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Credit: Getty - UdeM cybersecurity researcher Benoît Dupont discusses the use of cyberattacks in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Russian army is spreading terror in Ukraine by shooting, shelling and bombing. But alongside these devastating, highly visible military actions, a more covert threat also looms: Russian cyberattacks. Should we be worried? We asked Benoît Dupont, professor in the School of Criminology of the University of Montreal, Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity and Research Chair in Cybercrime Prevention. Cyberwar is a fictional concept that doesn't really describe any strategic reality. Attacks in cyberspace can't be separated out from conventional warfare; they are part and parcel of a military strategy. At the moment, in the context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, digital methods and technologies are being used to complement the missiles, tanks and special forces.
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