“The IT Army of Ukraine is a unique and smart construct whose organizational setup and operational impact will likely inform the art of cyber and information warfare in future conflicts,” Stefan Soesanto, a senior cybersecurity researcher at the The Center for Security Studies (CSS) in Zurich, wrote in a report about the IT Army. “On the public side, the IT Army serves as a vessel that allows the Ukrainian government to utilize volunteers from around the world in its persistent [Distributed Denial of Service] activities against Russian government and company websites.

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