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Microsoft warns of destructive cyberattack on Ukrainian computer networks

January 17, 2022 7:42 pm

In a blog post, the company said that Thursday — around the same time government agencies in Ukraine found that their websites had been defaced — investigators who watch over Microsoft’s global networks detected the code.

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Russia apparently hacking Winter Olympics emails: Report

January 11, 2018 5:04 pm

Russian hackers have struck before the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. The email leak of IOC employees is in retailation to an IOC ban, which prohibits Russian athletes from participating.

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Russian Twitter accounts sowed discord around 2016 Brexit referendum vote: Report

November 16, 2017 3:01 pm

A group of data scientists has found 156,252 Russian accounts on Twitter which mentioned #Brexit and posted nearly 45,000 messages related to the EU referendum in the 48 hours around the vote.

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Russian hackers attacked British energy, telecom, media sectors: Govt cyber defense official

November 15, 2017 2:42 pm

Russian cyber operatives have attacked Britain's media, telecommunications and energy sectors over the past year, according to prepared remarks by the head of the government's main cyber defense agency.

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Russian hackers stole US cyber secrets from NSA: Media reports

October 06, 2017 11:53 am

Russian government-backed hackers stole highly classified US cyber secrets in 2015 from the National Security Agency after a contractor put information on his home computer, two newspapers reported on Thursday.

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Russian anti-virus software Kaspersky's CEO offers up code for US govt scrutiny

July 02, 2017 6:24 pm

In an interview with The Associated Press at his Moscow headquarters, Eugene Kaspersky said Saturday there's never been any truth to rumors of his work with Russian intelligence.