State Department says Russian cyber war against Ukraine began in January

The Biden administration on Tuesday formally blamed the Russian government for a series of cyberattacks targeting Ukraine’s government and private sector that occurred in the days leading up to and amid the ongoing invasion.

A statement from Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused Moscow of conducting “denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, and cyber attacks to delete data from computers belonging to government and private entities”.

And according to the secretary, Russia’s actions had “spillover” effects into other countries around Europe.