World Desk, AnyTV, Kiev
Published by: Gaurav Pandey
Updated Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:58 PM IST
Summary
In January also there was a major cyber attack on Ukraine. Since then many government websites of the country were closed.
The websites of Ukraine’s government, foreign ministry and state security service, which are facing crisis due to Russia, were down on Wednesday. Regarding this, the government of Ukraine has described it as another major cyber attack which started around four o’clock in the afternoon.
Ukrainian officials said that this week we saw warnings online that hackers were preparing to launch a major cyber attack on government agencies, banks and the defense sector. Ukraine, which has faced many such attacks, has blamed Russia for this.
However, Russia has categorically denied its involvement in these cyber attacks. Digital Transformation Minister Mikhailo Fedorov said, ‘Around 4 o’clock another major DDoS attack began. We have data related to many banks regarding this.
However, he did not specify which banks were hit by the attack. Along with this, Fedorov said that these cyber attacks have also affected the website of Parliament. There were also cyber attacks on the Defense Ministry and two banks here last week.
Expansion
The websites of Ukraine’s government, foreign ministry and state security service, which are facing crisis due to Russia, were down on Wednesday. Regarding this, the government of Ukraine has described it as another major cyber attack which started around four o’clock in the afternoon.
Ukrainian officials said that this week we saw warnings online that hackers were preparing to launch a major cyber attack on government agencies, banks and the defense sector. Ukraine, which has faced many such attacks, has blamed Russia for this.
However, Russia has categorically denied its involvement in these cyber attacks. Digital Transformation Minister Mikhailo Fedorov said, ‘Around 4 o’clock another major DDoS attack began. We have data related to many banks regarding this.
However, he did not specify which banks were hit by the attack. Along with this, Fedorov said that these cyber attacks have also affected the website of Parliament. There were also cyber attacks on the Defense Ministry and two banks here last week.