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They likely have used their good cyber weapons already and are now less useful than suicide drones and cruise missiles. Knock out a grid with cyber, ok the ene
by rm_-rf_slash 4y ago
They likely have used their good cyber weapons already and are now less useful than suicide drones and cruise missiles.
Knock out a grid with cyber, ok the enemy is prepared and can do a hard reset. Power loss of a few minutes, hours at most. Then that attack vector is gone as cyber defenses are put in place.
Blow up a substation, you have bigger problems. Power loss for several hours or days.
Russia can still do “low tech” cyber attacks like DDoS, but this war is making a case for cyber weapons being more useful during pseudo-peacetime clandestine espionage than a consistently equivalent tool to bullets and bombs.
- KineticLensman 4y agoYes, exactly. The Ukrainian energy grid has already experienced Russian cyber attacks (e.g. in 2015) so will have had time to prepare. Cyber defence is a standard element in energy company training, alongside Carrington events and other 'fun' scenarios.