The Verge

JANUARY 14, 2022

Hackers attacked a number of Ukrainian government websites on Friday, temporarily disabling sites and leaving messages warning readers to “be afraid and expect the worse.”. Although there is no clear culprit for today’s cyberattacks, officials are already suggesting that Russia may be responsible.

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The Verge

AUGUST 4, 2020

Fitness brand Garmin paid millions of dollars in ransom after an attack took many of its products and services offline last month, Sky News reports. BleepingComputer reported last week that Garmin had received a decryption key to access data encrypted by the virus, and that the initial ransom demand was for $10 million.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

While the conflict grows in scale and intensity, organizations far beyond the apparatus of military and government are being drawn in — including ransomware groups active in Russia and Ukraine. The Conti #ransomware operation sides with Russia and threatens attacks on critical infrastructure. This is a Ukrainian citizen.

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The Verge

JANUARY 2, 2021

The Russia-linked SolarWinds hack which targeted US government agencies and private corporations may be even worse than officials first realized, with some 250 federal agencies and business now believed affected, the New York Times reported. It’s clear the United States government missed it.”.

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The Verge

JULY 19, 2021

The United States and key allies have accused the Chinese government for the first time of hiring gangs of hackers to carry out cyberattacks in the West. The accusation against China was made by the US, EU, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, and NATO, reports Bloomberg News. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 24, 2021

billion rouble fine is around eight percent of Google’s revenue in Russia, Reuters reports , and comes amid a broader push within the country to exert more control over big tech companies and the content people publish on their platforms. This isn’t Google’s first fine in Russia over its content moderation.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

A cyberattack has forced Toyota to shut down its factories in Japan, forcing the automaker to lose about 13,000 cars of output, Reuters reports. It is difficult to say whether this has anything to do with Russia before making thorough checks,” he said, according to Reuters. “It

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TechSpot

JANUARY 27, 2023

Russian publication Kommersant (via PCGamer) reports that the Russian government has instructed the Prosecutor General's Office and its ministries to introduce restrictions on video games within the country.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

On Tuesday, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence suffered from a DDoS attack that prevented users from accessing its website, and two Ukrainian banks lost access to online banking services, according to statements from the government. A few hours later, another statement from the Ukrainian government said that the banks had resumed online service.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

First time for a post debunking the "foiled sabotage / gas attack" and second time for a post debunking the "Ukrainian attack into Russia". Researchers raised concerns that the account suspension could have been part of a mass reporting campaign intended to disable OSINT accounts during a Russian invasion.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The breach targeted several US government agencies and is believed to have been carried out by Russian nation-state hackers. Though the post stops short of explicitly accusing Russia, the implication is very clear. The list included more than 425 of the companies on the Fortune 500.

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The Verge

JULY 12, 2021

The Daily Beast reported the detail in an article about the group, which is an ongoing target for US Cyber Command as well as information security companies like Microsoft. The Daily Beast reports that the hacking ring — also known as Trickbot and based in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Suriname — is a persistent presence online.

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The Verge

MARCH 17, 2022

The decision comes as Ukraine has received cryptocurrency donations worth tens of millions of dollars from individuals and groups hoping to help the country’s war effort against Russia. Other outlets have reported that the government has received close to $100 million in crypto donations.).

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The US Department of Commerce has ordered American companies to not sell their tech to NSO, citing reports that the group’s Pegasus spyware is used against journalists, government officials, activists, and more. Pegasus had made headlines before this year, too. NSO isn’t the only company being added to the entity list on Thursday.

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The Verge

MARCH 1, 2022

Yesterday, Meta blocked RT and Sputnik on both Instagram and Facebook after receiving requests to do so from a number of governments in the EU. Russia’s invasion of its neighbor has triggered an information war across various online channels, as both sides spread news reports and citizens and soldiers share frontline images and videos.

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The Verge

APRIL 11, 2022

The US Department of the Treasury is exempting telecommunications services from ongoing sanctions against Russia. Access Now and other nonprofits have pushed the US government to avoid disrupting internet access as part of larger sanctions against Russia over its February invasion of Ukraine.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

YouTube is blocking state-backed Russian media outlets from advertising and earning money on the platform, as first reported by Reuters. RT will be restricted in Ukraine due to “a government request”. Russia has since restricted access to Facebook and Twitter. YouTube started labeling videos posted by state-run networks in 2018.

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The Verge

MARCH 30, 2022

Russia’s communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, has threatened to fine Google over its failure to follow the country’s orders to remove certain “illegal” YouTube videos, as first reported by The Washington Post. YouTube has already taken a number of actions against Russia.

