Russia conducted a cyberattack on Ukraine's government services on Dec. 19, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration and Justice Minister Olha Stefanishyna said in a statement.
In the largest cyberattack in recent months, several government services were targeted, including state registers the Justice Ministry oversees. Stefanishyna did not specify which registers have been targeted.
Russia has regularly targeted Ukrainian companies and government institutions with cyberattacks since the onset of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. In August, a massive Russian cyberattack targeted Monobank, one of Ukraine's largest banks.
"We are coordinating work on countering cyberattacks and restoring systems. It's already clear that the attack was made by Russia to disrupt the work of critically important infrastructure," Stefanishyna said on Dec. 19.
"(Russia)... is trying to use this situation... to sow panic among citizens of Ukraine and abroad," she said, adding that it will take up to two weeks for impacted government services to resume operation.
In October, Microsoft warned that Russian hackers were targeting U.S. government officials. Cyberattacks and phishing emails are a part of Russia's hybrid war against the West over its support of Ukraine.
Tim Zadorozhnyy
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