All main services of the USR portal have been restored after the cyberattack by the Russian Federation
10 January 14:51
Today, on January 10, the Ministry of Justice has restored the operation of all major services of the Unified State Register portal after a large-scale cyberattack by Russia. This was reported on the ministry’s Facebook page, Komersant ukrainskyi reports.
Thus, the portal is now available again:
- free search for information in the register,
- generating extracts,
- obtaining the results of administrative services by access code
- and access of state bodies to information from the registry through access identifiers.
The agency reminded that the USR services became unavailable after a Russian hacker attack on December 19. On that day, government officials assured that the registers would be restored in two weeks.
“We understand how important uninterrupted access to public services is for each of you. Specialists of the State Enterprise “NAIS” together with the Cyber Department of the Security Service of Ukraine, the State Special Communication Service and the Cyber Police continue to work on strengthening the protection of registers to guarantee you stable operation of services,” the statement said.
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Russian cyberattack and the situation with registries
on December 19, 2024, Ukraine suffered one of the largest external cyberattacks that affected state registries. rf launched a cyberattack on state registries that are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. The hackers paralyzed dozens of key systems, which led to the suspension of important services and jeopardized the safety of critical data. The Ministry of Justice suspended the operation of dozens of registries for security reasons.
The registries will be restored today, December 23. They will try to restore them completely within two weeks. First, the Ministry of Justice will restore the Unified Register of Powers of Attorney, the Unified Register of Special Forms of Notarial Documents and the Inheritance Register. This will ensure proper data accounting and minimize the negative impact of potential unlawful notarial acts.
The next priority is to restore the State Register of Civil Status Acts, the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs, and the State Register of Real Estate Rights and Encumbrances.
According to the SBU, according to the main version of the investigation, the special services of the aggressor country, Russia, are behind the large-scale cyberattack on Ukraine’s state registers. In particular, it could have been carried out by hackers affiliated with the hostile intelligence of the Russian GRU.
