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Russian Hacker Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison

Russian Hacker Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison
Russian Hacker Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison
January 07, 2021  |  Cybersecurity

Russian hacker Andrei Tyurin, who helped carry out an attack on J.P. Morgan Chase, among other companies, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison,...

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Russian Hack Used Servers Inside US, Cybersecurity Company Says
Russian Hack Used Servers Inside US, Cybersecurity Company Says
January 03, 2021  |  Cybersecurity

The recently discovered cyber attack on federal government agencies and companies handling data as sensitive as information regarding new nuclear weapons was run from servers...

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Hackers Tapped Microsoft Resellers To Gain Access, Report Says
Hackers Tapped Microsoft Resellers To Gain Access, Report Says
December 27, 2020  |  Cybersecurity

The suspected Russian hackers who penetrated important U.S. government networks by hijacking the system information technology vendor SolarWinds Corp. used to update customers’ software also...

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Russian Regulator Alleges Booking.com Broke Anti-Monopoly Law
Russian Regulator Alleges Booking.com Broke Anti-Monopoly Law
December 22, 2020  |  Cross-border Payments

Russia’s federal anti-monopoly service (FAS) has accused Booking.com of reportedly violating antitrust laws in the country and abusing a dominant market position, according to Reuters...

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Bitcoin Daily: Former BitGrail Head Faces Fraud Charges; Exmo Reports Cyberattack; VBT Bank Offers Blockchain-Backed Bank Guarantees
Bitcoin Daily: Former BitGrail Head Faces Fraud Charges; Exmo Reports Cyberattack; VBT Bank Offers Blockchain-Backed...
December 21, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Italian police charged the former head of cryptocurrency exchange BitGrail, identified by the initials of “F.F.,” with money laundering, fraudulent banking and computer fraud, Reuters...

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Bitcoin Daily: Didi Joins China’s Digital Yuan Testing; Putin Orders Russian Gov’t Workers, Officials To Disclose Crypto Assets
Bitcoin Daily: Didi Joins China’s Digital Yuan Testing; Putin Orders Russian Gov’t Workers, Officials To...
December 13, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Russian president Vladimir Putin has signed an order directing public officials to report cryptocurrency holdings, CoinDesk reports. The order signed Thursday (Dec. 10) requires both...

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US Probes Hack Of Treasury, Commerce Department
US Probes Hack Of Treasury, Commerce Department
December 13, 2020  |  Cybersecurity

Attacks by hackers linked to the Russian government against the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Commerce and its National Telecommunications and...

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Russia’s Ozon Sees Shares Soar 40 Pct In US IPO, Raising $1B
Russia’s Ozon Sees Shares Soar 40 Pct In US IPO, Raising $1B
November 25, 2020  |  IPO

Shares of Russian eCommerce titan Ozon soared 40 percent in the first few minutes of its American IPO on Tuesday, raising $1 billion. Ozon’s American...

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