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Last week , the Ukrainian administration fired two of its top cybersecurity officials , who are accused of misapplication . Now , one of them has been detained .
Ukraine ’s elderly cabinet official Taras Melnychuk announced the firingsin a public post on Telegramlast week . The two functionary are Yurii Shchyhol , school principal of Ukraine ’s State Special Communications Service of Ukraine , or SSSCIP , and his surrogate Victor Zhora , who had become a basic at international conferences as the public aspect of Ukraine ’s cybersecurity defender .
On Monday , the High Anti - Corruption Court in Ukraineannounced in a press releasethat a judge had set up the hold of Zhora as a preventative measure , and that he had been take into custody , according to a automobile translation .
The press release read that the custody will last until January 22 , 2024 , and impose a bail of 10,000,584 Ukrainian hryvnia , roughly $ 275,000 .
Zhora antecedently say TechCrunch , shortly after the charges were annunciate , that he would “ defend my name and repute in a homage . ”
The SSSCIP did not immediately respond to a request for commentary .
On Friday , Zhora tweet that it was his last day working for SSSCIP .
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“ Thank you all for your supporting of our Service and our fight with enemy in net . go for my replacement will continue supporting all initiative and international cooperation . face forward to get back to you soon in my new mission,”he compose .
On Tuesday , Zhora tell TechCrunch that he had leave behind the jail and he was now “ out . ”
UPDATE , Nov. 28 , 2:08 p.m. ET : This level was update to include the fact that Zhora read he is now out on bail .
Ukraine fires top cybersecurity officials
