Ministry of Justice set to create “Pentagon for state registries” – minister

Deputy Prime Minister for Eurean and Euro-Atlantic Integration and Minister of Justice ha Stefanishyna shared this in an interview with Ukrinform.

"We are ensuring the restoration of erations on platforms equipped with robust mechanisms to protect relevant data from potential attacks. A plan has already been develed to create a 'Pentagon' for state registries, which we expect to be quickly implemented. The respective team is actively working on launching this initiative," Stefanishyna emphasized.

She noted that the primary aim of the aggressor state during a cyberattack was to undermine the functionality of the state.

"This goal was not achieved, and for that, I am especially grateful to the specialists at the Ministry of Justice. However, the cyberwar continues 24/7. As long as the full-scale war with Russia persists, so will the cyberwar," Stefanishyna added.

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As reported by Ukrinform, on December 19, 2024, Russia carried out the most massive cyberattack in recent times on Ukraine's state registries, attempting to disrupt critical infrastructure. As a result, the erations of unified and state registries managed by the Ministry of Justice were temporarily halted.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has ened a criminal case regarding the cyberattack.

Stefanishyna assured that despite the large-scale cyberattack, all data in the state registries have been preserved.

On January 4, the Civil Status Registry resumed erations, restoring the ability to register marriages, births, and other civil status records.

On January 9, the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Individual Entrepreneurs, and Public Formations resumed erations after the massive cyberattack by Russia.

The Ministry of Justice anticipates the full restoration of state registries affected by the Russian cyberattack by the end of January.