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Microsoft: Russia Using Cyberattacks in Coordination With Military Invasion of Ukraine
Six Russian state-backed threat actors have lunched 237 cyberattacks on Ukraine’s infrastructure, new research from MIcrosoft shows.
In apparent orchestrated coordination with military operations against Ukraine, six Russian state-supported threat actors have targeted civilian infrastructure inside the country with more than 237 individual cyber operations, according to Microsoft.
Microsoft’s latest research found that of the nearly 40 separate attacks observed, 32% targeted the Ukrainian government at various levels and 40% could have negatively affected the government, military, economy, and civilian population.
Tom Burt, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of customer security and trust, explained that the company wanted to reveal the extent that cyber activities play a role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine so the international community can mount an appropriate response.
“Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, Russian cyberattacks have been deployed to support the military’s strategic and tactical objectives,” Burt wrote in his blog post about the report’s findings. “It’s likely the attacks we’ve observed are only a fraction of activity targeting Ukraine.”
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At least six different Russia-aligned actors launched no less than 237 cyberattacks against Ukraine from February 23 to April 8, including 38 discrete destructive attacks that irrevocably destroyed files in hundreds of systems across dozens of organizations in the country. "Collectively, the cyber and kinetic actions work to disrupt or degrade Ukrainian government and military functions and
At least five APTs are believed involved with attacks tied ground campaigns and designed to damage Ukraine's digital infrastructure.