Alerts | Hacking/DDoS attack

Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform targeted in cyber attack

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On 17 January 2023, Ukrainian state news agency Ukrinform said it was the victim of a cyber attack, following which the agency’s website went offline. Ukrinform recommended that readers continue following news on the agency’s social media accounts. After a few hours, access to the website was renewed. Ukrinform did not disclose infomation on the nature of the cyber attack and on who was reponsible for it.

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