Russia

US State Dept Closes Office Flagging Russia, China Disinformation

Federal office that tackled misinformation and disinformation from hostile nations is closed down, after criticism from US conservatives

4 days ago

Telegram Blocked In Two Russian Regions – Report

Russia media report that the Telegram app is blocked in two regions over concerns it “could be used by enemies”

1 month ago

Trump Suspends Offensive Cyber Operations Against Russia

So Russia poses no cyberthreat? US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth orders 'pause' of offensive cyber operations against Russia

2 months ago

Sweden Investigates Another Baltic Sea Cable Damage Incident

Authorities in Sweden on Friday confirm investigation after fresh damage discovered on undersea cable in Baltic Sea

2 months ago

Former ASML Employee Accused Of Contact With Russian Intelligence

IP theft? Former Russian employee at both ASML and NXP denies allegations of contact with Russia's FSB intelligence service

2 months ago

Cable Damage Ship Claims Anchor Drag Was Due To Rough Waves

Owner of bulk carrier MV Vezhen, detained by Sweden for another cable damage incident in Baltic sea, claims rough weather…

3 months ago

Sweden Detains Ship In Latest Baltic Cable Damage Incident

Sweden launches probe into latest incident of suspected Baltic undersea cable sabotage, detains Malta-flagged vessel

3 months ago

Google Wins UK Injunction To Halt Russian Enforcement Of Judgements

Google wins permanent injunction from London's High Court to prevent enforcement of Russian YouTube judgements

3 months ago

Russian State-Linked Hackers Target WhatsApp Accounts, Warns Microsoft

Microsoft warns the WhatsApp accounts of US government officials are being targetted by Russian hacking group

3 months ago

Baltic Sea Power Cable Severed In Latest Incident

Undersea internet and power cable in Baltic sea between Finland and Estonia suffers outage. Finland seizes suspected oil tanker

4 months ago

UK Underestimates Threat Of Cyber-Attacks, Says NCSC Head

The cyber risk facing UK “widely underestimated”, warns head of GCHQ’s NCSC Richard Horne in first major speech

5 months ago

Germany “Deeply Concerned” After Damage To Two Undersea Cables

Possible sabotage? Two undersea cables in the Baltic sea have been severely damaged, triggering security concerns

5 months ago

Google Fined More Than World’s GDP By Russia

Good luck. Russia demands Google pay a fine worth more than the world's total GDP, over YouTube bans on pro-Russian…

6 months ago

Russia Carrying Out Targeted Attacks In UK, Microsoft Warns

Russian-backed hacking group impersonating Microsoft, AWS in 'highly targeted' social engineering attacks with UK in crosshairs

6 months ago

Ukraine Hackers Disrupt Russian Broadcaster On Putin’s Birthday

Ukrainian hackers disrupt online services of Russian state broadcaster VGTRK on Vladimir Putin's birthday, amidst ongoing conflict

7 months ago

US, Microsoft Disrupts Russian FSB Hackers

Internet domains used by “Russian intelligence agents and their proxies” for cyberattacks, seized by the United States and Microsoft

7 months ago

Russia Fines Google, Discord For ‘Banned Content’

Russia again fines Google, as well as Discord, for not deleting content that Moscow deems banned or illegal

7 months ago

TikTok Removes Russian State Media Accounts

TikTok removes accounts of Russian state media outlets for ‘covert influence operations’ ahead of US presidential election

7 months ago

US Proposes Ban On Chinese, Russian Components In Cars

US proposes ban on sale of cars with Russian- or Chinese-made parts, amidst fears of spying or mass-scale disruption

7 months ago

Ukraine Bans Telegram On State-Issued Devices

National security move. Ukraine reportedly bans Telegram on state-issued devices due to Russian security threat

7 months ago

Meta Bans Russian State Media Networks

Russian state media networks including RT, Rossiya Segodnya etc banned by Meta Platforms for “foreign interference activity”

7 months ago

Telegram’s Pavel Durov Remains In Custody Amid Investigation

French authorities extend detention of Pavel Durov as investigation of fraud, organised crime, terrorism on platform continues

8 months ago

Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Arrested At French Airport – Report

Telegram CEO and founder Pavel Durov arrested, over alleged lack of in-app moderation, and lack of police co-operation

8 months ago

Russia Microsoft Hack Accessed Home Office Data

Russian attack on Microsoft systems in January led to breach of Home Office email data, report finds, amidst criticism of…

8 months ago

YouTube Hit By Thousands Of Outages In Russia

YouTube suffers thousands of outages in Russia as Ukrainian forces conduct raid inside Russia's Kursk region

9 months ago

Russia Throttles YouTube Over ‘Anti-Russian Policy’

Russia reduces speed of YouTube by 70 percent this week following multiple fines over failure to remove banned content

9 months ago

US Cracks Down On Tech Shipments To Russia

Shipments of high-end chips and other electronics to Russia via China and Hong Kong said to fall by 20 percent…

9 months ago

US Sanctions Russian Hackers Over Infrastructure Attacks

US Treasury sanctions two members of Russian hacking group over critical infrastructure attacks as hacktivists threaten Olympics

9 months ago

Kaspersky To Shutter US Operation After National Security Ban

Russian cybersecurity giant Kaspersky is to close down all of its operations in the United States after national security ban

9 months ago