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The Verge

JULY 9, 2021

Since the firm is so heavily invested in government work, it has to follow slow government procurement cycles and is unlikely to score huge infrastructure projects, Ding writes. They both offer surveillance equipment and services, according to their websites and academic reports.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

Ax Sharma is a security researcher and reporter. What may have seemed like an isolated protest years ago was revived in 2022 by developers sabotaging their own libraries — sometimes to speak out against big corporations, but more recently to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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The Verge

MARCH 8, 2022

New reports have emerged of hacking campaigns linked directly and indirectly to Russia’s war in Ukraine, with the stories shedding more light on an opaque element of the invasion: cyberwarfare. Many experts predicted that Russia would launch significant cyber attacks in Ukraine, shutting down the country’s electrical grid for example.

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The Verge

MARCH 4, 2022

He’s likely referring to the world’s notable dependence on Russian pipelines — a dependence which hasn’t stopped many governments from sanctioning Russia following its invasion of Ukraine , but has sparked fears over surging energy prices, particularly in Europe. It’s not like oil and gas aren’t important for Musk’s plans as well.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

As Russian media attempts to cast the invasion as a response to Ukrainian aggression , on-the-ground reporting has played a crucial role in countering the propaganda, with footage coming from both professional journalists and amateurs on social media. The invasion has already reduced internet connectivity in some parts of the country.

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The Verge

JULY 1, 2021

A new Russian law will require large social media companies to open offices in Russia if they don’t want to face advertising bans or other penalties , according to a report by Reuters. The Russian government has been looking to rein in Big Tech’s influence in the country.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

Twitter tries to restore service in Russia : While some tech companies are working to cut ties with Russia after the country’s government invaded Ukraine, others are trying to keep their services up in the country. So, amid reports that Twitter is increasingly hard to access in Russia, the company said that it’s working on it.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The accounts were attempting to push back against allegations of human rights abuses by the Chinese government against the Uyghur population in Xinjiang. 2/ A pro-Tanzanian government network adversarially leveraged copyright reporting to harass activists. Read here: [link] — ASPI Cyber Policy (@ASPI_ICPC) December 2, 2021.

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The Verge

JUNE 1, 2021

JBS, a Brazilian company which supplies a fifth of the world’s meat, was the victim of a coordinated cyberattack, Bloomberg reports. In a press conference earlier today, White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre described the attack as coming “from a criminal organization likely based in Russia.”

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The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

International nonprofits and other non-government organizations (NGOs) need American support to function, or even exist, a trio of witnesses told U.S. The Nicaraguan government has closed down 1,500 nonprofits, including religious organizations, human rights groups and even the American Chamber of Commerce, Rutzen added.

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The Verge

JULY 16, 2020

According to an NCSC report , APT29 uses “a variety of tools and techniques” in its hacking operation. “We have always supported the academia and pharma industry, both public and private sector organisations, and we have been clear that this work is our top priority at present,” an NCSC spokesperson said in an email to The Verge.

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The Verge

MARCH 1, 2022

I thought that I could test it and report to everyone that, ‘Yeah, this is working in Ukraine. Just before he spoke with The Verge , Kutkov says, one of his colleagues witnessed Russia attack a television tower in Kiev with an airstrike , a seeming attempt to disrupt the city’s communications. So it’s good to go,’” Kutkov says.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2022

There’s an argument that the business is messy, so we should report on the issues as we hear about them; and there’s the narrative of the female takedown story, in which people believe that women are targeted by the press more than men due to unreasonably high standards. Some big tech apps remain. Slowdown or not, the market is still hot.”.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an alert encouraging the organizations to review IBM’s report. In November, Microsoft detected cyberattacks from nation-state actors in Russia and North Korea on companies with COVID-19 vaccines in various stages of clinical trials.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

On February 24, Russia launched an invasion of neighboring Ukraine after months of a military build-up on its borders. The attack began with cyberattacks that targeted Ukrainian government departments with floods of internet traffic and data-wiping malware, followed by a ground, sea and air incursion.

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The Verge

AUGUST 31, 2021

South Korea has passed a bill written to prevent major platform owners like Google and Apple from restricting app developers to built-in payment systems, The Wall Street Journal reports. Some in the US government have even proposed legislation similar to what was passed by South Korea. trillion to date with Apple.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

That all changed this week after Russia invaded Ukraine, when its crowdfunding drew widespread attention, and its membership list ballooned to over 14,000 patrons, contributing a total of $436,966 a month. CNBC reports that the organization also provided body armor, medical kits, and helmets to Ukrainian soldiers.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

The European Parliament voted this week to “investigate allegations that European member states acquired and used” Pegasus, TechCrunch reports. The latest tech response to Russia’s Ukrainian invasion: Non-Russian tech companies continued their work to isolate the Russian state after its government invaded neighboring Ukraine.

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The Verge

JULY 12, 2021

While Microsoft hasn’t valued the deal, Bloomberg reported that the company is said to be paying more than $500 million for RiskIQ. RiskIQ provides management tools and threat intelligence gathering against a wide range of cyberattacks across Microsoft’s own cloud services, AWS, on-premises servers, and supply chain attacks.

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