Ukrainian Security Service neutralises over 4.5 thousand cyberattacks on Ukraine since the beginning of the year

This was stated by the Head of the Cyber Security Department Ilya Vitiuk, the Security Service press service reports.

"We have approached 2022 with 8 years of hybrid warfare experience behind us. After all, the war in cyberspace lasted before. At the time of the invasion, we were already ready for the worst scenarios. And the massive cyber attacks that we repelled in January and February became additional "training" before the invasion," said Ilya Vitiuk.

He stressed that with the beginning of full-scale aggression, there was much more work. While in 2020 almost 800 cyber attacks were recorded, in 2021 - 1400, this year their number has increased more than 3 times.

"Today, the aggressor country launches an average of more than 10 cyberattacks per day. Fortunately, Ukrainian society does not even know about most of them," Ilya Vitiuk said.

He said that the enemy's special attention is focused on energy, logistics, military facilities, as well as government databases and information resources.

"We monitor risks and threats in real-time 24/7. We know by name most of the hackers from the Russian special services working against us. We are working on documenting them. After Ukraine's victory, they will face a separate block of meetings of the international military tribunal," summed up Ilya Vitiuk.