On Nov. 20, the Cabinet of Ministers dismissed the head of the State Special Communications Service and his deputy for allegedly skimming off $1.7 million in government-funded software purchases.
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KYIV, Ukraine Ukraine fired its top two civilian cybersecurity officials on Monday as prosecutors announced an embezzlement investigation involving software purchases from 2020-2022 in which the head of the state intelligence service was allegedly involved.
Two Ukrainian senior cyber defense officials were fired Monday for alleged embezzlement in the government's cybersecurity agency, a government official said. Yurii Shchyhol, head of the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection (SSSCIP) of Ukraine, and his deputy, Viktor Zhora, were dismissed by the government, senior cabinet official Taras Melnychuk wrote on Telegram.…