Russia May be Considering a Cyberattack on U.S. Homeland, DHS Reports

Russia may consider conducting a cyberattack on the U.S. homeland if Moscow perceived that a U.S. or NATO response to a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine “threatened [Russia’s] long-term national security,” according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) intelligence bulletin obtained by CNN. “Russia maintains a range of offensive cyber tools that it could employ against U.S. networks — from low-level denials-of-service to destructive attacks targeting critical infrastructure,” says the Jan. 23 memo, which DHS distributed to critical infrastructure operators and state and local governments. DHS analysts assess that Moscow’s threshold for conducting disruptive or destructive cyberattacks on the…