The main achievement of our specialists was revealed by the head of the Department of Cyber ​​Security of the SBU.

Russia is a global cybercrime precedent: it has already launched a state-run cyber offensive program and is actually training hackers to destroy important Ukrainian targets. But Ukraine is also implementing its cyber offensive.

She works both alone and together with partners. Among the most ambitious achievements is the blocking of the supply of components for a batch of Russian Shaheeds and cruise missiles. The details were revealed by the head of the SBU Cyber ​​Security Department Ilya Vityuk during the telethon. He recalled that in the list of Ukrainian special operations, the most valuable thing is intelligence items.

“The kind of information that gives an advantage to your forces. Those things that we are most proud of, but cannot say… Regarding the Shaheds, this is one example. We are working very seriously to stop the supply chain of weapons parts to the Russian Federation. Last year, we stopped supplying drill motors for 1,600 Shaheds, as well as 4,000 chips for Russian cruise missiles. This is just one example,” Vityuk said.

At the same time, he recalled another episode of Russian shame: it turns out that as part of some cyber attacks, Ukrainians managed to remotely hack oil pumps at wells. That is, to block Putin’s “cash flow”. “They set a certain number of revolutions, this led to accidents,” explained the civil servant.

He emphasized that now many delicate operations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have a cyber component, the importance of which is difficult to overestimate. This war began ten years ago, but right now it has acquired unprecedented volumes. “This is truly the world’s first cyber war,” Vityuk emphasized.

At the same time, he explained what evolution Ukrainian specialists have shown during this difficult time. “I will say this, we are attacked every day. Last 2023, the SBU processed 4,500 thousand cyber attacks – that’s an average of 10-15 cyber incidents per day. The same figure was approximately in 2022, and in 2021, before the start of a full-scale invasion, there were (cyber attacks – ) 1400. That is, we have increased three times,” Vityuk said.

At the same time, Ukraine has learned to neutralize relevant threats at the initial stages, although it should be understood that protecting absolutely everything with a so-called “cyber fence” is an unrealistic task, he emphasized.

Vityuk recalled that behind every repelled cyber attack there is a warning of real harm to our state and people. “I’ll give you an example: the computer and messengers of a military man were hacked, they found out the exact time and place of the meeting – then they arrived, dozens of victims, “two hundred,” said the head of the SBU Cybersecurity Department.

Vityuk also commented on the large-scale disruption in the work of the Kyivstar operator, when about 20 million subscribers were left without communication. The main danger of the incident was that Ukrainians in some regions could not hear when there was an alarm. “I want to say that if there had been no connection in Kyivstar for about another week, there would have been a very high risk that other operators would also fall. Because they were not ready for such a load,” he explained.

At the same time, the SBU knows that Russia has launched a state cyber offensive program, that it is preparing to attack the whole world.

“What does this mean? They teach students of higher educational institutions cyber-offensive disciplines, in essence, they train hackers… They study exactly how to destroy energy facilities, logistics facilities, life support facilities. This does not exist anywhere in the world… In fact, today Russia is training criminals. .. Russia is preparing at full speed for a global cyber war… It is preparing to attack the whole world,” Vityuk warned.

The Ministry of Defense’s special communications server has been installed in Russia

Speaking about the success of Ukrainian cyber professionals, it is worth recalling another eloquent episode: when the Ministry of Defense’s special communications server went down in Russia. This happened on January 30, 2024.

And it was not just about a cyber attack, but about the deception of the Russian intelligence service FSB – the complete neutralization of the software that it had adopted. This case was commented on by the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine.