On Tuesday, senior authorities stated Ukraine is collaborating with the FBI and American corporations to obtain geolocation and cellular data from Russian war criminals.
Alex Kobzanets, an FBI special agent who worked as a legal attache in Ukraine, claimed Ukrainian officials have been gathering digital data from battlefields and war-torn cities since Russia invaded last February.
“Collection of that data, analysis of that data, working through that data is something the FBI has experience working through,” Kobzanets said at the RSA cybersecurity conference in San Francisco.
He said he analyzes cellphone data, DNA samples, and combat body parts.
“The next step is working with national U.S. service providers, and transferring that information…obtaining subscriber information and geolocation information, where possible,” Kobzanets said.
The study shows U.S.-Ukraine cyber cooperation against Russia, a shared foe.
The Russian administration did not comment immediately.
The agent stated that the FBI has been assisting Ukraine in identifying Russian sympathizers and spies in Ukraine and Russian soldiers outside of Kyiv during the invasion for a year and a half.
Since 2015, U.S. security businesses and authorities have helped Ukraine fight Russian cyberattacks.
Illia Vitiuk, chief of the Security Service of Ukraine’s Department of Cyber Information Security, stated that while Russian assaults on Ukraine have increased, they have become more targeted in recent months.
“It’s very difficult to prove in a criminal case who is responsible,” Vitiuk added. “We gather as much information about Russian cybercriminals as possible and use it in our criminal cases.”
“We believe this cyber war crimes case is new,” he continued. “This was the first full-scale cyberwar.”
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