Russia has lost the information war in the West, Britain's GCHQ intelligence chief saysVladimir Putin invades Russia Ukraine said almost six months after it started.
Online disinformation distributed by Russia has become "a major part of a campaign to cause chaos and chaos in Ukraine and beyond," said Sir Jeremy Fleming. rice field.
While ineffective in the West, the Kremlin's "awkward" cyber and propaganda warfare could risk "dulling international anger" against its aggression, he said. }warned in an article in The Economist.
Ukraine and Russia are fighting an information war, he said, writing:
"It is a brutal and devastating physical war as well as a very modern digital and cyber war." “Before the bullets were fired on February 24,” he said Russia had waged cyber warfare.
But Putin's plans "failed" by using his destructive cyber tools "irresponsibly and indiscriminately," he said.
Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs website after a major cyberattack a month before the invasion
(Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)
A month before the invasion began, Russian military intelligence deployed the WhisperGate malware to "disrupt and tamper with the systems of the Ukrainian government," said Sir Jeremy. increase.
Less than an hour after Russia invaded Ukraine, attacks targeting the country's ViaSat satellite network "spread into neighboring countries, disrupting services ranging from wind farms to Internet access. It was discovered by intelligence agencies that caused collateral damage," he added.
However, since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, Ukraine has "proven to be a highly effective cyber defender" due to its "carefully" built "digital fortress." '' he said.
Sir Jeremy wrote:
"It is a cause for celebration, but one should not underestimate how Russian disinformation is playing out elsewhere in the world.
"Land As with the invasion, Russia's initial online scheme appears to have failed: The country's use of offensive cyber tools is irresponsible and indiscriminate." However, Sir Jeremy said the UK's National Cyber Command could respond to Russia's information warfare by deploying British military units that use offensive cyber tools.
