Cyber Peace Reigns Despite Russia, Ukraine Tensions

While tensions on the ground in Ukraine are rising almost daily, one area of potential conflict is eerily quiet. Ukraine and Russia are both widely considered computer hacking powerhouses, yet apart from a steady drumbeat of relatively minor distributed denial of service attacks, there have been no major offensives. Russia has not been shy about using its cyber know-how in the past. In 2007, a massive cyber attack reportedly perpetrated by Russia shut down huge swaths of the...

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