On the morning of April 26, there was a temporary halt in the operations of several banks, Nova Poshta, Diia, and others, caused by an emergency power outage at the Ukrainian data center De Nova. It is important to note that this was not the result of a hacker attack.
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According to information, during scheduled maintenance work for updating and replacing uninterruptible power supply components, power was cut off for 14 minutes. This led to a disruption in the services used by banks and large enterprises. The issues were resolved within three hours.
Comments from Company Representatives
The CEO of De Nova, Maksym Ahieiev, explained the situation on his Facebook page:
“In the morning, our technical teams at the data center were conducting scheduled maintenance work to update and replace uninterruptible power supply sources. During the work, one of the automatic power switching systems unexpectedly activated and blocked access to both the battery systems and diesel generators.”
He also noted that “We do not see any signs of hacker attacks. A combination of technical factors occurred…” and apologized to clients for the inconvenience, emphasizing that this is the first such incident in the company’s history.