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If you have to ask, lone wolf behavior is more likely to end up with you in jail than to do anything that helps Ukraine. If you are serious and are a citizen of

If you have to ask, lone wolf behavior is more likely to end up with you in jail than to do anything that helps Ukraine. If you are serious and are a citizen of a signatory to NATO, consider enlisting with your country's cyber force.

koolba 5y ago
What does being a NATO signatory have to do with anything? Ukraine is not a part of NATO and I’m not aware of NATO authorizing any direct military or digital action against Russia.
- pcwalton 5y ago
  NATO has not authorized direct action, but seeing as how NATO states border Russia and Ukraine, and given the alliance's founding principle of deterrence of the historical USSR, it has an obvious concern. And NATO signatories have more than likely engaged in cyber-offensives against Russia already (e.g. [1]). [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command#Operations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command#Op...
- HWR_14 5y ago
  If you are a member of a NATO signatory, that's associated with a lot of formal cyber rules and leaders who won't look well on cyber activism. I took it as a rule of thumb, not direct cause/effect.
xwdv 5y ago
Only if you’re an amateur. I got shell access into some public utilities that had old versions of Windows in Russia that I’m looking at right now. Maybe I can turn off some power grids.
- rrss 5y ago
  > If you have to ask > Only if you’re an amateur
- redisman 5y ago
  Go for it
freedomben 5y ago
They're not looking for lone wolfers. They are asking for applications: > "Ukrainian cybercommunity! It's time to get involved in the cyber defense of our country," the post read, asking hackers and cybersecurity experts to submit an application via Google docs, listing their specialties, such as malware development, and professional references. As long as you're in a country where it's not illegal to help the Ukraine, I say put in an app and see where it goes :-)

koolba 5y ago

What does being a NATO signatory have to do with anything? Ukraine is not a part of NATO and I’m not aware of NATO authorizing any direct military or digital action against Russia.

pcwalton 5y ago
NATO has not authorized direct action, but seeing as how NATO states border Russia and Ukraine, and given the alliance's founding principle of deterrence of the historical USSR, it has an obvious concern. And NATO signatories have more than likely engaged in cyber-offensives against Russia already (e.g. [1]). [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command#Operations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command#Op...
HWR_14 5y ago
If you are a member of a NATO signatory, that's associated with a lot of formal cyber rules and leaders who won't look well on cyber activism. I took it as a rule of thumb, not direct cause/effect.

xwdv 5y ago

Only if you’re an amateur. I got shell access into some public utilities that had old versions of Windows in Russia that I’m looking at right now. Maybe I can turn off some power grids.

rrss 5y ago
> If you have to ask > Only if you’re an amateur
redisman 5y ago
Go for it

freedomben 5y ago

They're not looking for lone wolfers. They are asking for applications: > "Ukrainian cybercommunity! It's time to get involved in the cyber defense of our country," the post read, asking hackers and cybersecurity experts to submit an application via Google docs, listing their specialties, such as malware development, and professional references. As long as you're in a country where it's not illegal to help the Ukraine, I say put in an app and see where it goes :-)