Digital Blood on Their Hands: The Ukraine Cyberwar Attacks

Cyberattacks are nothing particularly new to the world and Ukraine had suffered many such attacks by Russia over recent years.Russia had knowingly been exploiting Ukraine’s digital vulnerabilities as a proving ground for nearly a decade.Malware such as Sandworm and BlackEnergy had caused untold damage to the Ukrainian population and government previously, which allowed Russia to perfect cyberattacks for further, more global events.Russia had been planting cyber sleeper digital cells for years, especially in the US and the UK. Then, coincidently, the week after the Chinese Winter Olympic games had finished, Russia launched an all-out cyber offensive against 70 Ukrainian government websites.Owing to these being poorly-and insecurely-maintained, they toppled one by one, causing havoc and disruption to the Ukrainian government and to Ukraine’s critical infrastructure.As Q said in James Bond: ‘I can do more damage by breakfast sipping my Earl Grey tea with my keyboard than you ever can in t