Key Ukrainian government websites hit with "massive cyberattack"
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The website of the cabinet and the emergencies ministry were also targeted in the attack, with services later restored to the government site.There was no immediate claim of responsibility and Kiev didn't say who may have been responsible, but Ukraine has blamed Russians with links to the Kremlin for previous attacks, and on Thursday, the country's ambassador to the U.S. told CBS News that a cyberattack could precede a Russian invasion of his country."If Russia decides on a full invasion, then we know that we should expect increased cyberattacks before that," Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova told CBS "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan. Russian hackers linked to Moscow have repeatedly been blamed for cyber attacks on Ukrainian government websites and infrastructure in the past.The attack comes as tensions between Russia and the West are soaring over Ukraine, an ex-Soviet country and close ally of the United States and Europe.
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