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They never materialized." /> <meta name="twitter:creator" content="@https://twitter.com/thatmaxhauptman" /> <meta name="twitter:site" content="@taskandpurpose" /> <meta name="twitter:label1" content="Written by" /> <meta name="twitter:data1" content="Max Hauptman" /> <meta name="twitter:label2" content="Est. reading time" /> <meta name="twitter:data2" content="5 minutes" /> <script type="application/ld+json" class="yoast-schema-graph">{"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://taskandpurpose.com/news/russia-cyber-attack-ukraine/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://taskandpurpose.com/news/russia-cyber-attack-ukraine/"},"author":[{"@type":"Person","@id":"https://taskandpurpose.com#/schema/person/6e79a28105f358356c37a420a5f66618","name":"Max Hauptman","description":"Max Hauptman is a former breaking news reporter at Task & Purpose. 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Get the latest in military news, entertainment and gear in your inbox daily.\n\nAfter all, Russia has had a long history of conducting cyber operations against its neighbors, from the 2014 annexation of Crimea to the 2015 cyber attacks on Ukraine’s power grid to supporting operations in the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. The Central Intelligence Agency attributed Russian military hackers to the 2017 “NotPetya” ransomware attack, which initially targeted Ukrainian banking and energy software before spreading globally, to countries including Denmark, India, and the United States.\n\nBut over the past two weeks, an overwhelming Russian cyber attack has yet to appear. \n\n“When you look back at the initial troop buildup, it looked like a very coordinated, methodical effort, and in that case you would normally have your cyber component planning well in advance with the intention of executing attacks,” said David Kennedy, a former Marine Corps cyber warfare analyst and CEO of cybersecurity firm TrustedSec. “Instead what we saw was very limited, mostly malware and distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks on Ukrainian websites, which would indicate a lack of planning.”\n\n\t\t\t\t\tCars drive past a destroyed Russian tank as a convoy of vehicles evacuating civilians leaves Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. A Russian airstrike devastated a maternity hospital Wednesday in the besieged port city of Mariupol amid growing warnings from the West that Moscow's invasion is about to take a more brutal and indiscriminate turn. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\nIn the weeks leading up to the invasion, malware that the Cybersecurity Infrastructure & Security Agency (CISA) has attributed to Russia did target some Ukrainian government and commercial networks. But nothing thus far has seriously impeded Ukraine from resisting invasion, or completely prevented President Volodymyr Zelensky and the nation’s citizens from communication outside the country’s borders.\n\n“From a cyber warfare perspective, it takes a substantial amount of time to determine targets, to get access, and to remain undetected. That’s months if not years of preparation,” said Kennedy. “Perhaps they were counting on sheer military force and kept things secret, including from their cyber commands, but even with limited planning I would have expected Russia to have prepared a much better foothold in Ukraine, that’s what is most surprising.”\n\n“Are their efforts focused somewhere we aren’t seeing, or are they maybe just not as capable as we thought?” he added. \n\nWith the invasion ongoing, it is also possible that Russian intelligence networks may want the ability to access and leverage information from Ukraine. \n\n“If you try to shut down networks in Ukraine, you are essentially denying service to your own intelligence, which wants to collect as much information as possible,” said Kenneth Geers, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and the NATO Cyber Centre ambassador with 20 years of experience with the U.S. Army, the National Security Agency and NATO.\n\nWith the invasion now entering its third week, the role of cyber warfare may continue to be limited. \n\n“You have three basic types of operations; espionage and stealing information, denial of service, and manipulation,” said Geers. “Now that the kinetic war is fully underway, resources are going to be focused on the battlefield. Russia may not have the time for more exotic operations.”\n\n“And at this point, anything cyber-related can’t approach the horror and the immediate goals of the war the way bombs and rockets can,” he added. \n\n\t\t\t\t\tAn apartment building damaged following shelling on the town of Irpin, 26 kilometers west of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, March 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Oleksandr Ratushniak)\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\nRussia itself may also be hesitant to expand its operations in the cyber domain due to its own weaknesses. \n\n“Ukraine and the west have presented a very strong, unified front, and Russia itself is quite vulnerable,” said Geers. “Which means that Russia is looking at a very formidable adversary when it comes to a response.”