Cyber-attacks have tripled in past year, says Ukraine’s cybersecurity agency
by Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#67Z6R)
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Ukraine has suffered a threefold growth in cyber-attacks over the past year, with Russian hacking at times deployed in combination with missile strikes, according to a senior figure in the country's cybersecurity agency.
The attacks from Russia have often taken the form of destructive, disk-erasing wiper malware, said Viktor Zhora, a leading figure in the country's SSSCIP agency, with in some cases, cyber-attacks supportive to kinetic effects".
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