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How a Russian cyberwar in Ukraine could ripple out globally:
The knock-on effects for the rest of the world might not be limited to intentional reprisals by Russian operatives. Unlike old-fashioned war, cyberwar is not confined by borders and can more easily spiral out of control.
Ukraine has been on the receiving end of aggressive Russian cyber operations for the last decade and has suffered invasion and military intervention from Moscow since 2014. In 2015 and 2016, Russian hackers attacked Ukraine's power grid and turned out the lights in the capital city of Kyiv— unparalleled acts that haven't been carried out anywhere else before or since.
The 2017 NotPetya cyberattack, once again ordered by Moscow, was directed initially at Ukrainian private companies before it spilled over and destroyed systems around the world.
NotPetya masqueraded as ransomware, but in fact it was a purely destructive and highly viral piece of code. The destructive malware seen in Ukraine last week, now known as WhisperGate, also pretended to be ransomware while aiming to destroy key data that renders machines inoperable. Experts say WhisperGate is "reminiscent" of NotPetya, down to the technical processes that achieve destruction, but that there are notable differences. For one, WhisperGate is less sophisticated and is not designed to spread rapidly in the same way. Russia has denied involvement, and no definitive link points to Moscow.
NotPetya incapacitated shipping ports and left several giant multinational corporations and government agencies unable to function. Almost anyone who did business with Ukraine was affected because the Russians secretly poisoned software used by everyone who pays taxes or does business in the country.
The White House said the attack caused more than $10 billion in global damage and deemed it "the most destructive and costly cyberattack in history."
There can be no 'winners' - but are we even ready to defend ourselves against a cyberwar?
Previously:
(2019-02-18) Cyber Insurance claims NotPetya was an act of war
(2017-07-11) Original Petya Master Decryption Key Released
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Runaway1956 on Saturday January 22 2022, @11:33AM (24 children)
Neither does the article seem to consider that Ukies may not be competent to keep their infrastructure in operation. I know Ukies. My god-daughters are half Ukie. Thankfully, they are half Polish, so one side of her family has some brains.
So, you take a bunch of Ukies, give them some half-assed operating system filled with security holes, stand back, and watch them melt down. Fun and games, right?
“I have become friends with many school shooters” - Tampon Tim Walz
(Score: 5, Insightful) by khallow on Saturday January 22 2022, @12:57PM (7 children)
I think that's a fair assumption to ignore. Keep in mind that most parts of the world are just as incompetent, but they don't have repetitive, destructive cyber attacks.
And if the Ukraine really is getting repeatedly beat on by state-level actors (which if we're honest, sure looks like what's going on), merely having competence isn't going to be enough.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday January 22 2022, @06:27PM (6 children)
Yeah, but you don't know which state, since every lead up to war is packed with lies
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 22 2022, @06:52PM
Russia is softening them up in preparation for invasion. Nobody else has an interest in spending the resources required to maintain attacks at this level.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday January 22 2022, @07:42PM (4 children)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 23 2022, @12:14AM (3 children)
The reason is clear: to deny Russia access to Black Sea ports by forcing them out of Crimea. This is just a continuing play of the US domination of the globe, encirclemant and suppression of adversaries.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday January 23 2022, @12:38AM
Is there anyone other than Russia that would have a problem with that? My bet is that if Russia had been a nice adversary in the first place - at least to the Ukraine, they'd be invited to Sevastopol. No need for these power games.
(Score: 2) by captain normal on Sunday January 23 2022, @03:36AM
Russia has a huge navy port at Novorossiysk. Crimea is actually poorly suited for a Naval Base.
The Musk/Trump interview appears to have been hacked, but not a DDOS hack...more like A Distributed Denial of Reality.
(Score: 2) by driverless on Monday January 24 2022, @06:11AM
This is an odd statement, he's speaking like a Russian troll but is displaying an American's lack of knowledge of geography. A.... Russian/American?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 22 2022, @01:00PM (3 children)
considering what your ilk had to say about polak people for much of the last century, a bit surprised god daughters only cop half your flak.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday January 22 2022, @03:12PM (2 children)
considering what your ilk had to say about polak people for much of the last century
What is my ilk, exactly? You're setting yourself up for a huge "WHOOOOSH" here.
