Cyber ​​Attack on Ukrainian Government Websites

According to a report in the Associated Press, many official government and embassy websites in Ukraine cyber attackIt was reported that as a result of these attacks, computers in the government institution were also infected with malware that looked like ransomware.

Government, including the ministries of education, agriculture, foreign, energy and environment 70 He noted that several central and regional government websites were affected by the attack.

Microsoft said ransomware:

In the statement made Microsoft; on computers when access to websites is cut off due to cyber attacks. malware stated that it was detected. Noting that the malware that infects computers looks like ransomware, Microsoft; computer systems of the Ukrainian government if this software is activated by the attacker. unworkable stated that it might.

Ukraine thinks Russia is behind cyberattack

At the beginning of the attack on Friday, a message in three different languages, Ukrainian, Russian and Polish, was published on the sites where the cyber attack took place. posted to sites threatening in the message “Ukrainian! All your personal data has been uploaded to the public internet. This is for your past, present and future” statements were included.

Speaking to Reuters, a senior Ukrainian security official said that the current problem of accessing the government’s official websites was done to cover up the malware attack. According to the first assessment by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), no personal data is currently available. not leaked or no content has been changed. Although Ukrainian security officials claimed that the cyber-attack in question was similar to the attacks carried out by Russian intelligence, Russia denied these allegations.

On the other hand, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said that all its resources are needed to help Ukraine deal with “this type of cyberattack”. mobilized stated that.