When Russian tanks began rolling over Ukraine’s border on February 24, many expected an online throw-down of epic proportions.
Something of a mystery has emerged since the Russian invasion began: the lack of a cyberwar.
US President Joe Biden warned Vladimi Putin directly against deploying ransomware and hacking attacks when they had their summit.Here are seven reasons why the violence on the physical battlefield has not yet been backed by an online offensive.There have been some attacks. Satellite communication firms Viasat was attacked at the start of the war. And on April 12, the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine foiled a cyberattack by Russia’s Sandworm group that aimed to black out the country.
A Joint Cybersecurity Advisory published by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency about destructive malware that is targeting organisations in Ukraine on February 28, 2022.Russia’s cyber expertise gave it a tremendous advantage when it hacked rival nations in peacetime. In wartime, with actual violence on the ground in Ukraine, cyberattacks are perhaps redundant. Russia’s current strategy of reducing Ukrainian cities to rubble doesn’t really require an online component.6.
For example, for years experts warned of the need for companies and governments to act collaboratively against cyber aggressors. Now, they finally are - and not just because of Ukraine.“What’s extraordinary is in the last few weeks is the kind of unanimity that the West has had to come together against Russia,” said Painter. “It bodes well in the cyber realm too.”Ironically, what pushed the change was not the threat of war in Ukraine but the epidemic of ransomware attacks, Painter said.
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