This is reported by The Washigton Post.

According to preliminary information, the hacker attack was carried out with the aim of destabilizing the Ukrainian financial system against the background of the war in eastern Ukraine. CIA staff are ready to provide evidence that the virus was launched with the help of the Chief Intelligence Directorate of the Russian Federation.

Recall that last summer, Ukrainian state websites underwent a virus attack Petya, which required computer users to make a certain payment to continue working. Then, airports, a number of postal and banking institutions, websites of the Ministry of Education and Justice.

Police received more than two thousand applications for cyberattacks.

As reported in the "URA-Inform", the Security Service of Ukraine recently installed the main sources of cyber attacks on Ukrainian state bodies and was able to prevent another attack.