Cyberwarfare by Russia includes denial of service attacks, hacker attacks, dissemination of disinformation and propaganda, participation of state-sponsored teams in political blogs, internet surveillance using SORM technology, persecution of cyber-dissidents and other active measures.[1] According to investigative journalist Andrei Soldatov, some of these activities were coordinated by the Russian signals intelligence, which was part of the FSB and formerly a part of the 16th KGB department.[2] An analysis by the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2017 outlines Russia's view of "Information Countermeasures" or IPb (informatsionnoye protivoborstvo) as "strategically decisive and critically important to control its domestic populace and influence adversary states", dividing 'Information Countermeasures' into two categories of "Informational-Technical" and "Informational-Psychological" groups. The former encompasses network operations relating to defense, attack, and exploitation and the latter to "attempts to change people's behavior or beliefs in favor of Russian governmental objectives."[3]
- ^ Kantchev, Georgi; Strobel, Warren P. (2 January 2021). "How Russia's 'Info Warrior' Hackers Let Kremlin Play Geopolitics on the Cheap". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ State control over the internet Archived 22 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine, a talk show by Yevgenia Albats at the Echo of Moscow, 22 January 2006; interview with Andrei Soldatov and others
- ^ "Military Power Publications". www.dia.mil. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
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