Hours after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, an unexpected announcement was released online: A special hacker unit called “Tactical group of Belarus” had formed and was joining the fight against Russia. Making the announcement was a hacktivist collective called Belarusian Cyber Partisans (BCP) who emerged during Belarus’ violent protests in …
Whilst all eyes are on Donbas as Russia continues its devastating invasion of Ukraine, another war is being fought on our TVs, phones and computers: the culture war. Right from the start of the offensive, Ukraine has been quick to establish its cultural narrative and ensure that in this war, it will be victorious. Last …
Anthems of victory: How Ukraine is winning the online culture war Read More
Data collected on Instagram shows that 50% of Ukrainian users post in Russian, 46% in Ukrainian, and 4% in English, according to researcher Sven Etienne Peterson. This is despite the fact that only 30% of Ukrainians reported Russian to be their native language, with a higher percentage in eastern and southern districts. Meanwhile, 67% reported Ukrainian as their …
Russian is the social-media language of choice for Ukrainians Read More
January 13-14, Ukrainian government sites were hit by a massive cyber-attack. The attack immediately prompted harsh warnings from the international community and the general assumption that Russian hackers were behind the attack. However, on further investigation it appears the attack originated in Belarus and the hackers had access to the administration codes from a private company that …
Meet UNC1151, the group behind the latest attack against Ukrainian websites Read More
