title: Digital Warfare: Cybersecurity Implications of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
abstract: Russia and Ukraine have defined a new era in interpreting cyber warfare and its role in contemporary interstate conflicts. Cyberattacks have been used as a warfare tactic intended to destabilize key structures, manipulate information, and weaken the defence of a nation. Several headline news reports, including the recent NotPetya ransomware attack and the cyber-riot manipulations targeting the power grid in Ukraine, indicate that state-sponsored hackers are active and very smart. Such cyber warf
journal: International Journal of Emerging Trends in Computer Science and Information Technology