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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Josh Taylor

TechScape: How the internet became a key front in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

A cyber attack was made on Ukraine's websites of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, and two banks, reportedly by media.
A cyber attack was made on Ukraine's websites of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, and two banks, reportedly by media. Photograph: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock

The Russia-Ukraine war was always going to have a very major cyber component. And, in the past week, we have seen just how much the war is playing out online, on a wide array of fronts.

Given what we know and expect from Russia, it’s unlikely to come as a shock that – according to data from Checkpoint Research – in the first three days of combat, cyber-attacks on Ukraine’s government and military sector went up by 196%, compared to the rest of February.

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