Tue Oct 25, 2022 – 2:35 pm EDT
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(Reclaim the Net) — Chief digital transformation officer at Ukraine’s state service of special communication and information protection, Viktor Zhora, has called for a “cross-border effort” to fight online disinformation.
Cyber attacks from Russia are not new news, Zhora said during cyber-security firm Mandiant’s mWISE event.
According to Zhora, the ongoing attacks had prepared Ukraine for the various cyber attacks on the country, including denial of service attacks and data-wiping malware, that Russia began in January, a month before the invasion.
“We took a lot of lessons from cyber aggression for the last eight years,” Zhora said. “And I think that is one of the reasons why the adversary hasn’t reached its strategic goals in the cyber war against Ukraine.”
However, while Russia has not been successful in destructive cyberattacks against Ukraine, it has won in the disinformation war, Zhora alleged.
“This is a very dangerous activity, fighting for the minds of people, and this is the game in which Russia won on their territory,” Zhora said.
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