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How Ukraine has defended itself against cyberattacks – lessons for the US

  • Written by Robert Peacock, Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida International University
imageAs missiles rain down on Ukraine's telecommunications infrastructure, including Kyiv's TV tower, hackers have been attacking in cyberspace.Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images

In 2014, as Russia launched a proxy war in Eastern Ukraine and annexed Crimea, and in the years that followed, Russian hackers hammered Ukraine. The cyberattacks went so far...

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