Security News > 2022 > March > Where are the (serious) Russian cyberattacks?

Before it began, I'd been really worried about Russian cyberattacks, which would overrun Ukraine and flood into the West's infrastructure.

Where are those massive attacks? Why is Ukraine's electrical system still up and running - except for damaged nuclear reactors? Why, instead of shutting down Ukraine's TV networks with cyber attacks, did they have to blow up a Kyiv TV tower? Did we just let paranoia overrule our common sense?

It's not paranoia when Russian president Vladimir Putin really is out to get Ukraine - and, from the way he talks, maybe all the rest of us as well.

There, Ukraine's people are far stronger than the Russian conscripts being thrown into war's furnace.

When Microsoft's Threat Intelligence Center detected offensive and destructive cyberattacks against Ukraine, "We immediately advised the Ukrainian government about the situation, including our identification of the use of a new malware package, and provided technical advice on steps to prevent the malware's success."

As US president Biden said in his January 19 news conference, the US could respond to future Russian cyberattacks against Ukraine with its own cyberwar resources.

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