Ukraine claims Russia behind cyberattack in ‘hybrid war’

That disclosure suggested the attention-grabbing defacement attack on official websites last week was a diversion

Ukraine’s foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba (Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP)

Ukraine has said Russia was behind a cyberattack that defaced its government websites and alleged Russia was engaged in an increasing “hybrid war” against its neighbour.

The statement from the ministry of digital development came a day after Microsoft said dozens of computer systems at an unspecified number of Ukrainian government agencies had been infected with destructive malware disguised as ransomware.