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Russia behind cyber attack with Europe-wide impact an hour before Ukraine invasion, published 10 May 2022.

Commissioned by UK Government. Who paid for a study is recorded because it bears on how its conclusions should be read, not because it makes them wrong.

Published claims resting on this source

• CLM-0759 The UK's national cyber security agency said in May 2022 that Russia was almost certainly behind the attack on Viasat, that it started about an hour before the invasion of Ukraine began, and that wind farms in central Europe were among those affected.
• CLM-0765 Searching all fourteen security and defence sources for anything about insurance or liability turns up no premium, no cover limit and no liability figure for any satellite; the only real mention is one reference to the 1972 space liability treaty.

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