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In Ukraine, hacktivists fight back with data leaks

The Verge

These smaller incidents are more favorable for Ukraine, but they’re also qualitatively different from military operations like Stuxnet or Sandworm. And while conventional warfare continues to devastate Ukraine, the Anonymous campaign has been running more quietly in the background, with consequences that are hard to predict.

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Russian ‘fake news’ law could give offenders 15 years in prison

The Verge

Russia’s lower house of parliament has passed a law punishing “fake news” with up to 15 years in prison, according to Reuters. Putin signed an earlier “fake news” law in 2019 that includes fines and jail time for disrespecting the Russian government, but the penalty was a far lighter 15 days.

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A top Wikipedia editor has been arrested in Belarus

The Verge

The Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption of Belarus (GUBOPiK) has detained prominent Wikipedia editor Mark Bernstein, according to the Belarusian publication Zerkalo. The arrest comes after Bernstein’s personal information was shared on GOBUPiK’s public Telegram channel. The channel has since been made private.

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Daily Crunch: Russia fines Google $374M for ‘illegal content’ over its Ukraine invasion

TechCrunch

Much of it was on YouTube and was related to the country’s invasion and subsequent war with Ukraine. The fine came a month after Roskomnadzor, Russia’s telecommunication watchdog, warned the company it could face penalties for violating local laws. Blossoming business : Bloom, a Sudan-based fintech, banked $6.5

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TikTok temporarily bans new video creation in Russia

The Verge

TikTok is suspending new video uploads and livestreams on its app in Russia, citing the country’s newly-passed “fake news” law as the reason for the change. 2/ In light of Russia's new ‘fake news’ law, we have no choice but to suspend livestreaming and new content to our video service while we review the safety implications of this law.

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How Ukrainians are fundraising in cryptocurrency

The Verge

Stand with the people of Ukraine. BTC - 357a3So9CbsNfBBgFYACGvxxS6tMaDoa1P ETH and USDT (ERC-20) - 0x165CD37b4C644C2921454429E7F9358d18A45e14 — Ukraine / ??????? Ukraine) February 26, 2022. In tech-savvy Ukraine, crypto has emerged as a quick and easy way to handle this money. Now accepting cryptocurrency donations.

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Justice Department has charged a Latvian woman it says helped develop Trickbot malware

The Verge

The US Department of Justice has charged a Latvian woman for her role in allegedly developing the Trickbot malware, which was responsible for infecting millions of computers, targeting schools, hospitals, public utilities, and governments, the agency said in a news release. and foreign beneficiary accounts,” the DOJ said.