Russia is responsible for the cyberattacks that took down the websites for Ukraine’s government agencies and major banks back in January, according to The White House. Anne Neuberger, the administration’s deputy national security adviser, said the government has “technical information that links the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate or GRU” to the hacks. Neuberger added that “GRU infrastructure was seen transmitting high volumes of communication to Ukraine based IP addresses and domains.”
According to AP and Reuters, Britain has also publicly attributed the incident to Russia, saying that the country’s GRU military intelligence agency is almost certainly involved. While the attacks managed to take down the targeted Ukrainian websites, Neuberger said they had “limited impact,” thanks to the the country’s officials that quickly secured and restored them.
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