Russia’s New Cyberwarfare in Ukraine Is Fast, Dirty, and
Relentless
By Andy Greenberg
Published: 2022-11-10 · Archived: 2026-04-05 18:49:45 UTC
Security researchers see updated tactics and tools—and a tempo change—in the cyberattacks Russia’s GRU
military intelligence agency is inflicting on Ukraine.
Illustration: Jacqui VanLiew; Getty Images
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Since Russia launched its catastrophic full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February, the cyberwar that it has long
waged against its neighbor has entered a new era too—one in which Russia has at times seemed to be trying to
determine the role of its hacking operations in the midst of a brutal, physical ground war. Now, according to the
findings of a team of cybersecurity analysts and first responders, at least one Russian intelligence agency seems to
have settled into a new set of cyberwarfare tactics: ones that allow for quicker intrusions, often breaching the same
target multiple times within just months, and sometimes even maintaining stealthy access to Ukrainian networks
while destroying as many as possible of the computers within them.
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Andy Greenberg is a senior writer for WIRED covering hacking, cybersecurity, and surveillance. He’s the author
of the books Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency and Sandworm: A New
Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers. His books ... Read More
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