Microsoft claims that Estonia has not detected any Russian cyber intrusions since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. Estonia’s adoption of cloud computing makes it easier for them to detect intruders.
“Significant collective defensive weaknesses remain” among some other European governments, Microsoft said.
Defending Ukraine April 27 Report
On April 27 Microsoft released a report detailing how Russia had stepped up cyber-attacks in what they termed a “hybrid war against Ukraine.” And they also explained what the tech giant was doing to “protect Ukrainian people and organizations. “
At the two-month mark since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, there had been six separate hacker gangs that were “Russia-aligned nation-state actors” that had launched more than 237 operations against Ukraine.
Ukraine was the primary target of the early attacks. And Microsoft claimed that the attacks were “accompanied by broad espionage and intelligence activities.” And were an attempt to “disrupt people’s access to reliable information and critical life services on which civilians depend.”
