Ukraine’s government websites and banks hit by cyberattack

• The source of the attack is yet to be confirmed

• A cyber rapid-response team was deployed across Europe yesterday

The websites of Ukraine’s government, the foreign ministry, and state security service were offline on Wednesday due to a mass Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, reported the government.

Head of Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, said in his Telegram channel that the attack began at around 4 PM local time and had affected banks. He did not mention the extent of the damage or the names of the banks affected.