Since 2014 the Russian hackers they pounded Ukrainein a kind of hybrid war parallel to that of Donbass and the annexation of Crimea. Russian cyber attacks then gradually intensified to the point of being shut down in some regions of the country power grid. The climax was reached eve of the invasion ordered by Putin. Apart from the fact that the effects were less devastating, far from the goals indicated to fly. Why? The professor explains Robert PfauCriminology and Criminal Justice Assistant Florida International universitybut above all computer security researchers and a past as an official at the US embassy in Kyiv, as an expert on exSoviet states: “Ukraine benefited from this last year significant help by the United States National Cyber Defense. significantbut mainly systematic.
In fact, today’s essential support was made possible thanks to a program funded byYou said in which instructors are directed and coordinated by peacock (come from Florida International University and from Purdue university) have played more than 125 IT security courses in 14 Ukrainian universities that they were involved 700 students: “Many of these faculties are themselves senior government advisors or consult with critical infrastructure organizations on cybersecurity. The program emphasized the practical ways of using key IT security tools to defend corporate networks simulated by real malware and other cyber threats.
The invasion took place a few weeks before one national competition under students of 14 universities involved in this program: “I believe that had received the education rather satisfactory results is the (satisfied) comment of Professor Peacock, who headed the Russian antihacker program and that the training helped reduce the impact of cyber attacks on Ukraine. The clearest sign of this resilience is Ukraine’s success in keep the internet going despite the bombsI sabotage egg cyber attacks Specific”. Many of the students who have taken courses sponsored by the US help the collective inform napalm to monitor the network and track movements on the network over 120,000 Russian soldiers mobilized for the invasion and that the hackers of Anonymous they identified. In short, Ukraine is a laboratory (and guinea pig) to counter and neutralize the daily threats aimed at destabilizing the western technosphere. The war in the warmaybe the most dangerous.
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