Latest Russia Headlines
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Report Claims 17 Deaths, Worker Abuse at World Cup Construction in Russia
Jun 16 2017 // Workers building stadiums for next year’s World Cup in Russia have faced repeated abuses and routinely gone unpaid for several months, according to a report by Human Rights Watch. At a stadium in Yekaterinburg, some...
Cyber Criminals or State-Backed Hackers? It’s Getting Harder to Tell…
Jun 2 2017 // Veteran espionage researcher Jon DiMaggio was hot on the trail three months ago of what on the face of it looked like a menacing new industrial espionage attack by Russian cyber spies. All the hallmarks were there:...
European Cyber Police Hunt for Culprits of Global Ransomware Attack
May 18 2017 // Days after the global cyber attack, U.K. police are trying to figure out whether it was an established network of criminals, state-backed hackers or bored teenagers that crippled the country’s health service. The...
AP to Defend Against Libel Claim by Russian Billionaire Over Trump Ties Story
May 17 2017 // A Russian billionaire with ties to Vladimir Putin sued The Associated Press on Monday for defamation over a story about his connections to a former Trump campaign chairman. Aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska claimed in the...
Global Cyber Attack Expected to Continue but Malware Spread Slows
May 15 2017 // Governments and companies around the world began to gain the upper hand against the first wave of an unrivaled global cyber attack, even as the assault was poised to continue claiming victims this week. More than 200,000...
Global Cyber Attack Temporarily Disabled by Security Specialist
May 13 2017 // The cyber attack that spread rapidly around the globe was stifled when a security researcher disabled a key mechanism used by the worm to spread, but experts said the hackers were likely to return as many computers remain...
Russia-Backed Hackers Suspected in Cyber Attacks of Baltic Energy Networks
May 12 2017 // Suspected Russia-backed hackers have launched exploratory cyber attacks against the energy networks of the Baltic states, sources said, raising security concerns inside the West’s main military alliance,...
Yahoo Fails to Cooperate with Hack Probe, Says German Cyber Agency
May 11 2017 // Germany’s federal cyber agency said on Thursday that Yahoo Inc. had not cooperated with its investigation into a series of hacks that compromised more than one billion of the U.S. company’s email users between...
Political Risk a Growing Concern, Say Brokers, Insurers
Apr 13 2017 // Evan Freely has been insuring global risks for years — through the 2008 market meltdown, the 2002 crisis in Argentina, and the 1993 downturn in Venezuela. Yet turmoil now seems to be coming at a more rapid pace than...
Update: Death Toll Rises, Dozens Injured in Russia Subway Terror Attack
Apr 3 2017 // A subway bombing in St. Petersburg killed 11 people and injured dozens more during a hometown visit by President Vladimir Putin, officials said, renewing fears of terrorism in Russia’s biggest cities less than a year...
Ukraine Blames Russian Hackers for Attacks on Power Grid, Financial System
Feb 16 2017 // Ukraine on Wednesday accused Russian hackers of targeting its power grid, financial system and other infrastructure with a new type of virus that attacks industrial processes, the latest in a series of cyber offensives...
Malicious Adware Found on Computers in Arizona Legislature
Jan 23 2017 // Arizona officials say they found malware on a laptop computer at the state Legislature that triggered concerns of system-wide hack. A Department of Administration spokeswoman said that a forensic analysis found an adware...
Malicious Adware Found on Computers in Arizona Legislature
Jan 13 2017 // Arizona officials say they found malware on a laptop computer at the state Legislature that triggered concerns of system-wide hack. A Department of Administration spokeswoman said that a forensic analysis found an adware...
Russia Focuses on Pilot or Technical Fault, Not Terrorism, as Plane Crash Cause
Dec 27 2016 // A pilot error or a technical fault — not terrorism — is likely to be the cause of the plane crash into the Black Sea, Russian officials said Monday as the nation held a day of mourning for the victims. All 84...
Update: Hackers Steal $31M from Russian Central & Commercial Banks
Dec 5 2016 // Hackers stole more than 2 billion roubles ($31 million) from correspondent accounts at the Russian central bank and from accounts in commercial banks, the bank said on Friday [Dec. 2], the latest example of an escalation...
Hackers Remotely Steal ATM Cash in Latest Twist on Cyber Bank Heists
Nov 22 2016 // Cyber criminals have remotely attacked cash machines in more than a dozen countries across Europe this year, using malicious software that forces machines to spit out cash, according to Russian cyber security firm Group...
New Spyware Targeting Companies Across the Globe
Aug 9 2016 // A previously unknown hacking group variously dubbed “Strider” or “ProjectSauron” has carried out cyber-espionage attacks against select targets in Russia, China, Iran, Sweden, Belgium and Rwanda,...
Terrorist Attack at Istanbul Airport Kills at Least 40; Islamic State Blamed
Jun 29 2016 // Coordinated suicide attacks at Istanbul’s international airport killed at least 40 people, tearing through the terminal at one of the busiest travel times of the year as Turkey struggles to contain the spillover from...
Russian Cyberthief Pleads Guilty in $1.6M Heist of Broadway, Yankee Tickets
Jun 22 2016 // A Russian ringleader of a group that fraudulently bought some of the hottest tickets in music, sports and theater by sneaking into StubHub users’ accounts pleaded guilty this week in a scheme involving over $1...
FlyDubai CEO Defends Decision to Land Plane in Bad Weather Before Fatal Crash
Mar 21 2016 // FlyDubai’s top executive said conditions for landing were appropriate when one of its flights crashed at a windy airport in southern Russia, even though three other carriers rerouted flights to other...
