A cyberattack altered Ukraine’s state news agency Ukrinform’s website and X profile Wednesday, disrupting official online channels as agency specialists worked to restore service and Ukrinform contacted security authorities.
Ukrainska Pravda and hromadske described the homepage as showing “ZELENET,” a Telegram channel link and an image of a Ukrainian flag marked with a cross. The X profile also took the name “ZELENET” and displayed a pro-Russian slogan, the outlets reported.
Ukrinform said technical specialists were probing the incident and seeking to bring its online resources back to normal. The agency said it was in contact with the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) unit responsible for counterintelligence protection of state interests in information security.
Ukrinform Director General Serhii Cherevatyi told Detector Media that staff noticed suspicious activity overnight Nov. 11. He said they removed the altered homepage image within minutes, while site restoration continued, Detector Media reported.
Cherevatyi estimated the incident was about the fourth similar attack since he became director general, Detector Media reported. He said an earlier attack was more serious and kept the website offline for several hours.
Ukrinform said it would issue further updates but gave no restoration deadline.
