Newsweek: Putin is waging a relentless cyberwar against Ukraine

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Source: Newsweek / Ukraine Today

In eastern Ukraine, Russian signals intelligence operations have made use of Internet data to locate and target Ukrainian military forces

As cyber environment continues to evolve, many cyber experts, government officials and academics are following the conflict in Ukraine, and particularly its cyber dimension, very carefully.

Russia is believed to be in the top three most cyber-capable countries (the United States and China being the other two) and its actions in Ukraine may set a precedent of how countries integrate cyber operations into military activity.

As many have said before, a 'pure cyberwar', where military conflict occurs only in the digital environment, is unlikely to take place anywhere. A more likely occurrence are wars, crises and conflicts where the exploitation of the digital environment is an integral part of other military activities. This is exactly what has happened in Ukraine.

Read more: http://uatoday.tv/news/newsweek-putin-is-waging-a-relentless-cyberwar-against-ukraine-569776.html

[Purveyor]

1. I would expect nothing less.

Good to see you back, btw.

[uhnope]

3. most DU supporters of Trump's BFF Putin, a fascist with the blood of many innocents on his hands

I have on ignore. Somehow you were overlooked until now

[Purveyor]

4. Oh the tragedy. What to do, what to do...? eom

[Xolodno]

5. heh.....

I wonder if I'm on that list to.

[pampango]

2. A successful 'European' Ukraine is not in Moscow's interest. n/t

[Blue_Tires]

6. Remember the good old days

when the Snowdenistas all used to pile on me for daring to suggest other countries besides the U.S. were engaged in covert cyber warfare?

fun times