The central question from clients since the Ukraine war commenced has been: what is the likelihood of an increase in the quantum and severity of cyberattacks from Eastern Europe against businesses in the United States and the West?

Merely weeks into this war, premature assumptions of its impact without knowing exactly what is happening on the ground are easy to make. Businesses must be cautious about the veracity of early information. Nevertheless, conventional wisdom has considered Russia to be ground zero in the world of cybercrime, long before its Ukraine invasion.