Ukrainian Railways hit by largescale targeted cyberattack

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The Power Within The Kyiv Independentâs firstever magazine Be among the first to get itppUkrainian Railways Ukrzaliznytsia was the target of a largescale and sophisticated cyberattack the company said on March 24 adding that the restoration of all systems is ongoingppUkrzaliznytsias online systems have been subjected to a largescale targeted cyberattack the state railway operator said in a statementppThe companys website and application became unavailable on March 23 over a technical failure the company said earlierppBoth Russia and Ukraine have broadly employed cyberattacks during the fullscale war with multiple Ukrainian companies and state agencies being targeted by hackers in the past three yearsppThe perpetrators failed to disrupt railway traffic as trains ran without delay the company said Due to previous cyberattacks the railway operator had backup protocols in placeppUkrainian Railways called the attack systemic and multilevel and said it was orchestrated by the enemy The companys specialists are working with specialists from the Security Service of Ukraine SBU to restore backup datappOnline ticket purchases remain unavailable as the company prepares to work offline on March 24p