KYIV, July 20 – Employees of the National Coordination Center for Cybersecurity (NCCC) at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) have recorded the first attempts of a new type of DDoS attacks at the earliest stage, Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Serhiy Demediuk reported.

"Already then, we realized the severity of the threat – in just a few days, hackers successfully attacked dozens of providers around the world, including Ukraine. An analysis of the data we collected showed that most of the early-stage incidents were only a preparation for a major coordinated attack aimed at blocking access to Internet segments globally. Therefore, we immediately warned Ukrainian providers, relevant cybersecurity actors and foreign partners about the threat and provided recommendations on how to respond to such attacks," the NSDC press service quoted Demediuk as saying on Friday.