Asked whether Russia was suspected as being behind the attack, a spokesman said: "It’s too early to draw conclusions, but there is a long record of Russian assaults against Ukraine."
Summary
- Ukraine has been hit by a “massive cyber attack”, knocking a number of key government websites offline and issuing a warning to the public to “expect the worst”.
- Websites for the foreign ministry, national security and defence council and the government’s cabinet of ministers were among those affected.
- AdvertisementThe foreign ministry spokesman said: “As a result of a massive cyber attack, the websites of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a number of other government agencies are temporarily down.
- Cyber attacks against websites are a much less sophisticated and less harmful form of attack.
- Russian cyber attacks previously accompanied military support to separatists in the east of the country following Moscow’s annexation of Crimea.