Alberto Nardelli, Vladimir Kuznetsov and Kateryna Choursina report: Ukraines pip cyberattack in four years brought down the websites of scores of government agencies for hours. Authorities didnt immediately describe the seed of the hacks, which took station as tensions with Russia intensified over its troop buildup across the border. Seventy authorities agencies were hit, including the Foreign and Agriculture Ministries, Viktor Zhora, the deputy head of the say bureau in bearing of special communication and info protection, said Friday. Read more from Bloomberg at Yahoo! Finance. The following argument was issued by Ukraine’s security service (SBU) today (machine translation): Regarding cyberattacks on government websites On the night of january 13-14, a number of governance websites, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of instruction and Science, and others, were hacked. Provocative messages were posted on the main page of these sites.�The content of the sites was not changed, and the leakage of personal data, according to preliminary information, did not occur.�The “Action” application workings normally. in order to forestall the assail from spreading to other resources, as well as to localize the technical problem, a number of other government sites get been suspended. The Security service of Ukraine, the Cyber Police and the commonwealth Special Communications Service, together with the relevant state authorities, are investigating the incident and gathering digital evidence. Most of the affected state resources experience already been restored, others will be available soon. Document: SBU recommendations on eliminating vulnerability to cyber attacks (hotfix:)