Several Czech websites are down. PRAGUE. According to the Czech Minister of the Interior, Vít Rakustán, Russian hackers are behind the cyber attack, which hit several Czech websites on Wednesday night. The Public Administration Portal of the Czech Republic is also out of order. “All systems resisted, no information came into the hands of someone they shouldn’t have. “This was an attack by Russian hackers on Czech systems. Russia does not consider the Czech Republic a friendly country, that is a fact,” the Austrian said on Wednesday. The attack was directed against the Czech Republic, both against state and private institutions. Related article Related companies Czech companies will repair damaged Ukrainian military equipment Among the affected websites is also the Public Administration Portal, which normally provides visitors with information about public administration services, instructions for resolving life situations, a list of data boxes, forms, newsletters or links to state institutions. Czech Railways has been solving problems with outages of its mobile application My Train since Tuesday, where, for example, online ticket purchase did not work. Some Czech airports also had problems. According to Noviniek.cz, the attacks are related to the security situation in Ukraine, where Russia has been leading a military invasion since the end of February. “The security situation in Europe is very serious. Security and prosperity are not a matter of course. We have to fight for it. The war in Ukraine reminds us of this in an extremely brutal way,” said Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala about the situation in Europe.