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Ukraine PM calls cyberattack "unprecedented"
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said a wave of cyberattacks on Ukrainian state institutions and companies on Tuesday was “unprecedented” but had not hit “important” IT systems. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine official says version of WannaCry virus caused cyberattacks
KIEV (Reuters) – An adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister said a version of the “WannaCry” ransomware had caused outages on government websites and those of several companies, a cyberattack he called the worst in Ukraine’s history. …read more Source: The...
Cyber attack hits oil giant and banks in Russia and Ukraine
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Russia’s top oil producer Rosneft said a large-scale cyber attack hit its servers on Tuesday and computer systems at some banks and the main airport in neighbouring Ukraine were also disrupted. …read more Source: The...
Kiev airport hit by cyber attack, delays possible
KIEV (Reuters) – Kiev’s main airport has been hit by a “spam attack” that could cause some flights to be delayed, the operator, Boryspil, said. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine deputy prime minister says government computer network down
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Pavlo Rozenko said on Tuesday that the government’s computer network was down, and posted a picture on Twitter of a computer screen showing an error message. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian banks, electricity firm hit by fresh cyber attack
KIEV (Reuters) – A number of Ukrainian banks and companies, including the state power distributor, were hit by a cyber attack on Tuesday that disrupted some operations, the Ukrainian central bank said. …read more Source: The...
Kiev car bomb kills colonel in Ukrainian military intelligence – defence ministry
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian serviceman killed by a car bomb in Kiev on Tuesday was a colonel for Ukraine’s military intelligence, the defence ministry said in a statement. …read more Source: The...
Car bomb kills Ukrainian serviceman in Kiev
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian serviceman was killed and another person was wounded in a car bomb explosion in the centre of Kiev on Tuesday, the interior ministry said, describing the incident as a “terrorist act.” …read more Source: The...
Germany sees "very difficult" situation in eastern Ukraine
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Monday that both Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists were violating a ceasefire agreement in eastern Ukraine and it would likely be difficult to resolve the crisis in the short term. …read more Source: The...
France's Macron, Poroshenko hopeful of progress on resolving Ukraine conflict
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron and his Ukraine counterpart Petro Poroshenko on Monday expressed hopes of making progress in resolving the conflict in Ukraine, with Macron pressing for a withdrawal of forces around the border area with Russia. …read more Source: The...
