Analysis: Six days into Russia’s Ukraine invasion, some of the most visible hacks have come from Ukrainian volunteers and others not affiliated with the embattled nation’s government.
of the Moscow Stock Exchange website. The group has been bolstered by some seemingly non-Ukrainians who claim affiliation with the hacktivist group Anonymous. The hacks are especially noteworthy given the absence — so far — of blockbuster destructive Russian cyberattacks that many cyber experts had prepared for, as Joseph Menn and Craig Timberg
“The Wild West analogy gets used a lot in cyber, but that’s really what you’re creating by inviting noncombatants into the field. When there are more offensive players, that creates a situation where things can go wrong and lead to unintended consequences,”, a research and program coordinator at Columbia University who's focused on cyber conflict, told me. Story continues below advertisement
“Patriotic hackers usually aren’t the top of the league and probably aren’t causing the Russians to burst into tears,”If it's properly directed, the IT Army could fulfill a useful cyber defensive function, Lewis told me, such as helping Ukrainian firms patch over vulnerabilities that might be exploited by Russians and sharing information about Russian hacker tactics.
Another primarily Russian ransomware gang, LockBit, clearly learned from Conti’s misstep. The gang posted a message on its website declaring it’s not taking sides in the conflict. “For us, it is just business and we are all apolitical,” the gang wrote. “We are only interested in money for our harmless and useful work.
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