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Getting Bored of Cyberwar: Exploring the Role of Low-level Cybercrime Actors in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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Daniel R. Thomas,

Alice Hutchings,

Richard Clayton,

Ross AndersonAuthors Info & Claims

WWW '24: Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2024

Pages 1596 - 1607

https://doi.org/10.1145/3589334.3645401

Published: 13 May 2024 Publication History

Abstract

There has been substantial commentary on the role of cyberattacks carried out by low-level cybercrime actors in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. We analyse 358k website defacement attacks, 1.7M UDP amplification DDoS attacks, 1764 posts made by 372 users on Hack Forums mentioning the two countries, and 441 Telegram announcements (with 58k replies) of a volunteer hacking group for two months before and four months after the invasion. We find the conflict briefly but notably caught the attention of low-level cybercrime actors, with significant increases in online discussion and both types of attacks targeting Russia and Ukraine. However, there was little evidence of high-profile actions; the role of these players in the ongoing hybrid warfare is minor, and they should be separated from persistent and motivated 'hacktivists' in state-sponsored operations. Their involvement in the conflict appears to have been short-lived and fleeting, with a clear loss of interest in discussing the situation and carrying out both website defacement and DDoS attacks against either Russia or Ukraine after just a few weeks.

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Khoury JNader CPour MBou-Harb E(2024)Exploring Internet-Scale Data-Driven Intelligence: Empirical Analysis of the Russo-Ukrainian Conflict2024 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops)10.1109/ICCWorkshops59551.2024.10615332(896-901)Online publication date: 9-Jun-2024
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