The Department of Homeland Security has warned state and local governments as well as private infrastructure operators that Russia could launch a cyber attack if it perceives a threat to its “long-term national security” in the US or NATO’s response to a potential invasion of Ukraine, according to a new report Monday. “Russia maintains a range of offensive cyber tools that it could employ against US networks — from low-level denials-of-service to destructive attacks targeting critical infrastructure,” the department said in a Jan. 23 memo obtained by CNN.DHS analysts concluded that Moscow’s capability to launch disruptive or destructive cyber attacks on the US “probably remains very high” amid heightened tensions over possible Kremlin military action in Eastern Europe.
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