Cyberwar

Russian hackers targeting opponents of Ukraine invasion, warns GCHQ chief

Russian operatives trying to escalate online conflict and seeking targets in countries opposing war, says Jeremy Fleming

Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

10, May, 2022 @8:58 AM

Russia’s trolling on Ukraine gets ‘incredible traction’ on TikTok

US social media researcher says authentic-seeming accounts have hundreds of thousands of followers

Robert Booth

01, May, 2022 @3:50 PM

China accused of cyber-attacks on Ukraine before Russian invasion

UK investigating claims, but Ukrainian security service says it has ‘nothing to do with’ memos obtained by Times

Dan Milmo Global technology editor

02, Apr, 2022 @10:05 AM

Russia’s slow cyberwar in Ukraine begins to escalate, experts say

Putin may be ‘playing a long game’ on the cyber front, with attacks under way but not fully understood

Kari Paul

02, Apr, 2022 @5:00 AM

Putin has a 21st-century digital battle plan, so why is he fighting like it’s 1939? | John Naughton

Russian general Valery Gerasimov devised an ultra-sophisticated doctrine for warfare in the online age. His president’s crude military tactics suggest he hasn’t read it

John Naughton

26, Mar, 2022 @4:00 PM

Amateur hackers warned against joining Ukraine’s ‘IT army’

Western officials say they would ‘strongly discourage’ any kind of criminal activity against Russia

Dan Milmo Global technology editor

18, Mar, 2022 @1:57 PM

‘We are not ready’: a cyber expert on US vulnerability to a Russian attack

Ukrainian websites have been subjected to a relentless series of attacks – but what will happen when the sights are set on America?

Kari Paul

11, Mar, 2022 @7:00 AM

‘Catastrophic’ cyberwar between Ukraine and Russia hasn’t happened (yet), experts say

Experts says both sides may understand that large-scale cyber-attacks will result in ‘mutually assured destruction of systems’

Kari Paul in San Francisco

09, Mar, 2022 @4:17 PM

How the tech community has rallied to Ukraine’s cyber-defence | Joyce Hakmeh and Esther Naylor

The variety of online actors working for the cause is unprecedented, say Joyce Hakmeh and Esther Naylor of Chatham House’s International Security Programme

Joyce Hakmeh and Esther Naylor

07, Mar, 2022 @1:52 PM

UK data watchdog urges vigilance amid heightened cyber threat

ICO reports ‘steady and significant’ increase in cyber-attacks against UK firms over past two years

Dan Milmo Global technology editor

04, Mar, 2022 @12:01 AM

Anonymous: the hacker collective that has declared cyberwar on Russia

The group has claimed credit for hacking the Russian Ministry of Defence database, and is believed to have hacked multiple state TV channels to show pro-Ukraine content

Dan Milmo Global technology editor

27, Feb, 2022 @6:51 PM