Source: Defense One
By Patrick Tucker
Researchers claim to have uncovered Russian cyber-attacks aimed at the Ukrainian military and government before and during the Sea of Azov captures.
Russian government-affiliated actors launched coordinated cyber-attacks against Ukrainian government and military targets before and during the attack and seizure of Ukrainian ships and sailors on November 25, a private intelligence firm announced this week. The attacks appeared to be aimed at stealing information that would have been relevant to planning the operation, according to Stealthcare, a cyber-threat intelligence group. If so, the revelation challenges Russia’s already widely-disputed claim that Ukraine initiated the crisis.
Russia has a long history of timing cyber-attacks to offensive operations, going back to Georgia in 2008. Russian cyber-attacks have featured heavily in the Ukraine conflict, most significantly knocking out power on Christmas Eve 2015 for thousands of Ukrainians.
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