Russia is much better at putting out a front of power than they actually come back. There are, there are, why don't you have your shit together questions throughout the Russian enterprise in Ukraine. But we've also seen some, some defining successes of Russian cyber capability have occurred in Ukraine. And that's kind of what I was getting out with the question, right? Like what if the slick parts are someone else's and we just removed cyber from the question?"
At the onset of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, many experts and government officials expected there to be two fronts of the war — one on the ground in Ukraine and one in cyberspace. But all things considered, we haven't seen as much offensive cyber warfare come from either side of this conflict this year. J.J. Cummings from Talos Threat Intelligence and Interdiction joins the show again to share his experience from working hands-on with networks in Ukraine. He, Lurene, Mitch and Matt discuss why there haven't been as many offensive attacks as we were expecting, or if they're just happening in the background and no one's talking about it.
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