The New York Times reports:
Cybersecurity officials watched with growing alarm in September as Russian state hackers started prowling around dozens of American state and local government computer systems just two months before the election. The act itself did not worry them so much — officials anticipated that the Russians who interfered in the 2016 election would be back — but the…
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Russia Lifts Ban on Telegram After the Instant Messaging Firm Expressed ‘Readiness To Counter Terrorism and Extremism’
The Russian government has lifted its largely ineffective two-year-old ban on the Telegram instant messaging service. From a report: In a message posted on its website, Russia’s media watchdog Roskomnadzor said it lifted the ban after Russian prosecutors reached an agreement with Pavel Durov, Telegram’s founder. Russian officials said Durov “expressed readiness to counter terrorism and extremism” content shared on his…
FaceApp and Other Russian Apps Pose Potential Counterintelligence Threats, Says FBI
The FBI warned in a letter to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) Monday that it considers mobile applications developed in Russia, including the popular photo-aging app “FaceApp,” to be “potential counterintelligence threats.” Axios reports: FaceApp is a Russian-owned mobile application that allows users to upload photos of themselves and see what they may look like at a different age. Experts…
Hackers Stole 7.5TB of Secret Data From Russia’s Intelligence Agency
Hackers have reportedly stolen about 7.5 terabytes of data from a major Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) contractor, thus exposing the secret projects the agency was working on to de-anonymize Tor browsing, scrape data from social media, and cut off Russia’s internet from the rest of the world. Fossbytes reports: Russia’s FSB is the successor agency to the infamous KGB and…
Russia Ordered a Killing That Made No Sense. Then the Assassin Started Talking.
It turned out the killer of a Ukrainian electrician was working for Russian intelligence agents. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/31/world/europe/russian-assassinations-putin-ukraine.html?partner=rss&emc=rss