Russia Preparing New Cyber Warfare Branch, Military Official Says

Similar to other countries, Russia is becoming more and more concerned with cyber threats. As a result, it has decided to create a new cyber warfare branch in the Russian Armed Forces, a military research and development official has revealed.

According to RIA Novosti, the new branch comes after Russia set up the Foundation for Advanced Military Research – the Russian equivalent of the United State’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) – back in October 2012.