The hackers that never went away: Brace for more state-backed attacks, leaks and copycats this year

"We will certainly continue to see malicious activity in and through cyberspace coming out of the direction of Russia. It's been too successful a tool not to be continued to be employed," said Ewan Lawson, senior research fellow for military influence at the Royal United Services Institute. "I expect to see not just Russia but others recognizing what has been achieved through cyberspace and learning the lesson from that," he said.