Feb 15, 2022 - World

Ukraine defense ministry, banks hit with cyber onslaught

Shawna Chen

Photo of Volodymyr Zelensky's face — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky talks during a press conference with NATO secretary general after their bilateral meeting at the European Union headquarters in Brussels on Dec. 16, 2021. Photo: John Thys/AFP via Getty Images

Several banks and government agencies in Ukraine said Tuesday they had been hit by a distributed denial-of-service attack in an attempt to disrupt access to its servers.

Why it matters: It comes as tensions escalate at the Russia-Ukraine border. U.S. intelligence has said it expects a Russian invasion into Ukraine any day now.

Details: The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense said it was likely targeted by a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS).

The Armed Forces of Ukraine as well as banks PrivatBank and Oschadbank were also targeted, said the Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security, another Ukrainian agency.

PrivatBank denied being targeted in a statement to Politico.

The Ukraine Cyberpolice said it has identified individuals who were sending texts about fraudulent ATM failures.

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