Russia began invading Ukraine on February 24. The violence of the war continues to increase day by day. The intense agenda between Russia and Ukraine was reflected in the technology world as cyber warfare.
According to the report announced by Microsoft, Russia made 237 operations to Ukraine last year. After the physical war started, the size of cyber attacks started to increase more. Let’s take a look at the details of the news together.
Friend stake from China: Russia launched a cyber war!
There is a threat of cyber attack between China and Russia. Chinese hackers began to spy on Russia during the invasion of Ukraine.
Russia started cyber attacks before the war!
According to previously revealed intelligence reports, China launched a cyber-attack against Ukraine in order to support Russia. According to reports from the Ukrainian security service, 600 websites were affected by the attacks. Now, according to the report presented by Microsoft, Russia carried out 237 operations in line with physical warfare.
Microsoft Vice President Tom Burt made the following statement about the report:
“From the details of today’s report, Russia’s use of cyberattacks appears to be strongly related, and sometimes directly timed, to kinetic military operations targeting services and institutions vital to civilians.”
Some actions that took place before the Russian invasion of Ukraine began:
- Russia carried out DDoS (sending more instant requests than the system can handle) attacks on Ukrainian financial institutions on February 15 and 16.
- On February 21, Putin recognized the independence of the Ukrainian people who cooperated with Russia. A group from the Russian state on February 23; The government has distributed malware that will delete many Ukrainian citizens in the energy and finance fields from the system.
Examples of cyber warfare that took place after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine:
- Russian hackers hacked into the network of a Ukrainian nuclear power company on March 2. Russian forces also occupied Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant the next day.
- On March 11, a government agency in Ukraine became the target of hackers. On the same day, Russian forces launched an attack on government buildings in the same location.
What do you, our readers, think about this issue? Do you think Russia is doing these actions to protect itself or is it cyber warfare? You can express your thoughts in the Comments section or on the SDN Forum.