High tension Kiev-Moscow, cyber attack on Ukrainian government sites

Cyber attack, in the context of heightened tensions between Kiev and Moscow, on numerous sites of the Ukrainian government.

"The official website of the Ministry of Education and Science is temporarily closed due to the global attack that took place on the night between 13 and 14 January", the announcement of the Ukrainian authorities.

"Following a massive cyber attack - reports an official - the websites of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Emergencies and a number of other government agencies are temporarily inactive".

"Our specialists are already working to restore the work of the information systems and the information police have opened an investigation," said the foreign ministry.

The Foreign Ministry website this morning showed a message in Ukrainian, Russian and Polish languages that said: "Ukrainians! All your personal data ... have been deleted and are impossible to restore. All information about you has become public, be afraid and expect the worst ".

"This is for your past, present and future," the message added, citing two ultra-nationalist organizations in Ukraine.

However, there seems to have been no leakage of personal data at the moment.

Russian hackers linked to Moscow have been repeatedly accused of cyber attacks on Ukrainian government websites and infrastructure in the past.

(Unioneonline / vl)