Russia has begun using long-range, jam-proof drones controlled by fiber-optic cables to threaten Ukraine's logistics, a senior government official told Business Insider. Mykhailo Fedorov, the first deputy prime minister of Ukraine and its minister of digital transformation, said that Russia is now fielding fiber-optic drones with a range of 50 kilometers (31 miles), which appears to be the first official confirmation from Kyiv that Moscow is using these weapons in combat. That 50-kilometer range exceeds what most known fiber-optic drones can achieve on the battlefield.
The attack first bubbled up on September 29, when Asahi said a "system failure caused by a cyberattack" had forced it to shut down ordering, shipping, and call center systems across Japan. At the time, the brewer was adamant that customer and employee data were safe. Days later, that confidence began to fizz out, with the company admitting that ransomware was to blame and that "traces" suggested a potential unauthorized transfer of data.
