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Cyberattacks on Ukraine

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Thomas Girard, cybersecurity manager of CS Group.

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By: Franck Alexandre

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In the early hours of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, several thousand modems used to receive an Internet connection from the KA-SAT satellite stopped working, causing the Ukrainian state "

“, recognized Viktor Zhora, the deputy director of the Ukrainian Cybersecurity Agency.

These details tend to confirm that any land offensive is preceded by a cyber attack, says Thomas Girard, Cybersecurity manager at CS group, one of the major French players in the operation of critical systems.

He is the guest of Lignes de defense.

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