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EU puts on sanctions list Russian ”deputies” elected in annexed Crimea
The EU added six members of the Russian Federation State Duma elected from the illegally annexed Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol to the list of persons subject to restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining Ukraine`s territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence, an UaPosition correspondent in Brussels...
Ukraine developing anti-cyberattack security system
Information security and cybersecurity are an overriding priority for the country, which is experiencing a state of a hybrid war, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov said in an interview with LB.ua. ”The first stage is passed. Today, a powerful system of protection of public resources is being...
U.S. accuses Russia of directing cyberattacks to `interfere` with elections
The United States for the first time has publicly accused Russia of orchestrating a string of cyberattacks targeting U.S. political organizations and prominent current and former officials in what Washington called a bid ”to interfere with the U.S. election process,” according to Radio Liberty. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence...
Russian S-400 put in full operation in annexed Crimea – Russian Ministry of Defense
The new Russian anti-aircraft missile systems have been put on combat duty in the annexed Crimea, the press service of the Southern Military District of the Russian Ministry of Defense reported October 7. ”In the middle of 2016, a regimental kit of the anti-aircraft missile system S-400 Triumph and an anti-aircraft missile-gun system Pantsyr-S...
Reuters: SWIFT discloses more cyber thefts, pressures banks on security
SWIFT, the global financial messaging system, on Tuesday disclosed new hacking attacks on its member banks as it pressured them to comply with security procedures instituted after February`s high-profile $81 million heist at Bangladesh Bank, Reuters reported. In a private letter to clients, SWIFT said that new cyber-theft attempts – some of...
ABC News: FBI warns of cyberattacks on state election boards
The FBI is warning all states to tighten security measures related to their online election systems after hackers successfully infiltrated one state board of election and targeted another, according to ABC News. ”The FBI is requesting that states contact their Board of Elections and determine if any similar activity … has been detected,”...
”Russian trace” in cyber attacks on Ukraine companies: NSDC
Cyber attacks on Ukrainian companies were developed in Russia for at the very least six months, Valentyn Petrov, head of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine`s information security department, said in an interview with Germany`s ZDF, the NSDC press service reported. ”It was a process that lasted for at least six months,...
Searches underway in mayors` offices in Bucha, Irpin in Kyiv region
Searches at the mayors` offices in Bucha and Irpin began at 07:00 Kyiv time on Thursday, July 21, according to First Deputy Mayor of Buch Yaroslav Dobriansky, TSN news service reported. According to the official, armed law enforcers are seizing the necessary documents while the staff of the Bucha town administration remain outside the building...
European Union Must Integrate Cybersecurity Efforts to Protect Energy Assets
In December of 2015, a sophisticated cyberattack on Ukraine’s power grid caused outages that left nearly 225,000 citizens without power. The malicious software used in the attack was traced back to Russian groups, making the intrusion a stunning realization of the threat posed by cyberattacks. Though this event called attention to the...
Chinese economic cyber-espionage switches from U.S. to Russia, Ukraine
The Chinese government appears to be abiding by its September pledge to stop supporting the hacking of American trade secrets to help companies there compete, private U.S. security executives and government advisors said on Monday, according to Reuters. FireEye Inc., the U.S. network security company best known for fighting sophisticated Chinese...
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General Staff operational report August 22, 2023 on the Russian invasion of Ukraine Tuesday, August 22, 2023 - 18:55 (GMT)
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