Latest Russia Headlines
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Russia Delays Proposal to Criminalize Compliance with U.S Sanctions
May 17 2018 // Russian lawmakers on Thursday voted to postpone the second reading of a bill being discussed in the lower house of parliament that would make it a crime to comply with Western sanctions on Russia. The lower house said it...
Octo Telematics Says It’s Freed from U.S. Sanctions After Execs Buy Russian Shares
May 2 2018 // Italy’s Octo Telematics, a global provider of telematics for the auto insurance industry, confirmed the completion of the purchase of 20 percent of the company’s shares by its Chairman Sir John Peace and Chief...
Finland and Estonia Pioneer with World’s First Hacker-Proof Digital Highway
Apr 24 2018 // In this age of social media leaks and foreign election hacking, the ability to transmit sensitive personal information securely across borders is more valuable than ever. Finland and Estonia, two of Europe’s most...
U.S. & U.K. Blame Russia for Global Cyber Attacks on Governments, Businesses
Apr 17 2018 // The United States and Britain on Monday accused Russia of launching cyber attacks on computer routers, firewalls and other networking equipment used by government agencies, businesses and critical infrastructure operators...
Octo Telematics’ Execs to Buy 20% of Russian Shareholder Stake, Paving Way for IPO
Apr 13 2018 // Italy’s Octo Telematics announced that its chairman and chief executive have signed a binding agreement to purchase 20 percent of Octo’s shares from Russian company Renova Holdings. This share purchase will...
Octo Telematics’ IPO Delayed After Sanctions Hit Russian Shareholder: Sources
Apr 12 2018 // Italy’s Octo Telematics has put a planned initial public offering on hold after sanctions were imposed on controlling shareholder Renova Holdings and on Renova’s Russian chairman, Viktor Vekselberg, two sources...
Russia’s Insurers May Need More State Bailouts, Says Insurance Association Chief
Apr 6 2018 // Russia’s banking crisis and a weak economy could spell more trouble for its insurance sector, requiring further state support following the bailout of top insurer Rosgosstrakh last year, the head of the...
Arctic Winter Ice Covers 2nd Smallest Area on Record, Opening Region to Shipping
Mar 28 2018 // Winter sea ice on the Arctic Ocean covered the second smallest area on record this year, part of a thaw that is opening the region to shipping and oil exploration and may be disrupting weather far to the south, scientists...
Mastermind Behind ATM Malware Attacks Arrested in Spain
Mar 27 2018 // The mastermind behind malware attacks that programmed ATMs to spit out cash on demand and caused more than 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) of losses, has been arrested in Spain. The leader of a criminal gang that carried...
U.S. Says Russia Behind Years of ‘Multi-Stage’ Cyber Attacks on Energy Grid
Mar 16 2018 // The Trump administration on Thursday blamed the Russian government for a campaign of cyber attacks stretching back at least two years that targeted the U.S. power grid, marking the first time the United States has publicly...
Aviation Gets Off to Deadly Start in 2018 with 3 Crashes in 4½ Weeks
Mar 16 2018 // Three deadly air crashes that have killed 170 passengers in the past 4 1/2 weeks may indicate that 2017, the safest-ever year for aviation, represented a statistical blip. A total of five fare-paying customers lost their...
What Cyber Insurance Industry Learned from 2017 Hacks
Mar 13 2018 // The NotPetya, WannaCry and Equifax hacks of last year were evidence that the U.S. insurance industry has been ill-prepared to handle a large cyber attack and needs to up its game. However, as a consequence of the attacks...
German Government Marshals Defenses Against Powerful Cyber Attack
Mar 2 2018 // Germany’s government was marshaling its defenses on Thursday against a powerful cyber attack that lawmakers said had breached the foreign ministry’s computer network and whose origins officials admitted were...
U.S. Says Russia to Blame for Last June’s NotPetya Cyber Attack
Feb 16 2018 // The United States on Thursday publicly blamed Russia for carrying out the so-called NotPetya cyber attack last year that crippled government and business computers in Ukraine before spreading around the world. The...
Hackers Target SWIFT Payments System at Russia’s Globex Bank
Dec 22 2017 // Hackers tried to steal 55 million roubles ($940,000) from Russian state bank Globex using the SWIFT international payments messaging system, the bank said on Thursday, the latest in a string of attempted cyber heists that...
Russian-Speaking Hackers Steal $10M from U.S., Russia Banks: Cyber Security Firm
Dec 12 2017 // A previously unknown ring of Russian-speaking hackers has stolen as much as $10 million from U.S. and Russian banks in the last 18 months, according to a Moscow-based cyber-security firm that runs the largest computer...
UK Cyber Security Agency Issues Warning About Kaspersky Lab Antivirus Software
Dec 4 2017 // Britain’s cyber security agency has told government departments not to use antivirus software from Moscow-based firm Kaspersky Lab amid concerns about Russian snooping. Ciaran Martin, head of the National Cyber...
Russian Cyber Attacks Target Major U.K. Industries, Says Top Spy
Nov 15 2017 // Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre publicly confirmed for the first time that Russia has carried out internet assaults on major U.K. energy, technology and media companies, as tensions escalate over the...
With 4,000 Ransom Attacks a Day, Cyber Crime Threatens Financial Sector: Europol
Nov 9 2017 // The “remorseless” growth of cyber crime is leading to 4,000 ransom attacks a day and gangs’ technological capability now threatens critical parts of the financial sector, the head of Europol said on...
U.S. Warns of Hacker Attacks on Energy, Aviation, Manufacturing Industries
Oct 23 2017 // The U.S government issued a rare public warning that sophisticated hackers are targeting energy and industrial firms, the latest sign that cyber attacks present an increasing threat to the power industry and other public...
