https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/28/internet-war-cyber-russia-ukraine/

“I would have thought that by now Russia would have disabled a lot more infrastructure around communications, power and water,” Cowan said. “If Russia were attacking the U.S., there would be more cyber damage.”

The absence of major disruptions predicted by cyberwar doctrine has allowed Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky to deliver propaganda coups with little more than a smartphone and a data link. Images of civilian casualties, the brutal shelling of cities and also some Russian losses have undermined that nation’s claims of a limited and humane “special military operation.” A viral audio clip of Ukrainian soldiers on a tiny island telling a Russian warship to “go f--- yourself” has become a defining moment of national resistance.

“It’s become a global participatory thing. Everybody thinks they’re part of it,” said Doug Madory, director of Internet analysis for Kentik, which tracks global data flows. “It would be a lot harder to do all that if there was a blackout.”

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An invading army might be expected to quickly cut backbone cables or switch them off through hacks, said Madory, a former Air Force communications engineering officer.

But neither has happened. And Madory isn’t sure why.

“Is it following the playbook? I don’t know if we have the right playbook,” Madory said. “So far the Internet is still up.”

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He and other experts point to several possible explanations, starting with the possibility that the Russians thought Ukraine would fall so quickly that it wasn’t necessary to damage systems they would want operational once an occupation began. Disabled telecommunication systems — or ones that are bombed — can require costly, time-consuming repairs.

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It’s also possible that the Russians themselves needed a functioning telecommunications system, including high-speed data links, for their own communications. Images from Ukraine have shown Russian soldiers appearing to use smartphones. Modern militaries typically have sophisticated radios for battlefield communications, but glitches might have forced reliance on Internet-based systems instead.

// nebo The Washington post uz je proklemelsky platek? skutecne si vymyslim pseudotema?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/28/internet-war-cyber-russia-ukraine/

But while Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has spawned all manner of cyberattacks and defenses, few are playing out the way the experts thought they would.

As of Monday, five days after tanks moved into Ukraine, the Internet and other key Ukrainian infrastructure were still functioning, the outgunned Ukrainian military was still coordinating effectively and Russia’s vaunted disinformation capabilities were failing to persuade Ukrainians that resistance is futile.

“We imagined this orchestrated unleashing of violence in cyberspace, this ballet of attacks striking Ukraine in waves, and instead of that we have a brawl. And not even a very consequential brawl, just yet,” said Jason Healey, a former White House staffer for infrastructure protection and intelligence officer who’s now a research scholar on cyber conflict at Columbia University.

A vastly larger, more powerful military — one especially feared for its cyber-military prowess — has allowed Ukrainians almost unfettered access to the Internet. This has helped them get weapons to citizens and harness social media to rally global political support through direct, emotional appeals backed by stirring visuals.

“It’s certainly not what anyone predicted,” said Dmitri Alperovitch, a longtime cybersecurity executive and U.S. government adviser who heads Silverado Policy Accelerator.



Could Russia shut down the internet in Ukraine? | Ukraine | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/01/could-russia-shut-down-the-internet-in-ukraine

Analysis: On a national level, web access has so far been largely unaffected by the invasion, and supports daily life

// panove zkuste nekdy pripustit, ze se o vecech da diskutovat. treba to neni pravda, ze by se nepokouseli Rusaci tam je odriznout od elektriky a internetu.. treba jedu nejake nesmysly, ale tohle je proste normalni validni tema... a relevantni k tomu jsou zalezitosti koordinovane snahy vyradit Ukrajinu z velke casti od proudu i internetu.. obzvlast pokud tam jedem pachat valecne zlociny, bych urcite vyradil internet.
ja i koukal na nejaky streamy, kde se bavili s lidma z Kyjeva.. ta clanek popisuje, jak jim jede furt internet. na CNN Prima popisujou, ze jim jdou mobilni site, takze i pres telefon jsou v kontaktu do CR.
a misto konstruktivni debaty zas ad hominem mne snazici se tady tvrdit, ze tam internet nefungoval ani elektrika netece

o cem se mluvili bylo akorat vybombeni toho televizniho vysilace..

cely roky jsme tu presvedcovani o vsemocnosti ruskych hackeru.. a ze v minulych letech zpusobili vypadky proudu.. a ted jsou jakoze neschopni?

nekonzistence:

Despite years of preparation, Ukraine’s electric grid still an easy target for Russian hackers - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/19/despite-years-of-preparation-ukraines-electric-grid-still-far-from-ready-for-russian-hackers-00010373

Portions of Ukraine’s electric system went dark following two Russian cyberattacks in recent years. Efforts to strengthen the grid in the years since likely won’t be enough to fend off Russian hackers.

Instead, the Ukrainian power supply remains vulnerable to a major hacking assault that could inflict extended blackouts in much of the country as part of an armed invasion by Moscow, cybersecurity experts say.

Ukraine experienced smaller-scale cyberattacks linked to Russia in 2015 and 2016 including one that turned off the lights for almost a quarter-million Ukrainians — an assault that also raised alarm bells in countries like the U.S. about the security of their own electric grids.

“If Russia wants to take down the Ukrainian electric system, I have full confidence that they can, and the Ukrainian playbook in many ways is in a place where prevention’s not going to happen,” Robert M. Lee, CEO and co-founder of cybersecurity group Dragos, said in an interview. He argued corruption and economic barriers in Ukraine have gotten in the way of hardening the electric grid. The Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, D.C., did not respond to a request for comment.

Gorgovo divení se nad invalidním předpokladem, díl miliontý první

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1512108308907372553

To máš jak s těma tankama, co jsme jim tam poslali. Nebo tím protiraketovým systemem od Slováků. Pokaždé tvrdili, jak tohle vyzbrojování Ukrajinců nedopustí. No a reálně s tím neudělali vůbec nic.

GORG: Celá ta jejich invaze je podělaná od úplného začátku. Tvrdím, že vůbec neví, co dělaj a hlavně co maj dělat. Je to epic fail na všech levelech od nejnižších vojínů až po Putina, kterýmu se to celý sype pod rukama. Trochu líp jim to jde akorát na Donbase a tam třeba Mariupol od vody a elektřiny odstřihli. Takže když můžou, tak to udělaj. Akorát oni spíš nemůžou, protože jsou úplně neschopný. Jediný co jim jde je loupit, vraždit a znásilňovat bezbranný civilisty a nebo je odstřelovat raketama z bezpečný vzdálenosti. Ale jakmile se proti nim postaví vyzbrojenej a organizovanej odpor, tak je sfoukne jako svíčku.

GORG: A útok na elektrárnu v Zaporoží byl co? Nebo třeba tohle...

Nemáme vodu a elektřinu. Rusové nás ničí, volá starosta Mariupolu o pomoc - iDNES.cz
https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/zahranicni/ukrajina-rusko-valka-invaze-boje-mariupol-humanitarni-voda.A220304_170523_zahranicni_jhr

Když už lžeš, tak nelze alespoň takhle blbě.

GORG: jasně že je, když posledních 100 let on i jeho předchůdci tvrdě makali na tom, aby to tak bylo, a ve chvíli, kdy se objevil jakejkoliv potenciální kandidát, vyfasoval buď kulku, nebo novičok.
Ne, takhle to vypadá jenom v ruským narativu. Janukovič ztratil legitimitu ve chvíli, kdy dopustil masakr protestujících, a ukrajincům došla trpělivost. To už se halt bohužel stává, že během revolucí dochází k potlačení práva a standardizovanej procesů.