Ukraine was hit by a major cyberattack on the night of Jan. 13-14, crashing many government websites, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Veterans Affairs, State Emergency Service, Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Energy, and the Ministry of Education and Science.

The website of Diia, Ukraine’s e-governance website and app which allows Ukrainians to access their digital documents like passports and driving licenses, was also down on the morning of Jan. 14. The message on the website said it was under maintenance. The Diia app worked normally.

The content of the sites was not changed, and no personal data was leaked, said the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine in a statement.

By 9 a.m. on Jan. 14, the targeted websites were down, but initially hackers replaced their homepages with a threatening message addressed to Ukrainians.

According to screenshots shared in the media, threats in three languages – Ukrainian, Russian, and Polish – were published on some of the government’s websites.

The message claimed that the personal data of Ukrainians was “uploaded to the web” and became public, a claim that couldn’t be verified.

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https://kyivindependent.com/national/major-cyberattack-hits-ukrainian-government-websites/

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