Experts anticipate a new cyberattack on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure this month; they have observed increased activity from the same hackers involved in a previous cyberattack. In the last two years, cyberattacks on Ukraine’s power grid coincided with the winter holidays, a sensitive time with a high demand for critical infrastructure. A cyberattack may target civilians to sow popular discontent with the state’s inability to stave off these disruptive attacks.
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Vera Zimmerman: It’s the holiday season again. Will Ukraine be ready for the next cyberattack?
An officer of the Ukrainian Cyberpolice Department works in an office in the department building in Kyiv on June 29.
