We're seeing that cyberspace is emerging as a domain of conflict, and we feel that the industry,

which is responsible for the domain, needs to be as much as possible involved in the political

discussions that are happening, especially at the UN level.

We've seen the Ukraine as a testbed for cyber attacks for a number of years, and disproportionately

so.

We reported that attacks within the Ukraine constituted almost one-fifth of all the attacks

that we observed across the world.

And that's why we and the government of the Ukraine remain very concerned about the cybersecurity risk of the current conflict and tensions within Ukraine.

Welcome to patching the system, a special podcast for the Global Stage series, a partnership

between GZERMedia and Microsoft.

I'm your host, Ali Wine, a senior analyst at Eurasia Group.

Over the course of five episodes, we're going to tackle some of the biggest risks and challenges

in cyberspace today, topics like conflict between nations and cyberspace, cybercrime, and

protecting the Internet of Things. Throughout this series, we'll hear from expert voices and

leaders from technology firms that have signed on to the Cybersecurity Tech Accord, a public

commitment from more than 150 global technology companies dedicated to creating a safer cyber

world for all of us.

Later in the show, we'll hear from the Tech Accords head of the Secretariat, Annalura Gallo.

But first, it could happen to any of us.

You wake up, you click a link in an email, and bam, your computer becomes completely inoperable.

Now, most people know what malware is, and they know the kinds of headaches it can cause for individual users.

Well, it's increasingly being used by governments, for espionage, and even for hybrid warfare.

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