\n\nThis includes not only government response, but individuals as well. Just days after the invasion began, Ukraine called on volunteers for an “IT Army,” to assist in its fight against Russia. \n\n\nhttps://twitter.com/fedorovmykhailo/status/1497642156076511233\n\n\n“Non-state actors are a big player,” said Chris Rouland, CEO of Phosphorus Cybersecurity. “At this point, any hacker who wants to target Russia can pull up a list of targets and go to work. And Ukraine itself was already somewhat of a tech hub, so there is domain expertise there on the ground.”\n\nThe extent to which the cyber war is spreading beyond Russia and Ukraine is unclear, but “a key concern is that we are going to deal with retaliation by Russia against those perceived as assisting Ukraine,” said Kennedy. “So it’s all hands on deck now preparing for that.”\n\nWhat’s new on Task & Purpose\n\nWhat we know about the Russian general killed in UkraineWhere is the Russian air force? Experts break down why they might be hidingMeet Army Col. 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They never materialized.</div> <div class="flex flex-col gap-2"> <div class="article-byline lg:flex lg:flex-wrap lg:gap-2 w-full overflow-hidden mb-2 "> <div class="item-wrapper--author item-wrapper flex items-center mr-3"> <div class="byline-author-wrapper flex relative"> <p class="byline-item byline-item-author font-tertiary font-normal text-sm text-primary capitalize"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/max-hauptman/">Max Hauptman</a></span></span> </p> </div> </div> <div class="item-wrapper--date item-wrapper flex items-center mr-3"> <div class="byline-date-wrapper flex relative"> <p class="byline-item byline-item-timestamp font-tertiary font-normal text-sm text-primary mb-0">Posted on Mar 10, 2022</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="article-layout-wrapper w-full flex flex-col lg:flex-row gap-5 max-w-full"> <article id="post-252281" class="flex-auto post-252281 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-around-the-world category-news category-russia category-tactics category-tech-tactics category-ukraine category-warfare exclude_tag-newsbreak exclude_tag-sangsang exclude_tag-smartnews exclude_tag-socialflow author_tag-max-hauptman content_type-1-group content_type-2-page-type content_type-3-timeframe content_type-news content_type-non-evergreen content_type-non-membership"> <div class="article-content-featured-image lg:ml-[-4]"> <figure> <img class="archive-post-thumb article-featured-image w-full h-full mb-3" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/Russian-Cyber.jpeg?quality=85&w=1920" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/Russian-Cyber.jpeg 1920w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/Russian-Cyber.jpeg?w=768&h=432 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/Russian-Cyber.jpeg?w=1536&h=864 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/Russian-Cyber.jpeg?w=800&h=450 800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/Russian-Cyber.jpeg?w=356&h=200 356w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/Russian-Cyber.jpeg?w=1173&h=660 1173w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/Russian-Cyber.jpeg?w=711&h=400 711w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/Russian-Cyber.jpeg?w=1486&h=836 1486w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/Russian-Cyber.jpeg?w=1227&h=690 1227w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/Russian-Cyber.jpeg?w=384&h=216 384w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/Russian-Cyber.jpeg?w=718&h=404 718w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/Russian-Cyber.jpeg?w=1589&h=894 1589w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/Russian-Cyber.jpeg?w=1337&h=752 1337w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/Russian-Cyber.jpeg?w=1234&h=694 1234w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/Russian-Cyber.jpeg?w=280&h=158 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/Russian-Cyber.jpeg?w=1440&h=810 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/Russian-Cyber.jpeg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/Russian-Cyber.jpeg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/Russian-Cyber.jpeg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/Russian-Cyber.jpeg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" fetchpriority="high" alt="Russian cyberwarfare" /> <div class="article-featured-image-caption-container"> <figcaption class="article-featured-image-caption font-primary font-normal text-sm text-secondary-800">Reconnaissance officers take part in exercises held by the Russian Southern Military District's Special Forces units at a shooting range near the village of Molkino on October 17, 2017. 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cyberspace.</p> <p class="article-paragraph skip">“A Russian invasion of Ukraine may redefine how we think about cyber conflict because it will be the first time a state with real capabilities is willing to take risks and put it all on the line,” said Jason Healey, a former White House official and senior researcher in cyber warfare told <a rel="nofollow noreferrer" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/24/heres-what-cyber-pros-are-watching-ukraine-conflict/" target="_blank">The Washington Post</a> in an interview published the day the invasion commenced.</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p class="article-paragraph skip"><strong><em><a href="https://link.taskandpurpose.com/join/79r/signup-task-purpose" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">Subscribe to Task & Purpose Today</a>. Get the latest in military news, entertainment and gear in your inbox daily.