The Virtual Battlefield in 2022: Russia Ukraine War & Its Policy Implications
summary
Chronicles specific cyber operations tied to the Russia–Ukraine war: a malicious firmware update bricks VSAT satellite modems an hour before the February 24 invasion, large government-focused DDoS waves hit ten days earlier, and destructive wiper (NotPetya-like) malware appears on February 23–24. Rail signaling (often running Windows XP) is tampered with and helps stall a 40-mile convoy, while Anonymous and others leak millions of documents; NATO treats cyberspace as a warfare domain and ubiquitous connectivity proves strategically decisive.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:34Peacetime in Cyberspace
- 4:11Euromaidan 2014
- 6:35Christmas 2015
- 9:10Traditional Arms: 2022
- 10:23Cyber Power
- 11:34Battlespace Prep (Cyber)
- 17:35War's "Biggest Hack"
- 20:10Wiper
- 21:09PSYOP
- 23:26Belarus Railway Partisans
- 26:04Cyber Allies
- 31:47Mid-War Assessment
- 33:17NATO Strategy
- 37:55National Cybersecurity Strategy
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