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The threat of Russian cyberwar

Today, Explained

Is Russia Engaging in Siber Warfare in Ukraine?

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The websites of both the finished defense and foreign ministry went down. There were two state banks that were unable to function for several days due to computer attacks. Coupled with that, russia sent out tex messages to people saying, you won't be able to get your money from a t m machines. So this is they have a very integrated way of combining their information operations together with their ability to engage in physically destructive ciber attacks. It sounds like there might be some overlap between why russia isn't waging as aggressive a sibe war on ukraine, as it could, and why Russia isn’t waging as much of a siba war on other countries such as Germany

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