KYIV: Ukraine鈥檚 state-owned railway Ukrzaliznytsia, the country鈥檚 largest carrier, has partially restored online services after a large-scale cyberattack hit passenger and freight transport systems, the company said on Thursday.
An outage was first reported on Sunday when the rail company notified passengers about a failure in its IT system and told them to buy tickets on site or on trains.
The company later said its online systems had been subjected to a large-scale targeted cyberattack.
鈥淭he online sales system of Ukrzaliznytsia has been restored in a backup format for the purchase of new train tickets and their refund,鈥� Ukrzaliznytsia said on Telegram.
鈥淎s the system is currently experiencing peak loads, there may be temporary technical interruptions, so we ask passengers to use the application only if they need to travel urgently.鈥�
The company said the first 12,000 tickets were purchased through Ukrzaliznytsia鈥檚 online services after their restoration.