Reportseverity: Info2023-08-15
CSIS documents the evolution of the IT Army into a structured operation
published by CSIS
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Pro-Ukraine volunteer collective established 26 February 2022 by Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov, via a Telegram channel that publishes target…
Summary
CSIS's Strategic Technologies Blog published an analysis tracing the IT Army's evolution from an ad-hoc volunteer effort into a more structured organisation with ongoing support from Ukrainian officials. The piece reports a public Telegram membership that peaked around 300,000 in March 2022 and declined to roughly 170,000 by August 2023, and cites estimates of around 65,000 active volunteers in May 2022 and approximately 2,000 attacks conducted by June 2022.
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