The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine announced a large-scale cyberattack by the Russian Federation on state registers. Russian hackers attacked the state registers of Ukraine on December 19. The work of the Unified and State Registers has been temporarily suspended.
The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine announced a large-scale cyberattack by the Russian Federation on state registers. Russian hackers attacked the state registers of Ukraine on December 19. The work of the Unified and State Registers has been temporarily suspended.
«Today, the largest external cyberattack on the state registers of Ukraine in recent times took place. As a result of the targeted attack, the work of the Unified and State Registers, which are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, was temporarily suspended,» the statement of the head of the department says.
According to the head of the Ministry of Justice, Olga Stefanyshyna, the ministry’s team and specialists from other services are working to restore the system. This is one of the largest attacks in recent times. The Russians aimed to disrupt the work of critical infrastructure, Stefanyshyna said.
«The enemy is trying to use this situation in its information operations to sow panic among the citizens of Ukraine and abroad. I thank the citizens for their understanding. We will inform you about all important updates in addition,» says the head of the department.
Preliminary, the functioning of other resources is not currently threatened. According to the minister, the following will be restored as a priority:
It may take up to two weeks to restore web resources, says Olga Stefanyshyna. The Ministry of Justice will later clarify how services will be provided to people during this period.
Previously, dev.ua reported that the Ministry of Justice website was not functioning .
