State Special Communications Service, SSU, And Cyberpolice Investing Hacker Attack On Public Authorities

The State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), and cyberpolice are investigating a cyberattack on public authorities with placement of provocative messages.

The State Special Communication Service has said this in a statement, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

It is also reported that the Diya mobile application is operating normally.

According to the State Special Communications Service, overnight into January 14, a hacker attack was carried out on a number of government websites.

A provocative message was posted on the main page of these sites.

As Ukrainian News Agency reported, the Diya civil service website does not work.

At the same time, the Diya mobile app works as usual.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) states that there was no breach of personal data due to a hacker attack on the websites of state authorities.

A hacker attack on the websites of state authorities occurred on the night of January 14.

In order to prevent the attack from spreading to other resources, as well as to localize a technical problem, a number of government websites have been temporarily suspended.

A global hacker attack has been conducted on public authorities.

The Ministry of Education also reported that due to the global attack overnight into January 14, 2022, the official website of the Ministry of Education and Science is temporarily down.

In February, Kyiv City Mayor / Chairperson of the Kyiv City State Administration, Vitali Klitschko, said that a hacker attack was taking place on the website of the Kyiv City State Administration.