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Ukraine's resistance to the Russia invasion isn't just fought on the ground—but on the propaganda front, too.

Two men leading the charge are former ad-tech executives, who were trying to help President Volodymyr Zelensky update the nation's tech industry before Russia rolled in the tanks. Now they spend their days running an "IT Army" as they attempt to shut down Russian websites, get Elon Musk to send over internet satellites and urge tech giants to stop providing services to Russia. I've profiled the intrepid entrepreneurs here.

And how's this for some old school information warfare? According to the pair's government department, Ukrainians in call centers are phoning Russians to give them their side of the invasion.

Not everything happens on the internet, even in 2022.

If you have any tips on what's happening in Ukraine, or any stories about government surveillance, privacy or cybercrime, drop me an email on tbrewster@forbes.com or message me on Signal at +447782376697.

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Emails laced with malware hit an unnamed European government entity and targeted individuals helping the more than 600,000 refugees who have fled Ukraine.

Satellite internet comms provider Viasat is investigating what reports say is a cyberattack. Its internet provision isn't fully operational, whilst it's warned of an update that "permanently destroys" customer modems.

Winner Of The Week

Such is the horrific nature of the war in Ukraine, there aren't many winners around of late. But at least there are some attempts at largesse.

Ukrainians under threat of cyber attacks from Russia have received offers of free support to protect their digital privacy. With so much being given away, here's a handy list of American companies doing their part.

Loser Of The Week

The hackers who stole 1TB of data from Nvidia in late February have issued an extraordinary ultimatum: they want the chipmaker to allow its graphics cards to mine cryptocurrencies faster—or else, face the release of its source code.

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