Cyber events part of Russia's war in Ukraine 2023

Since the beginning of Russia's war in Ukraine, tensions have heated in cyberspace, too. Between February and November 2022, numerous cyber events indicated the seriousness of the cyber side of the ongoing war. According to the timeline, the latest event targeted the UK's Royal Family by Killnet, a Russia-linked hacker group, in November 2022.

Timeline of cyber events involved in Russia's war in Ukraine from February to November 2022

Timeline	Cyber incident
2022-02-24	Anonymous announces it's in cyberwar against Russian government
2022-02-26	Ukrainian government announces creation of IT army
2022-03-17	Anonymous claims hack of R&D firm associated with Russian oil pipeline giant Transneft
2022-03-18	NB65 claims hack of Russian space agency Roscosmos
2022-04-29	Killnet starts DDoSing Romanian networks
2022-05-11	Killnet starts targeting Italian networks
2022-05-21	Anonymous declares cyberwar on Killnet
2022-05-30	Killnet threatens attacks on Italy that last several days
2022-05-31	NB65 threatens Serbian government with hacks
2022-06-20	Killnet starts DDoSing Lithuanian networks for about 10 days
2022-07-06	Killnet starts DDoSing Latvian networks
2022-08-11	Killnet continues DDoSes against Latvian Parliament
2022-09-06	Killnet starts DDoSing Japanese networks
2022-10-05	Killnet starts DDoSing US networks
2022-11-22	Killnet targets UK’s Royal Family