The IT Army of Ukraine saw a huge influx of first-time hackers. But what happens to them after the war?
With a quarter of a million subscribers to the IT Army of Ukraine Telegram channel, and a bilingual website providing attack instructions, target statuses, command tools, and distributed denial of service bots, it’s not hard to see why
their citizens against joining. The problem is not that the cause is unjust but that there is no legal protection for civilians engaged in offensive cyber operations., journalist Matt Burgess rightly pointed out that “a government-led volunteer unit that’s designed to operate in the middle of a fast-moving war zone … is without precedent” in the IT space. We do have precedents for land wars involving international volunteers.
Answering calls to target Russian websites and networks may similarly see IT Army of Ukraine volunteers flagged as suspect, and even prosecuted for cybercrime in due course. The justification of acting in support of a good country against an evil oppressor does not translate to criminal law. DDoS is DDoS is DDoS.
In 2023, distinguishing between those volunteers who merely work to strengthen Ukraine’s defenses from those actively engaged in offensive operations will, therefore, be increasingly important, as will discriminating between profit-driven criminal groups , longstanding hacktivist collectives , and morally motivated individuals who joined the IT Army as a “one-off.
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