The number of cyberattacks on Ukraine increased by 70% over the past year
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- Alona Kokhanchuk
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10:09, 09 January, 2025
A cyber attack. Photo: pixabayIn 2024, the number of cyberattacks on Ukraine increased by almost 70%. During this time, 4,315 attacks were recorded, compared to 2,541 a year earlier.
This was reported by the press service of the State Special Communications Service.
Most often, hackers attack critical infrastructure: the energy sector, government agencies, security and telecommunications. Their goal is to steal sensitive information and destroy data.
The most common tools used are mass malware and phishing emails. In times of war, the most valuable information for the enemy is information about the plans of the Ukrainian defence forces, data from defence industry enterprises, the government and other organisations that support the military.
«CERT-UA, the government's cyber incident response team, notes that cyber warfare remains one of Russia's key tools to destabilise the situation in Ukraine. In 2024, there was a steady upward trend in attacks on critical infrastructure, especially in the energy sector,» the report says.
Experts predict that the attacks will continue in 2025, and cyberspace will remain a hotspot of war.
Cyberattack on registries
On the night of 19 to 20 December, Ukraine's state registries were subjected to a cyberattack. It has been called the largest in recent times. Currently, the registers that are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine have been temporarily suspended.
As a reminder, certain registration services related to the change of car ownership have been temporarily suspended in Mykolaiv region.
Inna Firsova, First Deputy Head of the Southern Interregional Department of the Ministry of Justice (Odesa), said that the approximate timeframe for the restoration of the registers is 2 weeks.
On 30 December, it became known that the Ministry of Justice had resumed the work of the first three notary registers, which had been suspended as a result of a large-scale Russian cyberattack.
After that, the State Registration of Civil Status Acts (DRACS) resumed its work in the system of state registers of the Ministry of Justice, which allows registering marriages, births and other acts of civil status.