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blue-wave

(4,352 posts)
Fri Jan 14, 2022, 06:07 AM Jan 2022

Key Ukrainian government websites hit with "massive cyberattack"

Source: CBS NEWS

Several key Ukrainian government websites were taken offline Friday, 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.

The education ministry wrote on Facebook that its website was down due to a "global (cyber) attack" that had taken place overnight. The website of the cabinet and the emergencies ministry were also targeted in the attack, with services later restored to the government site.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-government-websites-massive-cyberattack/

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Key Ukrainian government websites hit with "massive cyberattack" (Original Post) blue-wave Jan 2022 OP
The "tell" Roy Rolling Jan 2022 #1
Russia should be under constant cyber attack from every location in the world that NCjack Jan 2022 #2

Roy Rolling

(6,915 posts)
1. The "tell"
Fri Jan 14, 2022, 08:18 AM
Jan 2022

Next up: biker gangs from Russia infiltrating Ukraine restaurants and outdoor venues.

Putin is a one-trick-pony, until the trick no longer works.

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
2. Russia should be under constant cyber attack from every location in the world that
Fri Jan 14, 2022, 02:52 PM
Jan 2022

the West has cyber capabilities.

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