State-sponsored Cybersecurity Attacks

This paper harmonizes knowledge about the ac-tivity of cybercriminal groups in the context of their pursuit of geopolitical interests. Using a variety of sources, a cross-sectional analysis was made to reconstruct the events of 2008–2022 involving Russia in military conflict in Georgia and Ukraine as a case study, and methods of obtaining information relevant to this investigation were indicated. The process of collecting and analyzing information for the study is presented, as well as the process of inference based on it. The objective of the study is to present a broad picture of the modern virtual world from the perspective of the realization of the geostrategic interests of states. To show that there is a relationship between the actions taken in cyberspace by threat actors and the events that build the geopolitical context of the states affected by these actions. The paper also draws several conclusions about the specifics of the activities of state-sponsored groups, as well as makes predictions about future events. Particularly today, at the time of the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, it is important to dive into the issue of the realization of geopolitical interests using cyberspace.