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The Starlink Hack That Fooled Russian Forces
When a group of frontline Russian troops suddenly lose comms, they turn to cybercriminals for help. Instead, they find themselves lured into a trap by Ukrainian artificial intelligence and hunted down by autonomous drones. The Times’ foreign correspondent Maxim Tucker investigates a chilling new form of warfare on the battlefields of Ukraine, where the line between the virtual and physical world has disappeared. Produced and presented by Maxim Tucker Director of Photography: Federica De Caria #ukraine #cyberwar #starlink #dronewarfare #modernwarfare 00:00 – The culmination of a long cyber operation 01:12 – Scaling the operation: targeting 40,000 russians 02:05 – Exploiting telegram and cryptocurrency bait 03:31 – Social engineering and the use of female personas 04:02 – Mapping arms factories and drone positions 05:07 – From digital data to the physical frontline 06:40 – Identifying and targeting russian starlink teams 10:35 – Statistical impact: reducing enemy combat effectiveness Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Subscribe to the Times Originals YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesoriginals Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thetimes?lang=en Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/
The Starlink Hack That Fooled Russian Forces
When a group of frontline Russian troops suddenly lose comms, they turn to cybercriminals for help. Instead, they find themselves lured into a trap by Ukrainian artificial intelligence and hunted down by autonomous drones. The Times’ foreign correspondent Maxim Tucker investigates a chilling new form of warfare on the battlefields of Ukraine, where the line between the virtual and physical world has disappeared. Produced and presented by Maxim Tucker Director of Photography: Federica De Caria #ukraine #cyberwar #starlink #dronewarfare #modernwarfare 00:00 – The culmination of a long cyber operation 01:12 – Scaling the operation: targeting 40,000 russians 02:05 – Exploiting telegram and cryptocurrency bait 03:31 – Social engineering and the use of female personas 04:02 – Mapping arms factories and drone positions 05:07 – From digital data to the physical frontline 06:40 – Identifying and targeting russian starlink teams 10:35 – Statistical impact: reducing enemy combat effectiveness Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Subscribe to the Times Originals YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesoriginals Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thetimes?lang=en Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/