National Bank of Ukraine warns of possible cyber-attack on Ukrainian Independence Day
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) warned Ukrainian banks that on Independence Day, which is celebrated in Ukraine on August 24, a hacker attack on the country’s banking system was possible, RBC-Ukraine news agency reported citing the press service of the bank.
"The NBU promptly informed the banks about the appearance of a new malicious code, its features, signatures of the attacks and the need to introduce preventive measures to prevent the attack," the report said.
The description of virus, which was received by the National Bank from the CERT-UA (Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine) of the Ukraine’s State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection, was not made public.
Earlier, the National Bank of Ukraine initiated the creation of the Cyber Defense Center under the NBU (CSIRT-NBU). The center will monitor attempted hacker attacks and counter them in real time.