Company: KYIV
Filing Date: 2025-09-05
Form Type: F-1
Source: 0001213900-25-085122
Chunk: 178

Company: Kyivstar Group Ltd.
Filing Date: 2025-09-05
Form: F-1
Chunk 178
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 2024 was approximately $23 million and $46 million, respectively. We conducted a thorough investigation, together with outside cybersecurity firms, to determine the full nature, extent and impact of the incident and to implement additional security measures to protect against any recurrence. The Ukrainian government also conducted an investigation to support the recovery efforts. A criminal proceeding by the SSU, in which we have been identified as the victim of the cyber -attack, remains open as of the date of this prospectus. All internal investigations were concluded as of June 30, 2024, and have resulted in an in -depthanalysis into details of how the attack was executed and how this can be prevented in the future. We have initiated remediation and mitigation actions to reduce current risks and establish a robust framework to manage evolving cyber threats, protect business continuity and maintain customer trust by investing in immediate response actions, enhanced security infrastructure, proactive threat management, compliance with cybersecurity regulations and standards, employee awareness, and long -termadaptive measures. See “ Risk Factors — Risks Related to the Business and Industry of Kyivstar — Risks Related to our Operations — We have experienced and are continually exposed to cyber -attacks , both to our own operations or those of our third -party providers.” Data Privacy We collect and process significant amounts of customer data, including personal data, and as such are subject to certain data privacy and protection laws. Compliance with data protection regulations is a key priority. We maintain strict compliance procedures and conduct regular trainings to ensure our employees are aware of the procedures. See “— Data Protection” and “ Risk Factors — Risks Related to the Business and Industry of Kyivstar — Risks Related to Regulatory and Legal Matters — We collect and process sensitive personal data and are therefore subject to evolving data privacy laws and heightened regulations that may require us to incur substantial costs and implement certain changes to our business practices that may adversely affect our results of operations.” 106 Intellectual Property We rely on a combination of trademarks, service marks and domain name registrations, unregistered copyright protection and contractual restrictions to establish and protect our technologies, brand name, logos, marketing designs and internet domain names. We have registered and applied to register certain trademarks and service marks in connection with our telecommunications and digital businesses in accordance with the laws of our operating companies. Our registered trademarks and service marks include our brand name, logos and certain advertising features. Our unregistered copyrights and know -howare principally in the areas of (i) computer software for service applications developed in connection with our mobile and fixed -