There has been a series of cyber attacks on Ukrainian government websites after police brutally dispersed peaceful Euromaidan protests in Kyiv [1] in support of Ukraine's European integration on November 30. On December 1, many of the government websites in Ukraine were hacked and blocked [2] [uk], including the official website of the President of Ukraine [3], Ministry of Interior of Ukraine [4] and the official Government portal [5]. As of 10:00 am CET, December 1, the Presidential website and the website of the Ministry of Interior's were still down, while the Government portal is accessible again.
As Global Voices reported [6], this is not the first time tech-savvy Ukrainian citizens have demonstrated their dissatisfaction with the Ukrainian government by disabling its websites or leaking government information.