Ukraine Claims Cyberattack on Wildberries as Drone Strikes Destroy 13 Million Square Feet
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Updated · WIRED · Aug 22
Ukraine Claims Cyberattack on Wildberries as Drone Strikes Destroy 13 Million Square Feet
3 articles · Updated · WIRED · Aug 22
Summary
Ukraine’s military said it carried out a disruptive cyberattack on Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries during a broader strike campaign that also hit the company’s warehouse network.
Wildberries, often described as Russia’s Amazon, was targeted as Kyiv seeks to impose costs on Russia; Ukrainian military intelligence said the company supports military logistics and helps finance the war.
The Record said it could not independently confirm the cyberattack’s exact effects, but Russian media reported Wildberries has already lost nearly 13 million square feet of warehouse space to drone attacks.
The claim fits a wider pattern in the Russia-Ukraine cyberwar, where digital operations have at times been paired with physical attacks to amplify disruption.
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