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Russian state hackers pummeled Ukraine during the first four months of 2022 with more destructive malware than security researchers from Google and Mandiant detected in the previous eight years.
The attacks were attempts by Moscow to undermine confidence in Kyiv, and they continue to occur, albeit at a slower pace and in a pattern that appears less methodical, researchers from Google’s Threat Analysis Group and Mandiant – now part of Google – say in a report reviewing the cyberspace dimension of Russia’s attempt to conquer Ukraine.