
A Russian cyberattack on Ukraine's justice ministry records caused a shutdown of online services for marriage 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 news conference in Kiev that Russia took months to prepare the cyber attack, which was the biggest to target Ukraine's state registries in recent times.
Online services for registering matters such as marriages, cars, births or change of residence in Ukraine were suspended, the government service platform said.
" The attack was intended to cause panic among Ukrainian citizens and those abroad ," said Mrs. Stefanishyna.
The Ukrainian security service's cyber department said their main line of inquiry was that a group of hackers linked to Russia's military intelligence (GRU) was behind the attack.
" The data leak has not been confirmed at this time... At this stage, all logs have been suspended for security purposes ," added Mr. Stephanie.
Both Russia and Ukraine have been hit by cyber attacks on their infrastructure during the war.
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