Secret Russian cyber attacks on West ‘could lead to fatalities’
Covert Russian cyber attacks against Western countries could cause civilian fatalities and potentially escalate into a real-world military confrontation, Latvia’s foreign minister has warned.
Edgars Rinkevics said Russia might use a massive war game this month to probe Nato’s resilience to full-spectrum “hybrid” warfare, including propaganda and cyber attacks that Moscow has previously used against Ukraine.
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