Maybe I am tinfoiling too hard...
In February this year there was an attack against Vodafone Portugal that brought down their whole mobile networks, 4G, 5G, and fiber, taking them several days to bring everything back up [0]. It also very clearly was a state actor, no threats, no ransom, sophisticated.
Taking down pipelines, taking down comms, taking down transport infrastructure. All within a few months. Always on NATO targets, always localized, never claimed with any statements, always sophisticated enough that it would require knowledgeable state actors.
It all seems like a training ground to find out if they can do it and probably a message to NATO members to not assume they are safe.
[0] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/02/vodaf...
In February this year there was an attack against Vodafone Portugal that brought down their whole mobile networks, 4G, 5G, and fiber, taking them several days to bring everything back up [0]. It also very clearly was a state actor, no threats, no ransom, sophisticated.
Taking down pipelines, taking down comms, taking down transport infrastructure. All within a few months. Always on NATO targets, always localized, never claimed with any statements, always sophisticated enough that it would require knowledgeable state actors.
It all seems like a training ground to find out if they can do it and probably a message to NATO members to not assume they are safe.
[0] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/02/vodaf...