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:: Despite obliterated terrain and internet wires, fire-blackened data centers, curfews, lack of light,<br>
:: and the danger of death from above, the fixers go out and turn the internet back on so Ukrainians<br>
:: can stay in touch with one another and get word out beyond borders, to illuminate for the world<br>
:: the darkness that’s descended on their nation. Their government calls them the “invisible heroes”<br>
:: of the war, entering dangerous places to replace and upgrade equipment.<br>
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Like I said the other day, those guys should get an award when this is all over.<br>
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This was funny a while back, but it has now taken on a whole new meaning:<br>
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https://xkcd.com/705<br>
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scott<br>
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<span>On Tue, 15 Mar 2022 13:18:57 -0400 (EDT), Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com> wrote:</span><br>
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/03/15/internet-technicians-are-the-hidden-heroes-of-the-russia-ukraine-war/?ss=cybersecurity&sh=75eb5cdd2884<br>
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Images sent to Forbes by Kyivstar show what the conditions are like.<br>
Despite obliterated terrain and internet wires, fire-blackened data<br>
centers, curfews, lack of light, and the danger of death from above, the<br>
fixers go out and turn the internet back on so Ukrainians can stay in<br>
touch with one another and get word out beyond borders, to illuminate for<br>
the world the darkness that’s descended on their nation. Their government<br>
calls them the “invisible heroes” of the war, entering dangerous places to<br>
replace and upgrade equipment.<br>
[...]<br>
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Satellite outage caused 'huge loss in communications' at war's outset<br>
-Ukrainian official<br>
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https://www.reuters.com/world/satellite-outage-caused-huge-loss-communications-wars-outset-ukrainian-official-2022-03-15/<br>
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A senior Ukrainian cybersecurity official said that the digital sabotage<br>
that hit Viasat's KA-SAT network last month caused a massive<br>
communications outage at the outset of Russia's invasion.<br>
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Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, Victor Zhora said he could not reveal<br>
much about the incident, which crippled tens of thousands of satellite<br>
modems across Europe on the morning of Feb. 24, just as Russian armor<br>
pushed into Ukraine.<br>
[...]<br>
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New narrative forms on Russia-Ukraine cyberwar as Viasat outage<br>
investigated<br>
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https://www.scmagazine.com/analysis/cyberespionage/new-narrative-forms-on-russia-ukraine-cyberwar-as-viasat-outage-investigated<br>
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Gen. Paul Nakasone, head of the National Security Agency, issued what<br>
retroactively seems like a carefully worded answer at a Senate hearing to<br>
a question about the relative lack of cyberwarfare during the war in<br>
Ukraine, saying that the U.S. was aware of "three or four" cyberattacks in<br>
Ukraine. He did not mention which attacks those were, though three or four<br>
candidates other than Viasat were already known to the public.<br>
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