</em></strong></p></blockquote> <p class="article-paragraph skip">After all, Russia has had a long history of conducting cyber operations against its neighbors, from the 2014 <a rel="nofollow noreferrer" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/07/putins-invasion-ukraine-didnt-rely-cyber-warfare-heres-why/" target="_blank">annexation of Crimea</a> to the 2015 cyber attacks on <a rel="nofollow noreferrer" href="https://www.wired.com/2016/03/inside-cunning-unprecedented-hack-ukraines-power-grid/" target="_blank">Ukraine’s power grid</a> to <a rel="nofollow noreferrer" href="https://www.ausa.org/articles/bear-problem-russian-special-forces-perfecting-their-cyber-capabilities" target="_blank">supporting operations</a> in the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. The Central Intelligence Agency attributed Russian military hackers to the 2017 “<a rel="nofollow noreferrer" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-military-was-behind-notpetya-cyberattack-in-ukraine-cia-concludes/2018/01/12/048d8506-f7ca-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html" target="_blank">NotPetya</a>” ransomware attack, which initially targeted Ukrainian banking and energy software before spreading globally, to countries including Denmark, India, and the United States.</p> <p class="article-paragraph skip">But over the past two weeks, an overwhelming Russian cyber attack has yet to appear. </p> <p class="article-paragraph skip">“When you look back at the initial troop buildup, it looked like a very coordinated, methodical effort, and in that case you would normally have your cyber component planning well in advance with the intention of executing attacks,” said David Kennedy, a former Marine Corps cyber warfare analyst and CEO of cybersecurity firm TrustedSec. “Instead what we saw was very limited, mostly malware and distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks on Ukrainian websites, which would indicate a lack of planning.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img width="2560" height="1707" loading="lazy" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22068783550335-scaled.jpeg?strip=all&quality=85" alt="" class="wp-image-252299" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22068783550335-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22068783550335-scaled.jpeg?w=768&h=512 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22068783550335-scaled.jpeg?w=1536&h=1024 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22068783550335-scaled.jpeg?w=2048&h=1366 2048w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22068783550335-scaled.jpeg?w=675&h=450 675w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22068783550335-scaled.jpeg?w=300&h=200 300w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22068783550335-scaled.jpeg?w=990&h=660 990w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22068783550335-scaled.jpeg?w=600&h=400 600w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22068783550335-scaled.jpeg?w=1254&h=836 1254w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22068783550335-scaled.jpeg?w=1035&h=690 1035w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22068783550335-scaled.jpeg?w=324&h=216 324w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22068783550335-scaled.jpeg?w=606&h=404 606w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22068783550335-scaled.jpeg?w=1341&h=894 1341w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22068783550335-scaled.jpeg?w=1128&h=752 1128w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22068783550335-scaled.jpeg?w=1041&h=694 1041w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22068783550335-scaled.jpeg?w=280&h=187 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22068783550335-scaled.jpeg?w=1440&h=960 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22068783550335-scaled.jpeg?w=289&h=193 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22068783550335-scaled.jpeg?w=370&h=247 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22068783550335-scaled.jpeg?w=308&h=205 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22068783550335-scaled.jpeg?w=50&h=33 50w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /> <figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Cars drive past a destroyed Russian tank as a convoy of vehicles evacuating civilians leaves Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. A Russian airstrike devastated a maternity hospital Wednesday in the besieged port city of Mariupol amid growing warnings from the West that Moscow’s invasion is about to take a more brutal and indiscriminate turn. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)</figcaption> </figure> <p class="article-paragraph skip">In the weeks leading up to the invasion, malware that the <a rel="nofollow noreferrer" href="https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa22-057a" target="_blank">Cybersecurity Infrastructure & Security Agency</a> (CISA) has attributed to Russia did target some Ukrainian government and commercial networks. But nothing thus far has seriously impeded Ukraine from resisting invasion, or completely prevented President Volodymyr Zelensky and the nation’s citizens from communication outside the country’s borders.</p> <p class="article-paragraph skip">“From a cyber warfare perspective, it takes a substantial amount of time to determine targets, to get access, and to remain undetected. That’s months if not years of preparation,” said Kennedy. “Perhaps they were counting on sheer military force and kept things secret, including from their cyber commands, but even with limited planning I would have expected Russia to have prepared a much better foothold in Ukraine, that’s what is most surprising.”