Wed Feb 23, 2022 – 12:28 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — The Ukrainian government has suffered a wide system blackout after cyber-attacks, thought to have originated in Russia. Ministerial office websites were inaccessible for over an hour Wednesday.
Internet blocking monitor NetBlocks confirmed that a DDoS (denial of service) attack, a type of cyber-attack which aims to block access to a network resource, was successfully launched against the “Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Security Service of Ukraine and Cabinet of Ministers websites” just after 4 p.m. local time.
⚠️ Confirmed: #Ukraine‘s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Security Service of Ukraine and Cabinet of Ministers websites have just been impacted by network disruptions; the incident appears consistent with recent DDOS attacks 📉 pic.twitter.com/EVyy7mzZRr
— NetBlocks (@netblocks) February 23, 2022
According to a report on Interfax, a Ukrainian technology news service, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov announced the attack on his personal telegram channel Wednesday.
“At about 16:00, another massive DDoS attack on our state began,” Fedorov wrote, adding that “relevant data from a number of banks” suggests the
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