As Ukraine prepares for its March 31, 2019, election—and gears up to defend that poll from cyberattacks—Kyiv should coordinate its defenses with other countries also preparing for elections of their own. The Republic of Lithuania, the southernmost Baltic country, will hold its own presidential election on May 12, just six weeks after Ukrainians head...
Western attention and support for Ukraine’s cyber defenses from the United States and NATO seem to be an important focus currently. This support is especially relevant and necessary during this pivotal presidential election cycle. On January 23, 2019, the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the World Economic...
As Ukraine approaches its presidential election slated for March 31, 2019, the issue of how to respond to cyberattacks continues to plague governments around the world. Potential strategies range from proactive deterrence to reactive prosecution and potential retaliation. We know that hackers targeted the last Ukrainian presidential election in 2014. Therefore, we must prepare...
Whenever voters participate in national elections, as Ukrainians will do on March 31, 2019, they often have an eye on both the future and the past. Thus, memories of the Soviet Union, as well as of tsarist Russia, may play a surprisingly important role in determining the outcome of the March 31 vote. Every...
Recently, a dangerous type of malicious code, or malware, called “GreyEnergy,” has been detected in Ukraine and Poland. At least three energy and transport companies have been affected, for at least three years, according to the Slovakia-based ESET cybersecurity company, which in the past helped to investigate the 2015 Ukrainian energy grid hack. In...