Ukrainian security officials speaking at the RSA conference called for cyberattacks against critical infrastructure to be classified as war crimes.
As the war in Ukraine progresses, the tactics of Russian cybercriminals have also evolved, tailoring their cyberattacks to target facilities under dynamic attack by the Russian military. This includes attacks on energy plants.
Ukraine has convicted some of its Russian commanders for conducting missile attacks on civilian infrastructure, said Illia Vitiuk, head of the cyber and information security department at the Ukrainian Security Agency. .
“Army commanders in charge of special forces and special services [Russian] The GRU or SVR responsible for cyberattacks on civilian infrastructure should also be convicted as war criminals,” he added.
“Every cyberattack that we encounter has material obtained and brought to criminal cases in order to convict those responsible for these attacks,” he said.
Vitiuk emphasized that the targets of these criminal cases are not just those with their hands on the keyboard, but those higher up in the chain of command.
However, he said it was important to gather as much information about Russian cybercriminals as possible, as it could be very difficult to prove who was responsible.
“We believe that the cyber war crimes case is new and should also be sent to the International Criminal Court (ICC),” he added.
The Ukrainian Security Service is the agency responsible for criminal investigations and war crimes.
The FBI is working with U.S. companies and Ukrainian agencies to help investigate physical war crimes committed in Ukraine, including mass civilian graves found in towns like Bucha.
Ukrainians The Ukrainian military and state police have collected a lot of digital information documenting war crimes on the Ukrainian battlefields, and the FBI has experience analyzing this kind of data. The Bureau of Investigation (FBI) explained.
“The next step is to work with our domestic service providers in the United States to transfer that information and obtain subscriber information and geolocation where possible,” said Kobzanets.
The FBI has worked with U.S. providers on how best to lawfully obtain information to address war crimes investigations.
This information is also used to identify Ukrainian spies and Russian collaborators.
