{"id":37424,"date":"2022-05-05T18:44:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T18:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/05\/05\/us-cyber-squad-boosts-lithuanian-defenses-amid-russian-threat\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:28:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:28:34","slug":"us-cyber-squad-boosts-lithuanian-defenses-amid-russian-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/cyber\/2022\/05\/05\/us-cyber-squad-boosts-lithuanian-defenses-amid-russian-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"US cyber squad boosts Lithuanian defenses amid Russian threat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. military said it dispatched a cyber team to Lithuania to expose malign activity and strengthen the country\u2019s networks amid mounting Russian aggression in Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/dod\/2020\/02\/12\/how-hunt-forward-teams-can-help-defend-networks\/\" target=\"_blank\">hunt-forward operation<\/a> used specialists to monitor systems, identify threats and vulnerabilities, and relay insights to sharpen defenses. It lasted three months, beginning before Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, and concluded this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The endeavor is \u201ca great example of how cyber is a team sport, and we have to play it together,\u201d Army Maj. Gen. Joe Hartman, Cyber National Mission Force commander, said in a statement May 4. \u201cWith these missions, we see a broader scope of how these bad actors are trying to attack important government networks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lithuania\u2019s defense ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/kam.lt\/en\/first-joint-lithuanian-and-u-s-cybercom-project-ends-with-success\/\" target=\"_blank\">acknowledged the operation<\/a>, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vice Minister of National Defense Margiris Abukevicius said the Russia-Ukraine war has demonstrated \u201cthat cyberattacks are an inseparable element of modern military campaigns\u201d and that preparedness is key. Ukrainian systems are blasted daily with digital attacks, crippling communications and websites, among other consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A previous hunt-forward team was sent to Ukraine in 2018, according to Gen. Paul Nakasone, the leader of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency. Help continued as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/cyber\/2022\/04\/07\/us-cyber-command-reinforces-ukraine-and-allies-amid-russian-onslaught\/\" target=\"_blank\">Moscow greenlit its latest invasion<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThink how much this has changed, even in the past several months,\u201d Nakasone said May 4 at a Vanderbilt University security summit. \u201cWhat have we seen with the Russia-Ukraine crisis? Information that\u2019s used to build and sustain a coalition. Information that\u2019s used to expose malign behavior. Information that\u2019s shared to increase a partner\u2019s knowledge of an adversary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some Russian neighbors are now hardening their defenses and eyeing NATO allies amid worries Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to reconstruct a Soviet empire \u2014 speculation that also bubbled up in 2014. The Cyber National Mission Force has over the years conducted 28 hunt-forward missions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cybercom.mil\/Media\/News\/Article\/3020430\/us-conducts-first-hunt-forward-operation-in-lithuania\/\" target=\"_blank\">in 16 countries<\/a>, including Estonia, Montenegro and North Macedonia. Dozens of networks were reinforced in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The operations offer a \u201ckey asymmetric advantage that our adversaries don\u2019t have,\u201d according to Hartman, who also spoke at the Vanderbilt summit. \u201cWe get to find our adversaries in foreign space, before they\u2019re able to come to America and compromise our network. And while we do that, we get to make our partners and allies safer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest hunt involved the CYBERCOM team and specialists with Lithuania\u2019s National Cyber Security Center and defense IT service. 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