As Ukraine grapples with a plethora of challenges, including endemic corruption and trade disputes with Russia, cyberattacks against the country’s critical infrastructure can now be added to the list of issues.In late December, Ukraine experienced what may have been the world’s first blackout caused by a cyberattack. While the blackout was short-lived, it affected eight provinces in western Ukraine and cut power to over eighty thousand people. Investigators now say at least eight utilities were targeted by malware, although only two experienced power outages as a result. Then, one month later, another cyberattack hit the IT network of Kyiv’s main …read more
Source: Atlantic Council