The Russian-Ukrainian War, One Year Later, from IT perspective

Highlights:

• One year after the Russian Ukrainian War, Check Point Research (CPR) highlights that September 2022 was a turning point in the cyberattacks related to the conflict.

• Comparing March – September 2022 vs. October 2022 – February 2023:

CPR identifies a decrease of 44% in average number of weekly attacks per organization against Ukraine, from 1,555 attacks to 877.

o CPR identifies an increase of 9% in average number of weekly attacks per organization against Russian Federation, from 1,505 to 1,635.

o CPR identifies an increase in average number of weekly attacks against certain NATO countries:

 Slight increase against UK and the US, of 11% and 6% respectively

 Sharp increase against Estonia, Poland and Denmark, which is 57% 31%, and 31% respectively.

Given those stats, CPR shows that starting October 2022, there was a shift in cyberattacks around the war, while much more efforts in cyber area are now deployed towards NATO countries than towards Ukraine.

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