The statement from the Ministry of Digital Development came a day after Microsoft said dozens of computer systems at an unspecified number of Ukrainian government agencies had been infected with destructive malware disguised as ransomware.
That disclosure suggested the attention-grabbing defacement attack on official websites last week was a diversion."Moscow continues to wage a hybrid war and is actively building up its forces in the information and cyberspaces".and diplomatic talks to resolve the tense stand-off appear stalled.
A message left by the attackers claimed they had destroyed data and placed it online, which Ukrainian authorities have denied.That would coincide with the attack that simultaneously took some 70 Ukrainian government websites temporarily offline. Microsoft said in a different, technical post that the affected systems "span multiple government, non-profit, and information technology organisations."
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