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What sort of theories are there as to why we haven’t seen this sort of attack so far?īRANDT: That’s right.
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In 2015 there was a major attack against the Ukrainian power grid. So we know that Russia has the capability, or at least has had the capability to conduct these larger scale infrastructure cyberattacks. PITA: That’s great, I’m definitely going to have some another question for you further on about that cooperation element. And I think this is an important example of effective cooperation between businesses, government, and among allies. And then at the request of the White House it worked with other governments in Europe, the Baltic States, and Poland to make sure that they were aware of the code. This is a more sophisticated form of attack, but one that was largely thwarted because Microsoft detected the code, it quickly picked it apart, and it notified Ukrainians and it updated its virus detection systems to block it. Maybe a little more worrying is that in recent days, you know Russia deployed wiper malware to delete data that’s been held by the Ukrainian government agencies and by at least one financial institution. And these kinds of attacks, they’re effective for short term disruption, but they’re not really like new or impressive cyber capabilities.
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What we’ve seen hackers bombard Ukrainian government websites with so much traffic that servers are forced offline for a period of time. I’d say many of the cyberattacks that have been directed at Ukraine in the past month have been relatively basic DDOS or distributed denial of service attacks. What kind of cyber activity have we seen Russia use against Ukraine so far in this war?īRANDT: Very little and that’s been a surprise.
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However, just this Tuesday we saw one of the main TV towers in Kyiv be hit in a military strike, but so far there’s been no major infrastructure or communications cyberattacks that we’ve seen in Ukraine. PITA: So we’ve been hearing for years about how vulnerable some of the most basic systems to our daily lives are, how vulnerable these systems are to cyberattacks, both in this country and elsewhere around the world: everything from the electrical grids, to water sanitation and filtration systems, and, of course, the internet and telecommunications systems. Jessica, thanks so much for talking to us today. So here to talk to us about what we’ve seen so far in the way of cyberattacks and information warfare in the war in Ukraine is Jessica Brandt, a fellow and policy director in the Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies initiative here at Brookings. But in addition to the conventional military forces that Russia brings to bear, their security and intelligence services are also well-known for their cyber capabilities – the ability to hack into computer systems to steal or destroy information or shut systems down, among other effects. PITA: As Russian ground forces advance in Ukraine, Ukrainians are sheltering from artillery shells and cruise missiles and subways and bomb shelters. Thanks to audio producer Gaston Reboredo and Fred Dews for their support. Listen to Brookings podcasts here, on Apple or Google podcasts or on Spotify, send email feedback to follow us at Twitter. The Russian invasion of Ukraine shows racism has no boundaries.
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Preempting Putin: Washington’s campaign of intelligence disclosures is complicating Moscow’s plans for Ukraine.The surprising performance of Kremlin propaganda on Google News.and NATO intelligence services have pushed back against the Kremlin’s disinformation campaigns. Brookings Fellow Jessica Brandt explains what we have seen so far in the way of cyber and information warfare, why Putin might have initially avoided larger-scale cyberattacks against Ukraine, and how technology companies and U.S. While the Russian assault on Ukraine advances through ground and air forces, there haven’t yet been significant cyberattacks on Ukraine’s infrastructure, intelligence, or communications systems.