The US, UK, and Georgia accuse Russia of being behind a major 2019 cyber attack on Georgia. The attack disrupted “several thousand Georgian government and privately-run websites,” the U.S., UK and Georgia say. Russian cyber attacks are seen by the US as part of a broader Moscow strategy of destabilizing its neighbors, an element of its “hybrid warfare” tactics, which have involved a range of clandestine activity, including using disinformation campaigns and private military contractors and separatists armed and directed by the Kremlin.”]
Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/20/politics/russia-georgia-hacking/index.html