“The unavailability of some state registries due to a Russian cyberattack negatively affects the ability of banks to open new accounts and issue loans.”, — write: epravda.com.ua
The unavailability of some state registries due to a Russian cyberattack negatively affects the ability of banks to open new accounts and issue loans. This was reported by the National Bank of Ukraine in response to a request from the Interfax-Ukraine news agency. “The work of the National Bank was not affected by this cyberattack. All information systems of the National Bank worked and continue to work normally. At the same time, the unavailability of certain state registers in a certain way affects the work of banks, in particular, the opening of new accounts and the granting of new loans,” – noted in NBU The National Bank recalled that at the beginning of the large-scale invasion, the state registers were also unavailable, in connection with which the central bank provided clarifications to the banking system regarding the procedure for opening accounts in such conditions, guided by which the banking system worked until mid-June 2022. Advertisement: The NBU noted that a similar letter is currently being prepared there. Read also: Everything is gone. How Russian hackers hacked Ukrainian registries We will remind:Advertisement: On Friday, December 20, Ukraine suffered the largest cyberattack on state registries in recent times. As a result of the attack carried out by Russian hackers, the operation of key systems of the Ministry of Justice was temporarily suspended. The hackers said they destroyed all the data they had access to, including backups on servers in Poland. The cyber attack on the state registers of Ukraine was prepared for several months, but the Security Service of Ukraine said that they could not reveal the details of its preparation. The State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection does not confirm the leak of information after the Russian cyber attack.