Hackers only were covered with extortion, according to the SBU.
The main goal of powerful hacker attacks on the infrastructure of Ukrainian companies and state institutions on June 27 was to destabilize the situation in Ukraine, said the head of the security Service of Ukraine Vasyl Hrytsak.
“The goal was disguised as alleged extortion of funds, $300, and you know that, according to preliminary data, has raised about $12 thousand. But the organization of this attack involved a hacking group, which attacked the Ukrainian energy objects. The real motive, we understand the destabilization of the situation in our state. Then think out for yourself”, he said.
According to Hrytsak, for the organization of such a large-scale cyber attacks were involved substantial forces, which were covered only with computer extortion. The head of the SBU failed to respond to where an attack occurred and who is behind it.
Recall that, on 27 June, the Ukrainian companies were victims of massive cyber attacks, conducted with the help of the virus Petya.A. Powerful hacker attack was also detected in 64 other countries. However, according to the developers of the Slovak antivirus ESET, more than 75% of virus attacks Petya.A occurred in the Ukraine.
Hacker attacks were aimed at objects of critical information infrastructure of power generating and power supplying companies, transportation facilities, the number of banking institutions and telecommunication companies. The virus attacked and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
Experts have called the culprit of the infection, the M. E. Doc used in accounting. Against members of the M. E. Doc prepares criminal proceedings.
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