A US Cyber Team’s Perspective on US Military Cyber Defense of Ukraine

Despite analysts’ numerous predictions, Russia could not destroy Ukraine’s computer systems in this year’s invasion with a massive cyber-attack. This may be because an unknown US military branch hunts down rivals online to enforce their interests. To cover these global missions, the BBC was granted exclusive access to the cyber-operators who carried them out. 

The US military landed in Ukraine in December last year on a recon mission led by a young major who led a small team. There were plans to deploy more troops ahead of this deployment. 

On Thursday, the Ukrainian government’s premier counterintelligence and law enforcement agency revealed the real identities of five individuals allegedly involved in cyber-espionage activities attributed to the Gamaredon cyber-espionage group. According to the agency, these members are connected to the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). 

It has been apparent in recent months that Gamaredon is very active in the threat actor community. When you open Twitter and type in #Gamaredon, you’ll find several tweets a week with updated information on the IOC and samples it has created. 

Gamaredon Group is another advanced persistent threat (APT) group targeting the Ukrainian government today. It is also known as Shuckworm, Iron Tilden, Primit

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