The United States does not yet have a position on who may have been involved in the January 14 hacks of Ukraine’s government websites, a senior US administration official said. He noted that the United States offered Ukraine assistance in connection with the incident. Earlier, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, citing the Security Service of Ukraine, said that it had signs indicating the involvement of Russian special services.
“We don’t attribute this to anyone yet. We are in touch with the Ukrainians and while Ukraine is investigating the damage and recovering from the incident, we have offered our assistance. We continue to assess the damage done to the Ukrainians, but it seems to be limited: many sites are already restoring work, ”the official said during a briefing on the White House website.
The day before, a statement appeared on the websites of a number of ministries and departments of Ukraine with threats to citizens and crossed out state symbols of Ukraine. The authors of the text stated that “this is for your past, present and future”, “for Volyn, for the OUN UPA (Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, banned in the Russian Federation as extremist. — “b”), for Galicia, for Polissya and for historical lands. The Ukrainian Ministry of Culture announced that Russia was involved in hacking sites: in its position, this was evidenced by the nature of the spread of news about the attacks.
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