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> Missing something? From what I've seen on OSINT Twitter, I think what you're missing is that Russia is not actually all that good at cyberwarfare in terms of
by yosito 5y ago
> Missing something?
From what I've seen on OSINT Twitter, I think what you're missing is that Russia is not actually all that good at cyberwarfare in terms of hacking high security systems, or even securing their own systems. There was a story today about a high ranking general who was killed and it was picked up by the OSINT community due to Russians using unencrypted phones to communicate on the battlefield. Extremely rookie mistake. Russia's cyberwarfare strengths seem to end with simple DDoS attacks and propaganda bot nets on social networks.
- dylan604 5y agoAt the same time, there's a difference between cyberwarefare strengths and operational security being practiced (or not) by the soldiers in the field. It only takes one person to break protcol and pull out an unsecure device. Or it could be done on purpose as a bit of plausible deniability of sabatoge. There's a bunch of reasons I can think of than just Russia is weak about secure comms.
- yosito 5y agoOne weak link and the whole chain is weak.
- astrange 5y agoIt's an insecure protocol rather than a device. If they'd used an encrypted VOIP app it would literally be secure, but they banned those out of paranoia and weren't able to provide their own replacements. I think the actual intercept was real intelligence tapping the cell phone network and OSINT accounts just repeated it, but not sure.