Russia Wants to Build an Observatory on the Moon
Roscosmos, Russia’s space agency, wants to build an observatory on the Moon’s south pole that’d keep an eye out for any asteroids on a collision course with…
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Russia is Planning to Disconnect Itself From the Internet
Russia along with its major internet providers is set to disconnect from the internet as part of the “sovereign internet” law that came into effect recently.…
Facebook removes fake accounts tied to Russia for foreign meddling
Facebook has removed three networks of accounts that were targeting eight African countries, the social network said Wednesday. Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s…
Facebook pulls fake news networks linked to Russia and Iran
Facebook has yanked four networks of coordinating accounts that it linked to Iran, Russia and election meddling. One of the networks that was targeting the…
Fraudulent network that infected about 800 thousand Android phones in the…
A large-scale hacker attack was discovered, the victims of which were about 800 thousand smartphones in Russia. Criminals managed to get access to several…
The Central Bank of Russia will fine banks for weak cyber defense
On September 12, 2019, it became known that the Central Bank has a new punishment for banks for poor cyber defense. By the end of the year, the Central Bank…
Russia developed a new protected computer “Elbrus 801M”
Russian developers from the concern “Avtomatika”, part of the Russian State Corporation” Rostec”, presented a new high-performance monoblock computer “Elbrus…
The Czech Republic again accused Russia of hacker attacks
The representative of the Czech National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NUKIB) during a report to the Senate Defense and Security Committee stated that…
Apple faces yet another antitrust investigation, this time in Russia
As Reuters explains, the accusation is that Apple is limiting competition for one of its own apps, Screen Time. Apple is under investigation in Russia…
Chinese importers in Russia are using crypto to send home millions
Chinese importers in Russia are utilizing tether to move significant amounts of money back to China on a daily basis, CoinDesk reports. The US dollar-backed…