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Cyber frontlines in Ukraine

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Is Russia the Siber Crime Capital of the World?

Russia is, without a doubt, the siber crime capital of the world. They have extraordinary capabilities. We've heard that ukrane as well has this huge tech capability. There's also this information war going on, isn't there, about what's actually going on on the ground? So fake images being launched as well as trying to bring down the networks of each country. Those are two quite different planes on which this activity is being carried out. One, as you say, is an attack on infrastructure or systems,. And the other is this kind of information warfare where false information and false images are being put out there.

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