A former CIA official warned of a potential Russian cyberattack against the U.S. supply chain.
The Russians view the sanctions"as a form of what they term ‘economic warfare,'" Kolbe told Fox News."They certainly are in a position to launch cyberattacks on targets you might expect and targets you might not expect."
"I'd be particularly wary of attacks on targets that might affect supply chain vulnerabilities," he continued.— Paul Kolbe, Intelligence Project director, Harvard’s Belfer Center.attacks on Ukrainian cyber infrastructure and systems so far have fallen short of what Putin expected, Kolbe told Fox News.
JEN PSAKI TELLS FOX NEWS RUSSIAN ENERGY SANCTIONS NOT 'OFF THE TABLE' AS PUTIN'S ASSAULT ON UKRAINE CONTINUES "Case in point, Ukraine's air defense systems remained online and were countering Russian aviation attacks, helicopter gunship attacks," he said."The fact that they weren't able to bring down Ukraine's air defense system with just a cyberattack I think tells you that … it's not a perfect weapon.
A man leaves a vehicle damaged by shelling in Brovary, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022."Many Western companies, supply chains and their back office systems were run out of Ukraine," he told Fox News."So there's a great deal of talent there."
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