ProgrammingWASHINGTON, Jan 16 Microsoft said the computer systems of a number of Ukrainian government agencies were infected with malware disguised as ransomware.»Today we report that we have detected destructive malware on systems belonging to a number of Ukrainian government agencies and organizations that work closely with the government of Ukraine. The software is disguised as ransomware, but if activated by an attacker, it can disable the infected computer system,» the company said in a blog post. Microsoft noted that it has not yet identified a noticeable match between the unique characteristics of the group behind these attacks and the groups that the company traditionally tracks. Last Friday, the press Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleg Nikolenko said that the websites of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a number of other organs temporarily do not work due to a hacker attack. On the home page of the website of the Ministry of Education and Science, it was reported that allegedly all the personal data of Ukrainians were uploaded to the general network. Gospetssvyaz reported that there was no leakage of personal data due to a hacker attack. According to the agency, state websites in the country were subjected to the most powerful attack in the past four years. Later, the Security Council of Ukraine and the National Police of the country opened a criminal case on the fact of cyber attacks, an investigation is underway, the law enforcement agencies of the country announced the alleged involvement of the Russian Federation in this. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, in an interview with the American television channel CNN, denied accusations against Russia in connection with recent cyber attacks on the websites of Ukrainian government agencies. with the TV clashed in mortal combat
