Cybersecurity

Russian Hackers Slammed Ukraine After Invasion, Google Says

  • NATO members also hit with malicious cyber activity last year
  • Suspected Chinese groups also involved in cyber-espionage
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Russian state-sponsored hackers have inundated Ukrainian targets with a “near-constant digital attack” in the year since the invasion, Alphabet Inc.’s Google said in a new report.

In a report released Thursday ahead of the Munich Security Conference, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) said that Russian government-backed attackers increased their attempted hacks on Ukrainian users last year by 250% compared with 2020. The company used 2020 as a baseline because there was an increase in attacks in the run-up to the war.