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Inside Ukraine’s Cybercommand Center, Hours Before Attack
A day before Ukraine announced its Defense Ministry and banking servers had been hacked, our video team toured the country’s Cybercommand Center, where officials have been preparing for this scenario for years.
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Head of the NCSCC Support Service of the NSDC Staff Serhiy Prokopenko 00:12:38:05 00:12:44:06these are cyber attacks, as I said, on the essential facilities 00:12:44:12 00:12:47:04and the state authorities. 00:12:47:23 00:12:50:21The goal of the first ones is destabilisation. 00:12:55:06 00:13:02:13So if we understand, let’s say, that bank services are disabled,00:13:14:16 00:13:18:16and if you cannot pay for fuel, groceries, 00:13:19:07 00:13:24:06this immediately will lead to public reaction. 00:13:25:16 00:13:30:11And if it accompanied with attacking the state websites, 00:13:31:01 00:13:34:01then the citizens cannot receive the information. 00:14:00:02 00:14:03:01That’s why the cyber attack, the hybrid attack 00:14:05:21 00:14:09:13may cause that as the next step 00:14:09:21 00:14:16:21the society is shocked, the state allegedly does not control the situation 00:14:16:23 00:14:17:23inside Ukraine, 00:14:18:16 00:14:20:08the state authorities, 00:14:20:12 00:14:27:01and consequently, this is a reason to invade with forces.
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