Putin silences Russia with sweeping internet blackouts
7 August 2025
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Russia and Ukraine
The Aeroflot attack was a “highly sophisticated cyber operation, exercised with a very strategic mindset”, said Dr Pia Hüsch, a cyber security expert at the Royal United Services Institute. “If the hacktivists managed this, it is likely they have infiltrated other critical systems,” Dr Hüsch told The Telegraph, underscoring the vulnerability of the Russian digital infrastructure."