There is no greater target for Russian cyberattacks than Ukraine. For about a decade, they have come thick and fast, even knocking out parts of Ukraine’s electrical grid in the dead of winter. But now, they seem to have slowed down. Victor Zhora is the deputy chief of Ukraine’s cyberdefense agency, State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection, which guards against cyberattacks.
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