There's a group of our colleagues working to help out where they can. Keep Ukraine Connected
https://nogalliance.org/our-task-forces/keep-ukraine-connected/ FYI, -M< On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 1:22 PM Sean Donelan <s...@donelan.com> wrote: > > > https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/03/15/internet-technicians-are-the-hidden-heroes-of-the-russia-ukraine-war/?ss=cybersecurity&sh=75eb5cdd2884 > > Images sent to Forbes by Kyivstar show what the conditions are like. > Despite obliterated terrain and internet wires, fire-blackened data > centers, curfews, lack of light, and the danger of death from above, the > fixers go out and turn the internet back on so Ukrainians can stay in > touch with one another and get word out beyond borders, to illuminate for > the world the darkness that’s descended on their nation. Their government > calls them the “invisible heroes” of the war, entering dangerous places to > replace and upgrade equipment. > [...] > > > Satellite outage caused 'huge loss in communications' at war's outset > -Ukrainian official > > > https://www.reuters.com/world/satellite-outage-caused-huge-loss-communications-wars-outset-ukrainian-official-2022-03-15/ > > A senior Ukrainian cybersecurity official said that the digital sabotage > that hit Viasat's KA-SAT network last month caused a massive > communications outage at the outset of Russia's invasion. > > Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, Victor Zhora said he could not reveal > much about the incident, which crippled tens of thousands of satellite > modems across Europe on the morning of Feb. 24, just as Russian armor > pushed into Ukraine. > [...] > > > New narrative forms on Russia-Ukraine cyberwar as Viasat outage > investigated > > > https://www.scmagazine.com/analysis/cyberespionage/new-narrative-forms-on-russia-ukraine-cyberwar-as-viasat-outage-investigated > > Gen. Paul Nakasone, head of the National Security Agency, issued what > retroactively seems like a carefully worded answer at a Senate hearing to > a question about the relative lack of cyberwarfare during the war in > Ukraine, saying that the U.S. was aware of "three or four" cyberattacks in > Ukraine. He did not mention which attacks those were, though three or four > candidates other than Viasat were already known to the public. >
