The Ministry of Defense will have a unit to combat cyberthreats. When it is created, the positive experience of Lithuania will be taken into account, and NATO experts.

This was stated by Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak, Ukrinform reports..

In addition, Poltorak said that the Ministry of Defense successfully repulsed the latest hacker attack.

"We coped with this problem quite successfully.

It did not affect the state of combat capability of the Armed Forces, did not affect the command and control system of troops and the progress of combat missions in the ATU zone, "Poltorak said..

Recall, June 27, the largest hacker attack, which spreads the virus Petya. A, blocking the operation of computer systems, Ukrainian banks, energy companies, state-owned Internet resources and local networks, Ukrainian media and a number of other large enterprises.

The virus also attacked computers around the world. Reports of cyberattacks came from Russia, Britain, Spain, India and other countries.