The CERT-UA Government Computer Emergency Response Team, operating under the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection, registered and investigated more than 2,100 cyber incidents and cyber attacks during 2022.
As reported by the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine on its website, more than 1,500 of the total number of cyber attacks have been registered since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale military invasion of Ukraine.
According to CERT-UA, the public sector is the most frequently targeted by enemy hackers, accounting for about one quarter of all cases studied.
In addition, the energy sector remains under the special attention of Russian hackers – cyber attacks on energy enterprises are difficult to carry out and prepare, they are harder to detect.
Companies that are providers of services, hardware and software for energy companies are under constant scrutiny. As such, supply chain attacks remain a growing threat. In particular, in December 2022, experts recorded an attempt to attack one of the Ukrainian energy facilities by hacking a software supplier and developer.
In addition, enemy hackers actively attacked the logistics, telecommunications, commercial and defense sectors.
