Google: Russian cyberattacks on Nato spiked in 2022

The report said Russian government-backed attackers ramped up cyber operations beginning in 2021 during the run-up to the invasion. — Anonymous hacker photo created by standret - www.freepik.com

PARIS: Russian cyberattacks in Nato countries quadrupled last year compared to 2020 and more than tripled in Ukraine over the same period, Google said on Feb 16.

The spike in attacks – which coincided with Moscow’s invasion of pro-Western Ukraine on Feb 24, 2022 – was a sign of how cyber warfare would become increasingly prevalent in future conflicts, the US tech giant said in a new report.