Russian hackers attacked Ukraine more than 1,000 times since start of invasion

The press service of the State Special Communications Service of Ukraine said in a Telegram post, Ukrinform reports.

"During the six months of the war, the national Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine CERT-UA, which operates under the State Special Communications Service, recorded 1,123 cyberattacks," the report says.

It is noted that cybercriminals most often attacked the central government and local government bodies.

Among the main targets are also commercial and financial institutions, agencies of the security and defense sector, enterprises of the energy sector, transport industry and telecom - all essential public infrastructure.

As Ukrinform reported, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Ukrainian cyber police have repelled 83 enemy cyberattacks and prevented another 300.

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