Ukraine justice systems crippled by unprecedented cyberattack
Ukrainian Minister of Justice Olga Stefanishyna announced that Ukraine has been the target of Russia's largest cyberattack to date. As a result of the attack, Russian hackers temporarily suspended the operation of key systems at the Ministry of Justice.
Olga Stefanishyna reported that the cyberattack led to the temporary suspension of the Unified Register and the State Register, which are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.
It has been established that the attack was organized by Russian hackers, aiming to disrupt the functioning of key state services.
"Now, together with the team and specialists from other services, we are coordinating efforts to repel the cyberattack and restore the operation of the systems. It is already known that the attack was carried out by Russians to disrupt the functioning of critical state infrastructure," the minister said in a statement.
Hackers attacked, removing the consequences will take two weeks
"We are keeping the situation under control and doing everything necessary to restore the functioning of all services as quickly as possible," she added, stating that the estimated time to remove the consequences of the attack is about two weeks.
A statement on this matter was also published online by the group of hackers who carried out the attack. They claim to have stolen and deleted over a billion rows of data, including data stored in backups in Poland.
Source: Ukrainian Pravda
