14. 01. 2022. 00:00   >>  17:36

UKRAINE

Government websites toppled by hacker attacks

Several websites of the Government of Ukraine went down today after the hacker attack, a government official said today.

"As a result of a major hacker attack, the websites of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ICJ) and many other government bodies are currently down. Our experts are working hard to enable IT systems," Ukrainian ICJ spokesman Oleg Nikolenko wrote on Facebook today.

Nikolenko told the AP agency that it is too early to say who is behind the attack.

"It is too early to draw conclusions while the investigation is ongoing, but there is a long record of Russian cyber attacks on Ukraine in the past," he said.

Moscow has previously denied cyber attacks on Ukraine.

Tensions have risen between the two countries in recent weeks over the build-up of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine.