US cyber forces help Ukraine fight Russian hackers

Reuters reports this with reference to a statement by US Army Major General William Hartman.

"The US Armed Forces Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) had dispatched 43 specialists to Ukraine, which has been battling Russian cyber onslaughts amid the war there.Those are defense teams we send, and (they) hunt for shared adversaries, find tools and capabilities," Hartman said.

He said that over the past three years, CNMF has conducted 47 defence cyber operations in 20 countries.

Hartman also added that CNMF specialists are known for preventing potential attacks on three US federal agencies.

• The UK government's cyber defense agency has warned of the threat of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure in the West by hackers sympathetic to Russia and its war against Ukraine.