Three key notary registries resume work in Ukraine after cyberattack
Kyiv • UNN
The Ministry of Justice has resumed the operation of the Unified Register of Powers of Attorney, the Inheritance Register and the Unified Register of Special Forms of Notarial Documents. Notaries will be able to enter all actions taken in the absence of access to the registers within 5 business days.
The first state registries in Ukraine have reopened after a large-scale cyberattack. The Unified Register of Powers of Attorney, the Inheritance Register, and the Unified Register of Special Forms of Notarial Documents have resumed their work. This was reported on Monday by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, UNN reports.
The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine has restored the operation of three key notary registries. After a large-scale cyberattack by Russians, the Unified Register of Powers of Attorney, the Inheritance Register and the Unified Register of Special Forms of Notarial Documents have been restored
From now on, notaries can fully register powers of attorney, wills and inheritance cases, as well as verify special forms.
All notarial acts performed in the absence of access to the registers will be recorded within 5 business days. Enhanced cyber security measures have been implemented.
Currently, the Ministry of Justice is reportedly working on opening other registers.
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Ukrainian Justice Minister Olha Stefanishyna said that enemy hackers had carried out one of the largest cyberattacks on Ukraine's state registers.
Stefanishyna also noted that all the datathat was in the registers was saved and was subject to recovery.
On December 22, First Deputy Minister of Justice Mykola Kucheryavenko said that it would take about two weeks to fully restore the state registers of the Ministry of Justice, which were subjected to the largest-scale Russian cyberattack.
According to Oleksandr Fediyenko, chairman of the Subcommittee on Cyberspace Security, Government Communications, Cryptographic Protection of Information of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, the reason for the large-scale cyberattack on the state registers of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine could be either phishing or bribery of employees who had access to these registers.
