A Russian cyberattack on Ukraine’s justice ministry registries caused a shutdown of online services for marriages and other matters, but no data appears to have been leaked or stolen, the Ukrainian government reports.
Deputy prime minister Olha Stefanishyna, who is also justice minister, told reporters at a briefing in Kyiv that Russia took several months to prepare the cyberattack, which was the largest to target Ukraine’s state registries in recent times.
Online services to register matters like marriages, cars, births or a change of residence in Ukraine were suspended, the government service platform said.
The attack sought to “instil panic among Ukrainian citizens and those abroad,” Ms Stefanishyna said.
The Ukrainian security service’s cyber department said their main line of investigation was that a hacker group affiliated with Russian military intelligence (GRU) was behind the attack.
“Data leakage is not confirmed as of now… At this stage, all registries are suspended for security purposes,” Mr Stefanishyna added.
Both Russia and Ukraine have been hit by cyberattacks on their infrastructure during the war.
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