Russia’s Cyber Operations

How Russia’s cyber operations work and what they are after.

Russian intelligence services and cyber operations have relied on a private IT company for several cyberweapons a company whose former workers in some cases are now employed by Western firms.

That’s according to thousands of leaked documents that have been analyzed by a consortium of international journalists.

The documents indicate Moscow-based NTC Vulkan is developing tools to allow Moscow to launch cyber attacks, spread disinformation and monitor additional sections of the internet.

According to recent reports, former workers are employed by Amazon and Siemens, among other companies.