I'm linking a couple of threads together because they all have connections back to this Microsoft Report on Hybrid (military-cyber) attacks on Ukraine.
#radicalwar
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#radicalwar
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https://twitter.com/warmatters/status/1519600245516259328
This Russian battlefield communications thread shows what happens when you have to rely on civilian telecoms grids.
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https://twitter.com/warmatters/status/1519595809343422464?s=20&t=6iUe6Y6SbTm258fp_fSqvA
Developing the implications of both the cyber attacks AND Russian use of stolen Ukrainian SIM cards is this story.
This is about Russian hacks for personal data.
The goal?
To identify Ukrainians who are pro-Russian from those who need to be isolated.
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apnews.com/article/russia…
This is about Russian hacks for personal data.
The goal?
To identify Ukrainians who are pro-Russian from those who need to be isolated.
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apnews.com/article/russia…
As @Jack_Watling observes, this is “Fantastically useful information if you’re planning an occupation...knowing exactly which car everyone drives and where they live and all that.”
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“The idea was to kill or imprison these people at the early stages of occupation,” Victor Zhora, a senior Ukrainian cyber defense official, alleged.
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& more on intelligence cooperation:
"Ukraine, for its part, appears to have done significant data collection — quietly assisted by the U.S., the U.K., and other partners — targeting Russian soldiers, spies and police, including rich geolocation data".
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"Ukraine, for its part, appears to have done significant data collection — quietly assisted by the U.S., the U.K., and other partners — targeting Russian soldiers, spies and police, including rich geolocation data".
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The result is that Ukraine claims it knows
“exactly where & when a particular serviceman crossed the border with Ukraine, in which occupied settlement he stopped, in which building he spent the night, stole and committed crimes on our land.”
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“exactly where & when a particular serviceman crossed the border with Ukraine, in which occupied settlement he stopped, in which building he spent the night, stole and committed crimes on our land.”
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It is not clear how sophisticated this tech is.
However, this story broke the other day. The claim is that Anomaly 6 can de-anonymise smartphone apps
AND track Chinese/Russian troop movements just from their smartphones and in real-time.
#radicalwar
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However, this story broke the other day. The claim is that Anomaly 6 can de-anonymise smartphone apps
AND track Chinese/Russian troop movements just from their smartphones and in real-time.
#radicalwar
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https://twitter.com/warmatters/status/1518855702688804864?s=20&t=6iUe6Y6SbTm258fp_fSqvA
That should give us pause for thought because this tech has real political and military effects.
Everyone is online and connected. If Ukraine is the test-bed for this then we need to think very carefully about how this tech is controlled and who has oversight over it.
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Everyone is online and connected. If Ukraine is the test-bed for this then we need to think very carefully about how this tech is controlled and who has oversight over it.
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