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Ukraine volunteer ‘hacker’ corps fights Russia with cyberattacks, intel and infowar
Of particular interest to the many programming professionals and amateurs who hang out here at Rantburg. US Cyber Command gets a mention in the final paragraphs. [IsraelTimes] Hackers’ actions range from taking down official Russian sites, reporting troop locations, and even offering instructions on assembling Molotov cocktails and basic first aidFormed in a fury to counter Russia’s blitzkrieg attack, Ukraine’s hundreds-strong volunteer "hacker" corps is much more than a paramilitary cyberattack force in Europe’s first major war of the internet age. It is crucial for information combat and crowdsourcing intelligence. "We are really a swarm. A self-organizing swarm," said Roman Zakharov, a 37-year-old IT executive at the center of Ukraine’s bootstrap digital army. Posted by: trailing wife 2022-03-06 |
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