</p> <p class="article-paragraph skip">“Are their efforts focused somewhere we aren’t seeing, or are they maybe just not as capable as we thought?” he added. </p> <p class="article-paragraph skip">With the invasion ongoing, it is also possible that Russian intelligence networks may want the ability to access and leverage information from Ukraine. </p> <p class="article-paragraph skip">“If you try to shut down networks in Ukraine, you are essentially denying service to your own intelligence, which wants to collect as much information as possible,” said Kenneth Geers, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and the NATO Cyber Centre ambassador with 20 years of experience with the U.S. Army, the National Security Agency and NATO.</p> <p class="article-paragraph skip">With the invasion now entering its third week, the role of cyber warfare may continue to be limited. </p> <p class="article-paragraph skip">“You have three basic types of operations; espionage and stealing information, denial of service, and manipulation,” said Geers. “Now that the kinetic war is fully underway, resources are going to be focused on the battlefield. Russia may not have the time for more exotic operations.”</p> <p class="article-paragraph skip">“And at this point, anything cyber-related can’t approach the horror and the immediate goals of the war the way bombs and rockets can,” he added. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img width="2560" height="1707" loading="lazy" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22063669879327-scaled.jpeg?strip=all&quality=85" alt="Russia Ukraine War" class="wp-image-252303" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22063669879327-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22063669879327-scaled.jpeg?w=768&h=512 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22063669879327-scaled.jpeg?w=1536&h=1024 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22063669879327-scaled.jpeg?w=2048&h=1366 2048w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22063669879327-scaled.jpeg?w=675&h=450 675w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22063669879327-scaled.jpeg?w=300&h=200 300w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22063669879327-scaled.jpeg?w=990&h=660 990w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22063669879327-scaled.jpeg?w=600&h=400 600w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22063669879327-scaled.jpeg?w=1254&h=836 1254w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22063669879327-scaled.jpeg?w=1035&h=690 1035w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22063669879327-scaled.jpeg?w=324&h=216 324w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22063669879327-scaled.jpeg?w=606&h=404 606w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22063669879327-scaled.jpeg?w=1341&h=894 1341w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22063669879327-scaled.jpeg?w=1128&h=752 1128w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22063669879327-scaled.jpeg?w=1041&h=694 1041w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22063669879327-scaled.jpeg?w=280&h=187 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22063669879327-scaled.jpeg?w=1440&h=960 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22063669879327-scaled.jpeg?w=289&h=193 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22063669879327-scaled.jpeg?w=370&h=247 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22063669879327-scaled.jpeg?w=308&h=205 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/09/AP_22063669879327-scaled.jpeg?w=50&h=33 50w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /> <figcaption class="wp-element-caption">An apartment building damaged following shelling on the town of Irpin, 26 kilometers west of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, March 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Oleksandr Ratushniak)</figcaption> </figure> <p class="article-paragraph skip">Russia itself may also be hesitant to expand its operations in the cyber domain due to its own weaknesses. </p> <p class="article-paragraph skip">“Ukraine and the west have presented a very strong, unified front, and Russia itself is quite vulnerable,” said Geers. “Which means that Russia is looking at a very formidable adversary when it comes to a response.”</p> <p class="article-paragraph skip">This includes not only government response, but individuals as well. Just days after the invasion began, Ukraine called on volunteers for an “<a rel="nofollow noreferrer" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/07/putins-invasion-ukraine-didnt-rely-cyber-warfare-heres-why/" target="_blank">IT Army</a>,” to assist in its fight against Russia. </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <blockquote class="lazy-twitter-tweet" data-tweet-id="1497642156076511233" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p class="article-paragraph skip" lang="en" dir="ltr">We are creating an IT army. We need digital talents. All operational tasks will be given here: <a href="https://t.co/Ie4ESfxoSn" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://t.co/Ie4ESfxoSn</a>. There will be tasks for everyone. We continue to fight on the cyber front. 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