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Russian Hackers Moved Ruble-Dollar Rate at Regional Bank: Cyber-Security Firm
Feb 9 2016 // Hackers used malware to penetrate the defenses of a Russian regional bank and move the ruble-dollar rate more than 15 percent in minutes, according to a Moscow-based cyber-security firm hired to investigate the...
Russia Cracks Down on Financial Hacking Ring, Raiding Moscow Office: Sources
Feb 8 2016 // Russian authorities in November raided offices associated with a Moscow film distribution and production company as part of a crackdown on one of the world’s most notorious financial hacking operations, according to...
Russian Air Crash Bomb Theories Highlight Insider Threat to Aviation Security
Nov 6 2015 // The possibility that Islamic terrorists smuggled a bomb onto a Russian jet flying home from Egypt highlights a new area of worry for aviation security: the insider threat. Instead of focusing on a small cadre of al-Qaeda...
Update: Investigators Expected to Quickly Unravel Mystery of Russian Plane Crash
Nov 2 2015 // Investigators probing the crash of an Airbus Group SE jetliner in Egypt will focus on how a plane built to withstand extreme turbulence and equipped with devices meant to prevent flight maneuvers that might break it apart...
U.S. Eyes China, Russia Sanctions Over Cyber Attacks
Sep 1 2015 // The United States is considering sanctions against both Russian and Chinese individuals and companies for cyber attacks against U.S. commercial targets, several U.S. officials said on Monday. The officials, who spoke on...
Indonesia Military Plane Crash Puts Focus on Aging Aircraft
Jul 1 2015 // The loss of at least 150 lives in the crash of an Indonesian cargo plane raises fresh questions about the military’s reliance on old aircraft and on spending that has prioritized the army over the air force. The...
World Cup Insurers Face Many Claims, Disputes Over Russia, Qatar
Jun 19 2015 // World Cup insurers are likely to refuse to pay out on many cancellation contracts if Russia and Qatar lose the rights to hold the tournaments because of fraud, industry experts said. Russia and Qatar could be stripped of...
ACE Promotes Sedov as Head of Property Risk Engineering for Eurasia & Africa
Mar 17 2015 // ACE has promoted Andrey Sedov to the newly created position of head of property risk engineering for Eurasia and Africa, as the company continues to build its risk management capability for clients across its newest...
Russia Will Suffer Ukraine Economic, Political Fallout for Years: Euler Hermes
Mar 6 2015 // Russia will suffer the economic and political fallout of the Ukraine crisis for years to come, according to Euler Hermes Group, the world’s biggest trade credit insurer. Euler Hermes expects Russia’s economy to...
Aon Risk Solutions Identifies 5 Big Geopolitical Risks for 2015
Mar 4 2015 // Critical events of early 2015 – cheap oil and Middle East violence – will probably continue to take their toll as the year goes on, according to a new projection of geopolitical hotspots. Lower overall prices for...
A.M. Best: Geopolitical Tensions Hit Insurers’ Prospective Growth in Russia
Feb 12 2015 // Heightened geopolitical tensions spilling over from the Russia-Ukraine crisis, high interest and inflation rates, and low commodity prices are placing pressure on Russia’s economy and its insurance industry’s...
U.S. to Back New System Warning Airlines in Conflict Zones
Jan 23 2015 // The United States will throw its support behind a proposal by the U.N.’s aviation agency to share information about risks to commercial aircraft over conflict zones after the downing of a Malaysian jet in Ukraine...
Russian Firms Face Huge Insurance Costs as Foreign Insurers Flee
Nov 20 2014 // Russian companies face billions of dollars in extra insurance costs as Western sanctions prompt foreign insurance firms to start pulling out, worried that any business they undertake is at risk from future measures and an...
Space Station Supply Rocket That Exploded Insured for $50 Million
Oct 29 2014 // Authorities on Wednesday started investigating what made an unmanned U.S. supply rocket explode in a fireball moments after lifting off from a launch pad in Virginia, destroying supplies and equipment bound for the...
Russia Air Safety Record Near Bottom of Global League
Oct 23 2014 // Regardless of who is to blame for the death of Total’s boss at the Moscow airport favored by President Vladimir Putin, it reinforces an indisputable fact: Russia’s air-safety record is dreadful and the wave of...
Ukraine Air-Crash Probe Points to Missile Strike on Malaysia Jet
Sep 9 2014 // Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crashed in eastern Ukraine after being hit by “a large number of high-energy objects,” the Dutch Safety Board said in findings that appear to point to a missile attack on the...
Report: Russian Hackers Attack 5 Big Banks, Steal Customer Data
Aug 28 2014 // 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...
Idaho Farmers Feeling Effect of Russian Ban on Ag Imports
Aug 13 2014 // Idaho farmers may feel a small sting from the new Russian ban on food and agricultural imports from the West. Russia was the 14th largest export market for Idaho agriculture as of last year, according to the Idaho...
Iranian Passenger Plane Crashes Killing 48
Aug 11 2014 // An Iranian passenger plane crashed Sunday while taking off from an airport near the capital, Tehran, killing 48 people onboard, state media reported. The aircraft, an Iran-140 typically used for short domestic flights,...
Malaysia Airlines Plane Crash Insurance May Pose Quandary
Jul 18 2014 // Insurance on the Malaysian airliner brought down over Ukraine on Thursday is likely to pay out relatively quickly, provided that the cause of the crash is firmly determined, but observers say the loss of of 295 lives...
