Ukraine under cyber-attack by Russia, some government sites and banking services go out of order

Ukraine is being attacked by Russian hackers amid rising tensions between the two countries.
The news for The Geopost has been confirmed by a security expert in Europe, adding that some government sites are already out of order.

“Ukraine is currently experiencing a cyber-attack. “The website of the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces and some banks are already out of order,” said the security source.

The same news is confirmed by the NetBlocks site that monitors cyber-attacks.

“Ukraine has been targeted by a series of DDOS attacks on banking and military services, shutting down the services of PrivatBank and Oschadbank. “The incident comes amid rising tensions with Russia,” NetBlocks reports.

The warning that Ukraine would have a cyber-attack was also warned by the US intelligence services. / The Geopost /