A senior Ukrainian official said Russian cyberattacks are growing more sophisticated and have become daily occurrences aimed at disrupting vital infrastructure during wartime.
Deputy Foreign Minister Anton Demokhin, who’s also the ministry’s chief digital transformation officer, said hackers continue to target government bodies, security agencies and commercial businesses including financial institutions to try to disrupt services and acquire personal data. While Ukraine is largely able to deter the attempts, “they’re effective in the sense that we do put in a lot of effort” to prevent them, he said during an interview in Singapore.
“In this sense, yes, they take our time and attention and resources,” said Demokhin. Incidents have become more coordinated, with multiple hackers in various locations attacking different parts of the same infrastructure all at once, he said.
Other attackers have left sleeper viruses across information systems that become activated once an offensive operation begins, Demokhin said. “When you put it all together, you realize this is a new level of sophistication.”
