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They may increasingly consider cyber options to divide our allies and to dilute international resolve against its action,\u201d Higgins said at <a href=\"https:\/\/d1techsummit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">an event hosted by Defense One<\/a>. \u201cWe have not seen that yet, but we\u2019re not out of the woods. We have to keep our shields up, we can\u2019t let our guard down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Joe Biden warned in March that evolving intelligence showed Russia planned potential stateside cyberattacks. He said the magnitude of Russia\u2019s cyber capabilities \u201cis fairly consequential, and it\u2019s coming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Military leaders, lawmakers and analysts in the early days of Russia\u2019s offensive also warned of dangerous cyber spillover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Russians have a history of using poorly controlled, damaging attacks that can spread beyond their intended targets,\u201d Higgins said. \u201cThat\u2019s what happened, most famously, in 2017 with the NotPetya attack, which was focused on Ukraine but caused billions of dollars of damage around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia peppered Ukraine with cyberattacks in the lead up to its invasion this year and continues to assault digital systems. 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Its core network infrastructure and gateways were also not compromised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia has historically denied wrongdoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to the growing threat, the U.S. government urged the private sector and others to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/cyber\/2022\/05\/03\/pentagon-finds-hundreds-of-cyber-vulnerabilities-among-contractors\/\" target=\"_blank\">step up their cybersecurity practices<\/a> and keep an eye out for irregularities. 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