Ukrainian Government Agencies and Banks Hit by Another Cyberattack

[Asia Economy New York=Special Correspondent Joselgina] On the 23rd (local time), Ukrainian government agencies and some banks were subjected to a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack. The perpetrators behind the attack have not yet been identified.

According to CNN, the Ukrainian parliament confirmed on its website that it is "responding to a cyber attack." Official websites of Ukrainian government agencies, including the government, parliament, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as some banks, have been inaccessible since the afternoon of the same day.

Mykhailo Fedorov, Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, announced on his Telegram channel that another DDoS attack began around 4 p.m. local time on the same day. The DDoS attacks have also been reported at several banks.

Global internet governance monitoring firm NetBlocks stated that the official websites of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Security Service, and Cabinet "have been affected by network outages," adding that this "appears to be consistent with recent DDoS attacks."

Ukraine has recently pointed to Russia as the source behind the successive cyber attacks. However, Russia denies these allegations.

Earlier, on the 16th, a large-scale cyber attack that began in Ukraine was the largest in the country's history. At that time, websites operated by government agencies, military-related organizations, and major banks experienced access failures. Some were even covered with various messages.

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