Ukraine Claims Major Russian Cyberattack on State Registries

A major cyberattack by Russian hackers on Thursday led to a temporary shutdown of state registries managed by Ukraine's Justice Ministry, according to a statement from the Ukrainian government on Telegram, The Caspian Post reports citing BNN Bloomberg.

Russia aimed to disrupt the functioning of critical infrastructure as well as cause panic, the statement said. Real estate and business registries were hurt the most, Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna told reporters in Kyiv on Friday. No data was lost, and the operation of databases is expected to be restored within two weeks.

The hacking attack happened several hours before a targeted ballistic missile barage hit the country’s capital city of Kyiv on Friday. Russia didn’t comment on the attack.