Editor’s Note: In 2016-2017, Ukrainian hackers gifted to the world three tranches of emails originating from the office of Putin’s top advisor Vladislav Surkov. They provide a unique evidence-based glimpse into the backstage of Russia’s hybrid war against Ukraine – and give indispensable insight into how Russia acts in its covert aggression in general. A RUSI report co-authored by EuroMaidan Press editor-in-chief Alya Shandra and British Conservative MP Robert Seely tells about the leaks in detail. Alya Shandra told about their main takeaways at the SECURE-2019 cybersecurity conference in Poland; here is an adapted version of her talk.
Ukraine’s greatest cyber offensive against Russia allowed us to look into the mind of the country waging war against us. So I thought we have to use this incident to the fullest – hence the report “The Surkov Leaks: the inner workings of Russia’s hybrid war against Ukraine.”
