Cyber Deals

Never before in history has a war or cyberwar rallied so many tech and cyber experts from around the world to defend one country. Their groundbreaking work is what keeps major cyber-attacks in Ukraine out of the headlines and prompts so many journalists and policy makers to wonder why the cyber-attacks aren’t bigger. These experts’ activities don’t come without risk though, as many have been directly targeted by the Russian government with spyware, malware, and malicious slander on social media and false media websites. They often operate without any government protection, but they carry out their work anyway because they know that if operations are hacked, more lives will be lost and Ukraine’s critical infrastructure will fall. Numerous aid workers and Ukrainians trying to evacuate have already been killed, tortured, beaten, and arrested due to direct cyber targeting by Russians. I’ll be speaking about some of t