On 28 February, the RIPE NCC Executive Board approved a resolution on the provision of critical services, noting that 'means to communicate should not be affected by domestic political disputes, international conflicts or war.' Th...
The European Parliament adopted a resolution on 1 March 2022, on the Russian aggression against Ukraine (2022/2564 (RSP)). Article 32 called on the EU and its member states to cancel the software licences for military and ci...
Hacker group Anonymous has declared cyberwar on Russia in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. A tweet from an account linked to Anonymous, @YourAnonOne, made the proclamation of cyber war. The group tweeted 'We, as activists...
Meta, Instagram's parent company, has announced that it is making encrypted one-to-one chats on Instagram available to all adults in both Ukraine and Russia. Instagram users will be alerted that they have the option to switch to a...
The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation stated that it would fire precision weapons on several Ukrainian military installations in Kyiv where it says cyberattacks on Russia originate. The ministry stated: 'For the ...
ESET researchers have uncovered a new wiper that attacked Ukrainian organisations. On 22 February a HermeticWiper targeted at least 5 Ukrainian organisations; HermeticWiper makes a system inoperable by corrupting its data. On 24 F...
European telecoms providers have taken measures to improve the humanitarian situation created by the Ukrainian conflict. Measures include free international calls to Ukraine, the distribution of SIM cards to refugees, and free Wi-...
Google has announced that it has removed the Russian state media from its services, including Google News.In a blog post, Google's President of Global Affairs Kent Walker explained that 'in this extraordinary crisis we are taking ...
Microsoft disclosed that it detected FoxBlade malware targeting Ukraine's government ministries and financial institutions on 25 February, hours before Russian operations started. Microsoft notified Ukraine's top cyber defence aut...
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has stated that it will begin demoting Facebook and Instagram posts linking to Russian state media outlets such as RT and Sputnik in order to reduce the frequency with which they...
On 27 February 27, the Ukrainian government asked major cryptocurrency exchanges to freeze all accounts of users in Russia and Belarus. The request from the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation also asked exchanges to stop...
Over 40 civil society groups have issued a statement calling on EU institutions and member states to include provisions in the proposed Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) to prohibit predictive and profiling AI systems in law en...