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Aug 24 2023
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Putin Regains His Power With Russian Elite After Prigozhin Crash
The plane crash that presumably killed Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin restored Vladimir Putin’s reputation as Russia’s unchallengeable leader for many of the country’s elite, even as the cause of the disaster may never be fully established. The Wagner leader’s demise removes a man who’d courted impunity after leading the mutiny that threatened the Russian president’s grip on power. His
Bloomberg
Jul 24 2018
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Russian Hackers Reach U.S. Utility Control Rooms, Homeland Security Officials Say
Hackers working for Russia claimed “hundreds of victims” last year in a giant and long-running campaign that put them inside the control rooms of U.S. electric utilities where they could have caused blackouts, federal officials said. They said the campaign likely is continuing.
Wall Street Journal (News)
Aug 23 2023
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Russian Plane Crashes Reportedly Kills Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin
A plane crash reportedly killed 10 people including Wagner Mercenary Group Leader Yevgeny Prigozhin Tuesday after crashing north of Moscow, Russian state media said. One of the passengers on the plane was a person with the name Evgeny Prigozhin, RIA News said. Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency has launched an investigation into the crash which happened in the Tver region of Russia, state-
Forbes
Feb 08 2018
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Top DHS official says Russian hackers infiltrated US voter systems in 2016
The head of cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security revealed Wednesday that Russia managed to hack into voter registration rolls of several states during the 2016 presidential election.
Fox News (Online News)
Jul 12 2023
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Chinese hackers targeted U.S. government emails through Microsoft breach, White House says
Details: The attackers pierced the agency’s systems and those of around two dozen other organizations by using forged authentication tokens in a breach first made public by Microsoft on Tuesday night. The Microsoft investigators identified the infiltrators as Storm-0558, a group that primarily uses espionage, credential access and data theft to target government agencies in Western Europe. “
Politico
Aug 22 2023
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US Citizens Warned To Evacuate Belarus Due To Russian Mercenary Risk
The U.S. issued a warning Monday urging Americans to evacuate the country of Belarus due to an increased risk of Russian mercenaries. The warning from the U.S. Embassy in Minsk, Belarus instructing citizens to “depart immediately” and against traveling to the country comes days after Lithuania closed two of its border crossings that it shares with Belarus amid an increase in Russian forces
The Daily Caller
Jul 02 2017
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New reports raise some big questions about Michael Flynn and Russian hackers
The Wall Street Journal describes how one Trump supporter reached out to hackers — and dropped Flynn’s name.
Vox
Jun 30 2017
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A new report raises some big questions about Michael Flynn and Russian hackers
The Wall Street Journal describes how one Trump supporter reached out to hackers — and dropped Flynn’s name.
Vox
Aug 21 2023
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First Russian Moon Mission For 47 Years Suddenly ‘Ceases To Exist’
Russia’s first mission to the moon since 1976 has crashed into the lunar surface and been destroyed. It had been due to land at the moon’s south pole today, Monday 21 August, just days ahead of India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, which the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Twitter will land on Wednesday, August 23. Russian space agency Roskosmos revealed it had lost contact with
Forbes
Jun 16 2023
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Hackers access personal data on 3.5M holders of Oregon driver licenses, IDs
SALEM – The Oregon Department of Transportation is among many organizations affected by a data breach inflicted by a global hack of the data transfer software MOVEit Transfer. This ODOT data includes personal information for approximately 3.5 million holders of Oregon ID or driver’s licenses, according to a news release from the organization on June 15. Since 2015, ODOT has used MOVEit
Argus Observer