As the first anniversary of Russia's invasion approaches, the architects of Ukraine's cyber militia are declaring it a model other democracies should emulate.
as well as Ukrainian defense and security officials and worked on problems such as the production and deployment of military drones, and the legal framework for Kyiv's unprecedented multinational volunteer cyberwar militia, the IT Army. The hackathon was one of the more public signs of Ukraine's extraordinarily successful effort to recruit both technology companies and citizens — its own and those of its allies — as cyber soldiers in its online war with Russia.
, they say, Ukraine's approach may work well for defense, but could prove dangerously counterproductive on offense. "If you cross a certain line, as a civilian, if you participate in hostilities, you yourself can become lawfully targetable by the lethal operations of a belligerent party in a conflict," said Sanger.
Pro-Ukrainian hactivists have gone after targets such as Russia's space program and its banking system.Loosely corralled behind national goals, but publicly declaring that they pick their own targets, pro-Ukrainian hacktivists like the IT Army operate in a legal and diplomatic gray area. "If there's not a military purpose for an operation, if there's nothing to be gained [militarily] by the conduct of an operation, you can't conduct it under the law of armed conflict," said Sanger, who now runs his own consultancy business, Integrated Cybersecurity Partners, LLC.
The IT Army has DDoS'ed thousands of targets, and says it has successfully taken down websites varying from the Russian court system to online payment providers, and even the government system that certifies and tracks alcoholic beverages, in an effort to disrupt vodka supplies.
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