Butitalsois a countrywhoserecenthistoryhastheselessonsaboutthenatureofcyberwarandit's a countrywherewecanlooktounderstandwhatRussiaiscapableofinitsdigitaldisruptionandhowtobepreparedforit.
2015 Russiahacks, Ukraine's powergrid, A nownotoriousgroupofstatesponsoredhackerscalledsandwormtakesoverRussia's cyberwarfareinUkraineandtheylaunch a wholeseriesofattacksthathitsUkrainianmediagovernmentagenciesandthenjustbeforechristmastheycapallthisoffwith a cyberattackonUkrainianpowergrid, whichisthefirsttimeinhistorythathackersactuallytrigger a blackout, butjusttokindofaddinsulttoinjury, Sandwormalsodestroyedhundredsofcomputersinsideoftheseutilities, theybombardedthemwithfakephonecallsjusttoaddanextralayerofchaosandtheyeventurnedoffthebackuppowersupplytothecontrolroomsthemselvessothattheseoperatorswerethrowninto a kindofblackoutinthemidstoftheirownblackout.
ThisblackoutreallyonlylastedsixhoursorsobeforeUkrainianswereabletomanuallyswitchthepowerbackon, but I thinkitwasintendedtohave a kindofTerrorizingeffectanditshockedtheworldandit's alsokindofgavesandwormthisreputationasperhapsthemostdisruptive, themostcyberwarorientedhackergroupintheworld, 2016 sandwormattacks, Ukraine's powergridagain, thistimeinKiev, about a yearaftersandwormsfirstattacksinUkraine, itreturnswithanotherevenmoreseverecollectionofcyberattacksagainstUkrainiangovernmentagencies, theMinistryofDefenseandInfrastructureandfinance.
A transformer, trulydangerousandphysicallydestructiveeffectsof a kindthatwehadneverseenbeforeinsideofanelectricalutilityandthatonlyfailedbecauseof a tinymissconfiguration.
A malwareThatmorningof 27 June 2017 Ukrainiansacrossthecountrybegantoseethisransomwaremessageappearoncomputersinallsortsofnetworksfromprivateindustryandbankstogovernment, agencieshospitals.
A マルウェア 2017年6月27日の朝、全国のウクライナ人が、民間企業や銀行から政府、機関病院まで、あらゆるネットワークのコンピュータにこのランサムウェアのメッセージが表示されるのを目にするようになりました。
itseemedtobeencryptingcomputersanddemanding a ransominthewaysthatcybercriminalhackersoftendo.
But I thinkthatnowthatweunderstandRussia's cyberWarfareplaybook, nowthatweseewhatsandwormiscapableof, wehavetokindofreckonwiththosecapabilities, RussiaisnowinthisconflictwiththeWestas a whole.