As the war in Ukraine continues, widespread reports warn of the risk of Russian cyberattacks, including on critical U.S. infrastructure. On March 21, the White House published a Fact Sheet warning of “the potential for Russia to engage in malicious cyber activity against the United States . . .” and listing steps for companies to take to bolster their cyber security. New York elected officials and security officers issued a warning about attacks directly aimed at New Yorkers.
Conversely, The National Law Review reported the “IT Army of Ukraine” – 400,000 volunteers – is attacking Russian networks “to assist [Ukraine’s] defensive military operations.” Each of us could be affected by a successful strike on high level targets, whether from a slowdown of the financial system by an attack on payment processors, a temporary interruption of a portion of the power grid or, worse, a disruption of our Facebook, Twitter or Instagram accounts from a distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.
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- Bass Berry & Sims: Privacy Peril: We Don’t Talk about CISA (Enough)