On January 20, the Unified and State Registers of the Ministry of Justice resumed operation after a large-scale cyberattack by Russia. The Ministry implemented systemic changes to strengthen protection.
On January 20, the Unified and State Registers of the Ministry of Justice resumed operation after a large-scale cyberattack by Russia. The Ministry implemented systemic changes to strengthen protection.
This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice of Ukraine Olga Stefanishyna.
"The Russians did not achieve their goal. Step by step, we restored the key registers for notaries, then the DRACS, the Unified State Register, and now the work on restoring the last part of the registers has been completed. The final step is to update the data entered during the restoration, which is already being done by specialists from the enforcement service and private executors. I emphasize once again that the data of Ukrainians was not lost," Stefanishyna noted.
The following registers are already in operation:
Also, access to online services related to the above-mentioned registers will soon be restored on the portal and in the "Diya" application.
Currently, access of notaries and state registrars to the State Register of Real Property Rights is restricted for the period of updating data on encumbrances by state and private executors.
At the same time, a number of electronic information interactions are being restored with state bodies that use data exchange with the above-mentioned registers in their activities, primarily with the State Tax Service, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the State Migration Service, the Federal Financial Institution, the Ministry of Digital Affairs, the State Geocadastre, the State State Administration of Ukraine and others.
"We have learned important lessons from this cyberattack and are already implementing systemic changes," the minister added.
The Ministry has terminated cooperation with the head of the State Enterprise "National Information Systems". The criminal proceedings, which were opened immediately after the attack, are still ongoing. The first audit of the National Information Systems has been conducted, and it has already been completed. In addition, an internal investigation is ongoing.
In addition, the Rada supported in the first reading draft law No. 11290 on the creation of a professional network of cybersecurity specialists in all state institutions that process important data of Ukrainians.
“This will be part of the same ‘Pentagon for state registries.’ But, this is only part of the plan for strengthening,” Stefanishyna wrote.
She also stated about international cooperation: "Cyber threats have no borders, so we actively involve the experience and expertise of partner countries."
Recall that on December 19, Ukraine suffered the largest cyberattack on state registers in recent times. The State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection did not confirm the leak of information after the Russian cyberattack.
