Ukraine's nationwide postal service Ukrposhta stated it had been hit by a cyberattack on Friday after gross sales of a postage stamp depicting a Ukrainian soldier making a crude gesture to a Russian warship went on-line.
Queues shaped to purchase the stamp when it went on sale on the postal headquarters in Kyiv final week following the sinking of the flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet.
Kyiv stated it had hit the cruiser Moskva with missiles. Russia stated the ship sank whereas being towed in stormy seas after a hearth brought on by an explosion of ammunition.
Ihor Smilianskyi, Ukrposhta's director-general, issued an apology to clients for what he stated was a DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) assault however didn't say who is perhaps behind it.
"We're actually doing the whole lot, along with web suppliers, to revive each the net retailer and different Ukrposhta programs which might be additionally quickly not working because of a DDos assault on our programs," he wrote on Fb.
Ukrainian officers have warned of the hazard of cyberattacks by Russian hackers since Russia invaded the nation on February 24 Moscow has persistently denied accusations it has launched cyberattacks on Ukraine.
Ukraine stated earlier this month that it had thwarted an try by Russian hackers to break its electrical energy grid with a cyberattack.
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