Yuliana Shemetovets is the official spokesperson for the Cyber Partisans, the clandestine network of technologists and ethical hackers who are doing their utmost to prevent repression in Belarus and thwart the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. This group of ethical hackers has recovered copies of every passport in Belarus and posted those of the leaders of the repressive regime of Alexander Lukashenko. They also hacked into and disabled the rail line that served as the main connection for the transport of arms from Russia to Ukraine. Yuliana and her colleagues are extremely committed and brave, operating in a world where dissenters can be harshly punished. Please listen to her description of the extraordinary bravery and inventiveness of the Cyber Partisans, and their courageous efforts to promote freedom in a very scary environment.

Juliana is also a professional SaaS application coordinator and data analyst with extensive experience in cybersecurity, platform building, database coordination, consulting, and research. She is tech-savvy, perpetually curious, adaptable to different working styles, mindsets, and personalities--and a hero to many.

Yuliana joins David and Paige on the podcast to share what is currently happening in Belarus and how events there are linked to the war in Ukraine. She explains how Ukraine’s defeat would strengthen the Belarusian regime and why she became the spokesperson for the Cyber Partisans.

Yuliana further shares the importance of what the Cyber Partisans are doing in disrupting essential infrastructure in Belarus, thwarting the Russian invasion of Ukraine, how she sees the conflict progressing, and why she is so passionate about spreading the message about what is happening in her country in the West.

“Belarus and Ukraine have the same common enemy — it's Putin’s Kremlin regime, the imperialistic regime of Russia.” - Yuliana Shemetovets


“If Ukraine is taken over by Russia, we don't stand a chance.” - Yuliana Shemetovets


“People are just too afraid, and it's understandable because the repression doesn't stop.” - Yuliana Shemetovets


This week on Disarming Data:

●How Yuliana became a spokesperson for the Cyber Partisans
●How Yuliana communicates securely with the Cyber Partisans in Belarus and Ukraine
●Why people's phones are randomly searched and how they combat this
●Russia’s response to the attacks on the railway systems
●How the Belarusian public have responded to Cyber Partisan action
●Why President Lukashenka himself believes that cyber-attacks are just as dangerous as nuclear weapons
●How the hackers prevent KGB agents from infiltrating the cyber partisan group
●Why Belarus considers itself a European country
●What happened in Belarus in 2020 that precipitated significant change
●Whether Yuliana believes that Lukashenka will send the Belarusian army to fight in Ukraine

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David Biderman
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Cyber Partisans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_Partisans

Yuliana Shemetovets
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuliana-shemetovets/