
“Hackers attacked Ukrainian government sites,” Oleg Nikolenko, the country Foreign Ministry’s spokesman, reported, adding that the attack occurred on the night from Thursday to Friday. Upon entering the Ukrainian MFA website, a message appeared in three language versions: Ukrainian, Russian and Polish.
“As a result of a massive cyber attack, the websites of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a number of other government agencies are temporarily down. Our specialists have already started restoring the work of IT systems, and the cyberpolice has opened an investigation,” Mr Nikolenko wrote on social media.
When asked who might be behind the attack, he replied that “it is too early to draw conclusions, but we have a long history of Russian attacks on Ukraine.”As a result of a massive cyber attack, the websites of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a number of other government agencies are temporarily down. Our specialists have already started restoring the work of IT systems, and the cyberpolice has opened an investigation.
— Oleg Nikolenko (@OlegNikolenko_) January 14, 2022
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