is linked to any special services. however, it seems the lines between vigilante hackers and military hackers have been blurred elsewhere, too. roman started as a volunteer hacker, carrying out disruptive criminal attacks as a civilian. now he s part of the cyber military. but even before he was recruited, he confirms his volunteer group did work with the ukrainian forces. we were kind of synchronising our operations and tried to help them. so they basically started to give us some targets and say what to do, when to do. mikaelo fedorov is minister for digital transformation. as the full scale war broke out, his department controversially set up the telegram group for the it army of ukraine. do you think the lines have been blurred between what is and was criminal hacking, and what is now accepted and encouraged by the government? translation: i am confident that we have the moral right to do everything to protect
full scale invasion of ukraine, a second less visible battle in cyberspace got underway. as well as relentless attacks linked to cyber military, armies of vigilante hackers on both sides have caused chaos with websites taken down, private data stolen and broadcasts hijacked. our cyber correspondent joe tidy travelled to ukraine to speak to those fighting the cyberwar and found that the conflict has blurred the lines between cyber military and cyber criminal activity. from his flat in central ukraine, alexander devotes nearly all his spare time to hacking russia. he s one of the most prominent hackers in the it army of ukraine, a nearly 200,000 strong telegram group, which has been coordinating and celebrating disruptive cyber attacks for over a year. translation:
as ordinary russians complained online, the regulator admitted it had been hit by a large ddos attack a blunt, but effective, tool for taking a website or service offline temporarily. however, it seems the lines between vigilante hackers and military hackers have been blurred since the invasion. as the capital kyiv braced for attack, roman was helping carry out criminal hacks and building software for the war effort, as part of a volunteer group. you were a big part of, and one of the leaders of, it stand for ukraine. what happened? look at you now. i ve met a guy who was responsible for the information war. i showed him all the data and all the things we ve been doing. he was amazed and he said, ok, come on, come on, roman. come on, we need it.
artist after she beat 26 other talented youngsters in the cbbc series of the same name. the winning piece is a self portrait showing chloe wrapping her arms around her home in gateshead. i ve lived in this house my whole life so i was like, oh, well, my house makes me me, i grew up in my house i learned how to draw in my house. in the painting, it s me hugging my european house. and in the background, it s the african savannah, showing my african heritage. her work is on display at tate modern until the end of the month. you re live with bbc news. when russia began its full scale invasion of ukraine, a second less visible battle in cyberspace got underway. as well as relentless attacks linked to cyber military, armies of vigilante hackers on both sides have caused chaos with websites taken down, private data stolen and broadcasts hijacked. the bbc s cyber correspondentjoe tidy travelled to ukraine to speak to those fighting in the cyberwar,
attack on a nato website. at ukraine s cyber defence ho, they deal with cyber attacks from all angles, but say vigilante attacks are getting more sophisticated. they accused the russian military of working directly with vigilante groups. the russian authorities didn t reply to our emails, but kill milk denied his group is linked to any special services. however, it seems the lines between vigilante hackers and military hackers have been blurred elsewhere, too. roman started as a volunteer hacker, carrying out disruptive criminal attacks as a civilian. now he s part of the cyber military. but even before he was recruited, he confirms his volunteer group did work with the ukrainian forces. we were kind of synchronising our operations, and tried to help them. so, they basically started - to give us some targets and say what to do, when to do. mikaela fedorov is minister for digital transformation. as the full scale war broke out, his department controversially set up the telegram group