Australian Army Major General (Retired) Mick Ryan explores the implications of Ukraine’s drone attacks on airbases deep in Russian territory. Ukraine has demonstrated the capability to strike military targets hundreds of miles inside Russian territory, while simultaneously revealing gaps in Russian air defense and showing the Russians that they are not safe from retaliation.
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Russia exploits Telegram security flaw to surveil Ukrainian operative
Information security expert Matt Tait has a fascinating piece on Russia’s exploitation of a security flaw in the chat app Telegram to surveil an operative working with Ukraine’s special forces. Tait analyzes the details in a Washington Post story to evaluate Russia’s access and capabilities. Here’s the bottom line:
(more…)Telegram is not safe to use as a chat or call app. It nearly cost [the Ukrainian operative] his life. Ukrainians—and frankly everyone else too—should find another encrypted application for chats and calls.
Matt Tait
The effectiveness of targeting national power grids
History professor Sergey Radchenko examines a 1994 study that examines the effects of targeting national grids in the Korean, Vietnam, and Gulf Wars. He concludes that, while such campaigns might lower civilian morale, they don’t produce changes in government policy. Radchenko considers this to be an implication that Russia’s efforts to destroy Ukraine’s power grid […]