Ukraine cyber attack: Chaos as national bank, state power provider and airport hit by hackers

Ukraine’s national bank, state power company and largest airport are among the targets of a huge cyber attack on government infrastructure.



Rozenko Pavlo, the deputy Prime Minister, said he and other members of the cabinet were unable to access their computers.

Та-дам! Секретаріат КМУ по ходу теж "обвалили". Мережа лежить. pic.twitter.com/B74jMsT0qs

— Rozenko Pavlo (@RozenkoPavlo) June 27, 2017

He tweeted an image of his PC displaying a message claiming a disk “contains errors and needs to be prepared”, urging the user not to turn it off.

Images showing other affected computers showed what appeared to be ransomware, demanding a payment of $300 (£235) in Bitcoin to re-gain access to encrypted files.

The cyber attack came hours after a high-ranking intelligence officer was assassinated in a car bombing and Kiev.