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Russia is attempting to weaponize the way people share information. The West is only now understanding what this new form of warfare is and how to defeat it.

Long before Russia intervened in the U.S. presidential election last year and in the French elections this year, Ukrainian lawmakers were sounding the alarm over Russian interference. The Ukrainian term for Russian cyberattacks is “hybrid warfare” and the Ukrainian government finally took action against it this month.

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