Where Is Russia's Cyberwar? Researchers Decipher Its Strategy

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March 21, 2022

Defense Where Is Russia's Cyberwar? Researchers Decipher Its Strategy When Russia invaded Ukraine, many analysts expected an unprecedented level of cyberattacks—which so far haven’t materialized By Elizabeth Gibney,Nature magazine

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Cyberattack Misinformation Could Be Plan for Ukraine Invasion A falsified video would be an update on the traditional use of propaganda campaigns during warfare By Sophie Bushwick | February 2022

QUOTE OF THE DAY "This is the kind of thing we can expect--an attack that's enough to cripple infrastructure for a while and create disruption." Mariarosaria Taddeo, philosopher on the ethics of digital technologies at the Oxford Internet Institute, UK

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