Ukraine Calls on Hackers to Help Defend against Russia

On Thursday, Ukraine's Defense Ministry requested volunteers from the country's hacker underground to assist in the protection of key infrastructure and cyber-surveillance missions against Russian troops.

"Ukrainian cybercommunity! It's time to get involved in the cyber defense of our country."At the request of the government, Cyber Unit Technologies co-founder Yegor Aushev posted on hacker forums, asking hackers and cybersecurity experts to submit an application via Google docs, detailing their specialties and professional references.

The volunteers will be organised into defensive and offensive cyber squads, according to Aushev. The first will be used to protect key infrastructure such as power plants and water systems, which have already been subjected to assaults purportedly perpetrated by Russian hackers in 2015.

Ukraine's military would use the offensive volunteer unit to perform digital espionage operations against Russian forces. "We have an army inside our country. We need to know what they are doing, "Aushev was adamant about alluding to the Russian special military operation to resist NATO's expansion into Eastern Europe.

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Researchers from the cybersecurity firm ESET discovered a piece of dangerous spyware that had infected hundreds of machines belonging to Ukrainian government institutions on Wednesday. Russia was instantly singled out for suspicion, despite the fact that it denies all charges.

Aushev admitted that Ukraine lacked a designated military cyber force and that it was the Defense Ministry's responsibility to establish one this year.

Aushev announced late Thursday night that he had received hundreds of applications and that he would begin scrutinising them to guarantee that none of them were Russian operatives.

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