Cyber Attacks in Times of Conflict
Video Series

This first episode provides an overview of the complex range of different threat actors conducting cyberattacks in the context of the ongoing armed conflict. This includes state actors and non-state actors, such as Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), hacktivist collectives, and criminal groups. The episode also focuses on the targeting of critical infrastructure, the obligation to protect the civilian population, as well as the legal and policy challenges such cyberattacks are posing.

In this second episode, specific examples of cyberattacks are used to demonstrate the three main chronological phases of the conflict to date, the changes that have been evidenced in the means employed by cyber attackers and the harm to people and communities. In looking at the lessons learned, there is an overview of the types of cyberattacks - destructive, disruptive, data weaponization - and the use of cyber influence operations (disinformation). The episode also sheds light on the cyberattacks that have taken place beyond the borders of the two belligerent countries.