Ukrainian Foreign Ministry says there are "signs" of Russian intervention

The content of the hacked sites has not been updated and personal data has not been leaked, according to the Ukrainian Security Service.

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In total, from Thursday, January 13 to Friday, January 14, 70 government websites will be targeted overnight. This is what the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) estimates. On the diplomatic side, Ukraine claimed to have “Preliminary indications are that hacker groups linked to Russian intelligence may be behind the massive cyber attack”, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Oleg Nikolenko tweeted.

Ten of these sites were the subject“Unauthorized Intervention”, Ensuring that SBU is added “Their content has not been updated and personal data has not been leaked”.

Several Ukrainian government sites were targeted on Friday in a cyber attack in the wake of heightened tensions between Kiev and Moscow over alleged preparations for an attack on a Ukrainian neighbor.