Are we about to witness a full-on cyber-war between Russia and Ukraine?

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http://www.itproportal.com/2014/03/04/are-we-about-to-witness-a-full-on-cyber-war-between-russia-and-ukraine/

By Fahmida Y. Rashid
ITProPortal
04 Mar 2014

Russia has invaded Ukraine. Well, at least the province of Crimea. Are we 
about to see cyber-war unfold?

After months of hearing about cyber-war, cyber-espionage, and attacks 
against critical infrastructure, it's only natural to wonder if the 
physical conflict between Russia and Ukraine is about to spill over into 
cyberspace. Most countries, the United States included, have cadre of 
forces trained in digital attacks and defences, and this kind of 
provocation seems like the perfect scenario to unleash them.

Also, it wouldn't be anything new for the Russians, since they have 
already been accused of coordinating their military activities with 
cyber-attacks (namely distributed denial-of-service attacks) in their 
conflicts with Georgia and Estonia back in 2007 and 2008.

Ukraine, cyber-spy

However, much of the cyber-activity in this conflict may come from the 
Ukrainians. "While the Ukraine is inferior in conventional warfare, they 
have phenomenal hackers who can steal intelligence from the Russians, 
intelligence that could become very valuable as the Ukraine reaches out 
for help from the international community," said McCall Paxton, a SOC 
analyst at Rook Security.

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