Massive cyberattack hits Ukrainian govt websites

Updated 7 months ago · Published on 14 Jan 2022 6:40PM · 0 Comments

An offline terminal at the main post office of Ukrainian State Enterprise of Posts after institutions were hit by a wave of cyberattacks in Kiev on June 27, 2017. Authorities say today that several government websites were taken offline as a result of a massive cyberattack. – EPA pic, January 14, 2022.

SEVERAL key Ukrainian government websites were taken offline today, authorities said, in a sweeping cyberattack that came against the backdrop of rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine’s Western allies.

“As a result of a massive cyberattack, the websites of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a number of other government agencies are temporarily down,” a foreign ministry spokesman told AFP.