“I have become friends with many school shooters” - Tampon Tim Walz
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 22 2022, @04:03PM (1 child)
We know you are of Polish descent much to our chagrin.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 22 2022, @04:06PM
Madam Curie is rolling in her grave.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Michael on Saturday January 22 2022, @03:18PM (2 children)
Pfft. Should it happen that someone prefers any story leap to shallow bigotry based on a few emotionally loaded cherry-pickings, they might find that compulsion better fed by reading about it from a source which aims substantially below the target audience MITreview does.
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 22 2022, @04:04PM (1 child)
The word "bigotry" is a dog-whistle for "I'm a fucking Jew and I don't want Goys noticing and discussing things." As a real-life example, I noticed during a neighborhood discussion that somebody pointed out that only certain neighborhoods have extra recycling trash bins, and all of those neighborhoods happened to have a conspicuous Jewish presence even though they weren't all wealthy. When somebody asked why only certain neighborhoods get extra recycle bins, of course the Jews swing into action not identifying themselves directly while accusing people of "wanting to start a class war when we all need healing" and "Bigotry" even though Jewishness or other ethnicities were not mentioned. The notion of a class war scares Jews shitless (gee, I wonder why?), which is why they go out of their way to push race-wars and other divisive concepts.
MIT, like the Ivy league, are also pedo-Jews colluding with China to enrich themselves while subverting America. And what's up with that Crowdstrike link in the summary? Aren't Crowdstrike a bunch of lying Jews who are a paid propaganda outfit for "Bipartisan" Jewish interests?
Oh, and we're not gonna forget about this whole lockdown/vaccination thing, either -- especially when a whole generation of children will be functional retards because of the Jewish plans for control and profit. Heads will roll (figuratively, of course) and many of those heads will be wearing Kippas.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 22 2022, @06:08PM
> which is why they go out of their way to push race-wars and other divisive concepts.
And you're doing, what, exactly?
(Score: 1, Troll) by Username on Saturday January 22 2022, @04:13PM
Eh, all the jailbroken John Deeres come from the Ukraine. I also learned how find and edit on the assembly level to bypass retarded lock ins from some Ukrainians. They know how to rip stuff off over there. I have no doubt there isn't a single paid windows licenses in the entire country. The whole ransomware thing is probably some Ukrainian trying to extort money from the company he works for. Or maybe its the guy who made the crack that the company ripped off to bypass the windows licenses.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 22 2022, @04:16PM (7 children)
Count on Runaway to post yet another racist troll.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Runaway1956 on Saturday January 22 2022, @04:29PM (6 children)
Oh. What 'race' is 'Ukrainian', pray tell.
“I have become friends with many school shooters” - Tampon Tim Walz
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 22 2022, @04:48PM (4 children)
Why do you hate your god-daughters?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday January 22 2022, @05:04PM (3 children)
When humans can no longer mock themselves, and laugh at themselves, they are no longer human. Slovaks can still laugh at themselves. That makes us god-like, because God surely laughs at all of us.
“I have become friends with many school shooters” - Tampon Tim Walz
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 22 2022, @06:25PM (1 child)
Wrong. God blesses America.
(Score: 2) by driverless on Monday January 24 2022, @06:33AM
Does America really want Azathoth's blessing though?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by mcgrew on Saturday January 22 2022, @11:09PM
Music and laughter are the two things that only humans do, although there are some who are sure their dog has a sense of humor. Music has been proven scientifically (bird "song" is speech; volume and pitch are part of the languages). Most higher animals have brain patterns allowing some parts of music, but not all. I wish I had a link to the article. Maybe it was NOVA, I don't remember.
Impeach Donald Palpatine and his sidekick Elon Vader
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 22 2022, @05:07PM
Q.E.D.