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Dec 16 2016
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U.S. Faces Tall Hurdles in Detaining or Deterring Russian Hackers
When a suspected Russian cybercriminal named Dmitry Ukrainsky was arrested in a Thai resort town last summer, the American authorities hoped they could whisk him back to New York for trial and put at least a temporary dent in Russia’s arsenal of computer hackers.
New York Times (News)
May 21 2023
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Zelensky disputes Russian claim it has captured Bakhmut: 'There's nothing'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has disputed Russia's claim it has captured Bakhmut amid an eight-month battle for the city in eastern Ukraine, the longest and likely bloodiest of the conflict.
Zelensky was asked whether Bakhmut was "still in Ukraine’s hands" after Russia claimed the Russian paramilitary organization, the Wagner Group, had captured the city before his meeting
Washington Examiner
Mar 17 2023
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Minneapolis Public Schools confirms hackers released personal data
The district is offering free credit monitoring and identity protection services for those potentially impacted after MPS data was released on the "dark web" Friday. Example video title will go here for this video MINNEAPOLIS — Weeks after Minneapolis Public Schools first reported an "encryption" event targeted the district's systems, MPS says online "threat actors" have now released personal
KARE11
May 17 2023
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The Offensive Before the Offensive: Ukraine Strikes Behind Russian Lines
Early this month, four drones attacked a Russian oil refinery almost 300 miles from Ukraine. The next day, another drone hit it. Not long after another drone bombed a fuel depot on the other side of Russia, near Belarus.
Call it the offensive before the offensive. Strike by pinpoint strike, Ukraine is taking aim at ammunition stores and caches of other supplies that Moscow’s forces need
Wall Street Journal (News)
Apr 26 2015
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Russian Hackers Read Obama's Unclassified Emails Last Year
Some of President Barack Obama’s email was captured by Russian hackers last year when they breached the White House’s unclassified computer system, The New York Times reported Saturday night.
The fact that the hacking was widespread and had penetrated the White House was previously known. What wasn’t known until now was whether the hackers had obtained any emails from or to the
Newsmax (News)
Aug 28 2014
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Russian Hackers Said to Loot Gigabytes of Big Bank Data
Russian hackers attacked JPMorgan Chase & Co. and at least four other banks this month in a coordinated assault that resulted in the loss of gigabytes of customer data, according to two people familiar with the investigation.
At least one of the banks has linked the breach to Russian state-sponsored hackers, said one of the people. The FBI is investigating whether the attack could
Bloomberg
Feb 16 2022
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US says Russian hackers have collected intelligence from American defense contractors
Russian government-backed hackers have acquired sensitive information on the development and deployment of US weapons by breaching American defense contractors over the last two years, US security agencies said in a public advisory on Wednesday.
The information gathered is unclassified, but offers "significant insight into US weapons platforms development and deployment timelines," and
CNN (Online News)
May 16 2023
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Kyiv says it shoots down volley of Russian hypersonic missiles
Ukraine said on Tuesday it had shot down six Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles in a single night, thwarting a superweapon Moscow had previously touted as all but unstoppable.
It was the first time Ukraine had claimed to have struck an entire volley of multiple hypersonic missiles, and if confirmed would be a demonstration of the effectiveness of newly deployed Western air defences.
Reuters
May 16 2023
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FBI Faulted for Its Probe of Russian Meddling in 2016 Campaign
A special counsel appointed in President Donald Trump’s administration issued a highly critical report on how the FBI handled allegations linking Mr. Trump to Russia in 2016, ending four years of work Monday after having lost the two criminal cases he took to trial.
In his 306-page report, John Durham, the former top federal prosecutor in Connecticut, repeated prior criticisms faulting
Wall Street Journal (News)
May 30 2023
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Drones strike Moscow in first attack on Russian capital’s residential areas since Ukraine war began
Moscow was hit by drones Tuesday morning, in what appeared to be the first attack on residential areas of the Russian capital since the invasion of Ukraine and a dramatic display that the Kremlin's war was increasingly coming home.
The incident caused damage to some buildings and forced residents to evacuate homes, local officials said.
It comes weeks after an alleged drone
NBC News (Online)