{"id":1216323,"date":"2022-01-14T12:19:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T17:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1216323"},"modified":"2022-01-14T12:20:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T17:20:07","slug":"ukraine-hit-with-massive-cyber-attack-russia-likely-to-blame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-hit-with-massive-cyber-attack-russia-likely-to-blame\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Hit With Massive Cyber Attack, Russia Likely To Blame"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukraine-hit-with-massive-cyber-attack-russia-likely-to-blame%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1216323&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Friday, hackers gained access to approximately 70 Ukrainian government websites. The sites were brought down, with a threatening message placed on the country\u2019s Foreign Ministry website. Ukraine authorities suspect that Russia is to blame for the attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result of a massive cyber attack, the websites of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a number of other government agencies are temporarily down,\u201d said Oleg Nikolenko, a spokesperson for Ukraine\u2019s Foreign Ministry. \u201cOur specialists have already started restoring the work of IT systems, and the cyberpolice has opened an investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As a result of a massive cyber attack, the websites of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a number of other government agencies are temporarily down. Our specialists have already started restoring the work of IT systems, and the cyberpolice has opened an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oleg Nikolenko (@OlegNikolenko_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OlegNikolenko_\/status\/1481880668195983362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A message was posted on the foreign ministry website in three languages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkrainians! All your personal data was uploaded to the internet,\u201d the message read. \u201cAll data on the computer is being destroyed. All information about you became public. Be afraid and expect the worst.\u201d According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/14\/world\/europe\/hackers-ukraine-government-sites.html\">The New York Times<\/a>, the message also raised a number of historical grievances between Poland and Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEWS IN KYIV: Several Ukrainian government websites down due to a major a cyberattack. Below is the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MFA_Ukraine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MFA_Ukraine<\/a> website now. It reads in part: &#8220;Ukrainians!\u2026All information about you has become public, be afraid and expect worse.&#8221; Sites of MOD and Education ministry also down. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3lbA06Q3Fl\">pic.twitter.com\/3lbA06Q3Fl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristopherJM\/status\/1481866343104360450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe attack came within hours of the conclusion of talks this week between Russia and the United States and NATO in Europe that were intended to find a diplomatic resolution after Russia massed tens of thousands of troops near the border with Ukraine,\u201d The Times added. \u201cMoscow has demanded sweeping security concessions, including a promise not to accept Ukraine into the NATO alliance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security, a Ukrainian government agency which aims to counter Russian disinformation, <a href=\"https:\/\/spravdi.gov.ua\/pro-nas\/\">suggested<\/a> that the attack was related to the ongoing talks with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have not seen such a significant attack on government organizations in some time,\u201d it said. \u201cWe suggest the current attack is tied to the recent failure of Russian negotiations on Ukraine\u2019s future in NATO.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNATO\u2019s secretary general Jens Stoltenberg and Josep Borrell, the EU\u2019s top diplomat, condemned the attacks. Borrell said the EU\u2019s political and security committee and cyber units would meet to decide how to respond and to support Kyiv,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/jan\/14\/ukraine-massive-cyber-attack-government-websites-suspected-russian-hackers\">The Guardian<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to mobilize all our resources to help Ukraine to tackle this. Sadly, we knew it could happen,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s difficult to say [who is behind it]. I can\u2019t blame anybody as I have no proof. But we can imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sweden\u2019s foreign minister, Ann Linde, called for western powers to resist Russian aggression, noting that Sweden stood in solidarity with Ukraine. \u201cWe have to be very firm in our messages to Russia, that if there are attacks against Ukraine, we will be very harsh and very strong and robust in our response,\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt could be just a regular information operation (seeking) to undermine the government\u2019s capability and to create and enhance uncertainty,\u201d said Oleh Derevianko, a \u201cleading private sector expert and founder of the ISSP cybersecurity firm\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/ukraine-government-websites-hacking-attack-82261780\">ABC News<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"> @ighaworth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"> member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, hackers gained access to approximately 70 Ukrainian government websites. The sites were brought down, with a threatening message placed on the country\u2019s Foreign Ministry website. Ukraine authorities suspect that Russia is tied to the attack. \u201cAs a result of a massive cyber attack, the websites of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1216323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1216323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1216323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1216323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1216323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}