In April, Russian hackers resorted to an unconventional cyber operation consisting of a double cyber-attack and information-influencing operation.
The State Special Communications and Information Protection Service of Ukraine reported this. Telegram reports Ukrinform.
“First, one of the Ukrainian ministries, then one of the Ukrainian media was cyberattacked. Hackers hacked the publication’s website and published news that the ministry criticizing the activities of CERT-UA was hacked.” service registered.
The State Intelligence Service believes that in this way the enemy is trying to persuade Ukrainians not to trust data in the media and state institutions.
As reported, the government computer emergency response team CERT-UA, operating under the State Special Communications Service, manually processed more than 700 cyber incidents and cyber attacks, 151 of which occurred in April.