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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Russia has some of the best hackers in the world, but in the early days of the war in Ukraine, its ability to create mayhem through

Prior to the invasion, hackers knocked offline or defaced Ukrainian government websites and wiped some servers with destructive malware. Now, an ad hoc army of hackers — some marshaled online by Ukraine’s SBU security service — are claiming credit for takedowns and defacements of Russian government and media sites.

Kyiv marshals sympathetic volunteer hackers in collective global effort against Krelim, but Moscow remains the powerful cyber foe

So far, Ukraine’s internet mostly works, its president still able to rally global support via a smartphone.

Russia has a long history of damaging Ukraine’s internet infrastructure through malware. But Ukrainians are assembling volunteer hackers worldwide to launch counterattacks on their Russian foe.

Russia has some of the best hackers in the world, but in the early days of the war in Ukraine, its ability to create mayhem through malware hasn’t had much of a noticeable impact. Instead, it’s Ukraine that’s marshalled sympathetic volunteer hackers in an unprecedented collective global effort to make the Kremlin pay for making…

Greater complexity and interdependence among systems gives attackers more opportunity for widespread, global damage, say government and industry experts.

Experts from across government, the private sector and security research community will vote on the most pressing issues in the field.

Pentagon deputy nominee wants cyber strategy clarification February 2 Kathleen Hicks, deputy defense secretary nominee, at her confirmation hearing Feb. 2 before the Senate Armed Services Committee. (EJ Hersom/DoD) WASHINGTON — While largely agreeing with the Defense Department’s more proactive approach to cyberspace in the last few years, President Joe Biden’s nominee for the No. 2 spot at the Pentagon has key questions about the defend forward concept. “I am supportive of the ap...