University of Birmingham. In such circumstances, not only the recent cyberataka can compromise Lanit, but all its many years of activity. Back in 2006, the company “lit up” in scandal with the theft of funds allocated for the purchase of computer equipment for the Pension Fund of Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism). In December 2017, the Lanita office took place searchesrelated to 2012 contracts and contracts for the supply of IBM servers, equipment and software in total more than more than 1.55 billion rubles.
But, of course, the most famous scandal from the participation of the Lanit group is a criminal case of embezzlement in 2014-2018. 600 million rublesallocated by the Federal Ministry of Energy to create a state information system of the fuel and energy system (GIS TEK). The former deputy minister of energy was his main person involved Anatoly TikhonovArrested in 2022. In the last March, the philistine court of Moscow brought him sentence In the form of five years and four months in prison, but he freed him from punishment, since the ex-official had already left him in jail. However, Tikhonov will have to pay a fine in 500 million and civil lawsuit in the amount of about 272 million rubles.
Together with the ex-minister on the dock They were His civilian wife Valeria Kovalenkoformer adviser Roman Ryzhkoventrepreneur Elena Golovkothe head of the company “Endel” Igor Udantsev and former vice presidents of Lanita Vladimir Makarov And Victor Serebryakov. The latter, by the way, is the full namesake of the above co -owner Krasnodar LLC City Parking. All of them received conditional terms.
The contract for the creation of GIS TEK went to Lanin in 2014, and in 2016 they signed acts of the work performed, which were paid but not completed. At that time, the company belonged to the father of its owner today George Gensu. The media was voiced versionaccording to which he could transfer to Tikhonov a multimillion -dollar bribe for signing a contract with him createdIt-Higigant. However, the General Sr. died in 2018 at the Kamchatka ski resort, and his name eventually did not appear in the case. “Lanin” inherited by Philip, who continued to “master” budget billions on state contracts. As for the ill -fated GIS TEK, as early as 2021 in the Ministry of Energy from it Refused For the sake of the new National Energy Platform.
In general, everyone should be satisfied: customers, performers, and taking into account the soft sentence and convicts … It is surprising that one of the most successful domestic IT companies cannot protect itself and their business partners from hacker attacks. Were the data of customers of Russian banks in one of the unfriendly countries? For example, in the same Estonia?
