The “Ukrainskaya Pravda” portal reported that a cyber attack by Russian hackers stopped the operation of key systems with the state registry of Ukraine. The hackers claim they have destroyed all the data they had access to, including backups stored on servers in Poland.
Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, Olha Stefanishyna, stated that the cyber attack caused the temporary suspension of her ministry's registration. It was determined that the attack was organized by Russian hackers to disrupt the operation of key government services.
“Currently, together with a group and specialists of other services, we are coordinating efforts to counter the cyber attack and restore the systems. It is already known that the attack was carried out by the Russians in order to disrupt the operation of the critical infrastructure of the state,” he said. Stefanisha on Facebook.
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The Russians attacked the registry of civil and real estate documents, as well as the register of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs. It will take two weeks to restore normal operation of these websites.
Hackers who claimed responsibility for the attack say they stole and destroyed more than a billion lines of data in total, including data stored in Poland.
Doubts about attacks on backup servers
At the press conference, Stefanyshna refused to answer a question about possible cyber attacks on a Ukrainian backup server located in Poland. – Our servers are not co-located. It was a massive attack on the entire infrastructure. I don't want to comment on the details now, he said.
– The enemy is trying to use this situation in its information operations to create panic among the citizens of Ukraine and abroad, said Stefanyshina, who as deputy prime minister oversees European and Euro-Atlantic integration and heads the Ministry of Justice.
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The Polish Ministry of Digitization does not confirm whether the data on the backup servers in Poland has been destroyed or not. But it showed that the Ukrainian side manages its IT systems in Poland, and the Polish side does not have access to them, including the data processed in them.
“The entire responsibility for management, monitoring and control of the infrastructure and processed information is solely on the shoulders of the Ukrainian side. Therefore, we cannot confirm whether an attack on backup servers took place in Poland or not,” the ministry added in a statement.
Cyber attack on the state registry of Ukraine
The Security Service of Ukraine announced at a press conference that the biggest cyber attack on the state register of Ukraine has been prepared for several months. The SBU added that it could not give details about its preparations.
It is said that a criminal case has been opened in connection with the cyber attack, and a hacking group from the Russian military intelligence service may be behind this attack.
All registrations are currently suspended. The SBU could not answer whether the enemy had access to the data from the registers.
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