Cyber attack hits Ukraine government websites amid growing tensions with Russia

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'This is not the first time or even the second time that Ukrainian Internet resources have been attacked since the beginning of the Russian military aggression.' 9News

with threatening text warning Ukrainians to "be afraid and wait for the worst" and alleging their personal information has been hacked.

"According to an investigation by the Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security, the first data suggests that the attack was carried out by the Russian Federation," the Ukrainian Information Ministry said in a statement. "All information about you has become public, be afraid and wait for the worst. This is for you for your past, present and future. For Volhynia, for the OUN UIA [Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists Ukrainian Insurgent Army], for Galicia, for Polesie and for historical lands," the web page read.

The Security Service of Ukraine said in a statement that although "provocative messages were posted on the main page of these sites," the content of the sites was not changed, adding "the leakage of personal data, according to preliminary information, did not occur." The head of Ukraine's technical security and intelligence service Yuri Shchigol said almost 70 websites of central and regional authorities had been affected.

During a joint press conference with the French foreign minister in Brest, France, on Friday, Borrell, the EU's high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, said he convened an emergency meeting upon learning of the attack on Ukrainian government websites. Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said Friday that it is "too early to draw conclusions" as to who is behind the attack, but said there is a "long record of Russian cyber assaults against Ukraine in the past."

Tensions between Ukraine and Russia are at their highest in years, with the Russian military build-up spurring fears that Moscow could launch an invasion in the coming weeks or months.

 

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