Financial Times: “Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine unleashed an unprecedented cyber war, with legions of hackers on both sides. Dozens of government-sponsored groups took advantage of the tumult to target their opponents, as did criminal gangs, hiding behind the noise to conduct ransomware heists.”
“Ukraine’s prewar IT industry, with 300,000 professionals working in cyber security or outsourced back offices, proved to be a crucial pool of talent in the world’s first large-scale cyber war.”
Related from the London Telegraph: “Russian army recruiters in St Petersburg have tried to persuade homeless men to sign up as soldiers to fight in Ukraine as they struggle to boost the military’s manpower.”
