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Russia And Venezuela Hope To Use Digital Currency To Defang Sanctions

Russia And Venezuela Hope To Use Digital Currency To Defang Sanctions
Russia And Venezuela Hope To Use Digital Currency To Defang Sanctions
January 04, 2018  |  Blockchain

Where there is a will — and some digital currency — it seems there is a way. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Corporates Begin Pulling Cash From Bailed-Out Russian Banks
Corporates Begin Pulling Cash From Bailed-Out Russian Banks
December 29, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Five major banks in Russia saw capital outflows from corporate accounts last month, according to data compiled by Reuters from the nation’s central bank. That news...

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Hackers Targeted Russian Bank Globex’s SWIFT System
Hackers Targeted Russian Bank Globex’s SWIFT System
December 22, 2017  |  Cybersecurity

Russian bank Globex revealed that hackers attempted to steal 55 million rubles ($940,000) using the SWIFT international payments messaging system, in the latest attempted cyber...

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Cash Registers Crater At Russian Retailers
Cash Registers Crater At Russian Retailers
December 21, 2017  |  Retail

A failure of some internet-connected cash registers in Russia has resulted in billions of rubles in lost sales during the holiday season, according to a...

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Kaspersky Lab Sues Trump Administration Over Agency Ban
Kaspersky Lab Sues Trump Administration Over Agency Ban
December 19, 2017  |  Legal & Regulation

Kaspersky Lab, the security company that saw the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ban the use of its products within the confines of federal agencies,...

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Gov’t Agencies No Longer Able To Use Kaspersky Lab Products
Gov’t Agencies No Longer Able To Use Kaspersky Lab Products
December 13, 2017  |  Cybersecurity

President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation that bans the use of Kaspersky Lab software within the U.S. government. Get the Full Story Complete...

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US, Russian Banks Targeted By Hackers In ATM Scam
US, Russian Banks Targeted By Hackers In ATM Scam
December 12, 2017  |  Cybersecurity

Moscow-based data security firm Group-IB reported Monday (Dec. 11) that a group of Russian hackers stole close to $10 million from several largely U.S. and...

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Russian Hacker Hit With Nine-Year Jail Sentence For Targeting UK Companies
Russian Hacker Hit With Nine-Year Jail Sentence For Targeting UK Companies
December 05, 2017  |  B2B Payments

A Russian hacker who was able to steal more than $2.7 million from businesses in the U.K. has been sentenced to nine years in jail,...

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