🔧 Sabotage

A DDoS attack targeted the information resources of Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Access to some functions was temporarily limited for security purposes.

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Ukrinform Kyiv Post

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Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

A DDoS attack on the information resources of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War was recorded on January 28

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

The attack was apparently motivated by information about details of POW exchanges and the downing of an IL-76 aircraft

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Access to some functions and resources will be temporarily limited for security purposes

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

The website of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War (KSHPPV) was hit by a DDoS attack on Sunday

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

The enemy decided that information, in particular, about the details of the exchange of prisoners of war and the downing of an IL-76 aircraft, poses a threat to them

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:57:27.344Z

Source story: 3819543-coordination-hq-hit-by-cyberattack