Russia is ramping up cyber war: Elon Musk
New Delhi: Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk targeted Russia over its unpredicted actions against Ukraine. Elon Musk claimed his Starlink satellite internet service has also been targeted by Moscow, which is becoming increasingly indiscriminate in its efforts to sabotage the network.
Based on intelligence reports, the US, UK and the European Union have collectively alleged that Moscow carried out a large-scale digital attack to cripple Ukraine’s satellite internet network in late February with the aim to “disrupt Ukrainian command and control during the invasion”.
Russia has consistently denied that it carries out offensive cyber operations.
A couple of days ago, Musk shared screenshots of a Telegram post by the head of Roscosmos (Russian Space Agency), Dmitry Rogozin, threatening the Tesla CEO “with consequences” for providing Starlink services to Ukraine’s Azov Battalion and Marine forces.
Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX deployed hundreds of Starlink antennas to the battle zone on February 26 in response to a request from the Ukrainian government. The troops and hospitals in the country now use satellite internet extensively.
In the early hours of February 24, as Russian forces entered eastern Ukraine, hackers crippled tens of thousands of satellite internet modems in Ukraine and across Europe.
(Smit Soni)
