KYIV. Feb 16 (Interfax) - The DDos attacks on the websites of a number of Ukrainian banks and government institutions on February 15 were intended to have more of a psychological and informational effect than a destructive one, Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Deputy Secretary Serhiy Demedyuk said.
"The National Bank of Ukraine, as one of the cybersecurity pillars, did excellently, and we had no financial losses," Demedyuk said at a press briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday.
"We qualify this DDos attack as an informational-psychological one. Not as a destructive one, as it didn't damage infrastructure, but one targeted solely at the population: to show the absence of access to electronic information resources offered by the state and financial institutions," Demedyuk said.