Latest Russia Headlines
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Russia’s Aeroflot Finalizes Insurance Settlement for 7 More Planes
Feb 16 2024 // Russia’s Aeroflot has finalized insurance settlements with leasing companies for seven more planes, it said on Friday. Planes leased by Russian airlines from foreign leasing companies have been in limbo since...
US and Allies Kick Russian Hackers Off Home Routers, FBI Says
Feb 16 2024 // The US and its allies have disrupted access by a Russian-state sponsored hacking organization to “well over a thousand home and small business routers” used for criminal and intelligence purposes, FBI Director...
Microsoft Says it Caught Hackers From China, Russia and Iran Using its AI Tools
Feb 15 2024 // State-backed hackers from Russia, China, and Iran have been using tools from Microsoft-backed OpenAI to hone their skills and trick their targets, according to a report published on Wednesday. Microsoft said in its report...
Update: Tankers Tied to the Russian Oil Trade Grind to Halt Following US Sanctions
Feb 13 2024 // A chunk of the vast fleet of tankers that Russia uses to deliver its crude oil is grinding to a halt under the weight of US sanctions, a sign that tougher measures by western regulators might be starting to have tangible...
Aviation Lessors Secure Settlements With Russia Totaling $2.5B for Trapped Planes
Jan 31 2024 // Aircraft leasing firms have secured settlements with Russia totaling more than $2.5 billion for over a quarter of the roughly 400 aircraft stuck in the country since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. In return,...
Russia Behind Spike in European GPS Jamming, Baltic General Says
Jan 31 2024 // Russia is likely behind an increase in instances of jamming satellite signals used by airlines, smartphones and weapons systems in eastern Europe, according to a senior Baltic military commander. Martin Herem, the...
Microsoft Warns Other Firms of Russian-Sponsored Group in Email Hacking
Jan 30 2024 // Microsoft Corp. said an account that was compromised by Russia-linked hackers, resulting in a hack of some company emails including senior leaders, didn’t have multifactor authentication enabled. The hackers...
HP Enterprise Discloses Hack by Suspected State-Backed Russian Hackers
Jan 29 2024 // Hewlett Packard Enterprise disclosed Wednesday that suspected state-backed Russian hackers broke into its cloud-based email system and stole data from cybersecurity and other employees. The provider of information...
Australia Imposes Sanctions on Russian Citizen Over Hack of Insurer Medibank
Jan 23 2024 // Australia imposed cybersecurity sanctions for the first time on a Russian hacker over his role in the breach of healthcare insurer Medibank Private Ltd. that exposed the sensitive private data of millions of...
Microsoft Says Russia-Linked Group Hacked Employee Emails
Jan 22 2024 // Microsoft Corp. said a Russian-linked hacking group attacked its corporate systems, getting into a “small number” of email accounts, including those of senior leadership and employees who work in cybersecurity...
Russia Allocates Another $1.23B to State Company Buying Planes From Western Lessors
Jan 18 2024 // Russia has allocated an additional 107.7 billion roubles ($1.23 billion) from its rainy day fund to a state company that has been purchasing aircraft from foreign lessors, the finance ministry said on Wednesday. The...
Hezbollah, Russia-Linked Hackers Step Up Cyberattacks on Israel: Cybersecurity Firm
Jan 17 2024 // The Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon and Russia-linked hackers have stepped up cyberattacks against Israel since the war with Hamas began, according to the chief technology officer of Israel-founded...
Russia Oil Tankers Are Doing Strange Things Since Ramp Up of US Sanctions
Jan 8 2024 // There are growing signs that Russia’s oil flows might be facing disruption in the aftermath of a ramp up in US sanctions targeting traders and shipping companies moving the nation’s petroleum. Over the past...
Russian Hackers Were Inside Ukraine Telecoms Giant for Months: Cyber Spy Chief
Jan 4 2024 // Russian hackers were inside Ukrainian telecoms giant Kyivstar’s system from at least May last year in a cyberattack that should serve as a “big warning” to the West, Ukraine’s cyber spy chief told...
Air Lease Gets Insurance Settlement for 4 Jets Stranded in Russia
Dec 22 2023 // Air Lease said on Friday it had received about $64.9 million in cash as part of an insurance claim settlement for four Airbus jets it had leased to a Russian carrier, which were blocked from leaving the country after...
US Officials Say Russian Hackers Are Launching Potential SolarWinds-Style Operations
Dec 14 2023 // U.S. officials say that Russian hackers are targeting servers hosting outdated versions of software made by the Czech tech company JetBrains for potential SolarWinds-style espionage operations. In a statement released on...
US, UK Say Russia Targeted Officials in Political Cyber Campaign
Dec 8 2023 // The US and UK have launched a coordinated effort to disrupt a longtime alleged Russian government hacking campaign aimed at what they say is an attempt to undermine democratic processes in both their countries. The UK...
EU Proposes to Ban Sale of Tankers to Russia to Curb Growth of Shadow Fleet
Nov 17 2023 // The European Commission is proposing to ban the sale of tankers for crude oil and petroleum products to Russia to prevent Moscow bypassing western sanctions on Russian oil with a shadow fleet of ships, a proposal by the...
Tankers, Newly Sanctioned by US, Supplied Russian Oil to India
Nov 17 2023 // Three oil tankers, newly sanctioned by Washington, regularly shipped Sokol crude from Russia’s Far East to Indian Oil Corp, the country’s top refiner, in recent months, according to shiptracking data from LSEG,...
US Sanctions Maritime Companies, Vessels for Shipping Oil Above Russian Price Cap
Nov 17 2023 // The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions on maritime companies and vessels for shipping Russian oil sold above the G7’s price cap, as Washington seeks to close loopholes in the mechanism designed to punish Moscow for...
