Category: russia

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Tor node operator arrested in Russia will be held on terrorism charges until June trial

April 24, 2017
Taylor Hatmaker

 Earlier this month, a Tor node operator in Russia was arrested in a potential misunderstanding about…

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Why the Wikileaks CIA dump was the most damaging one yet

April 23, 2017
Eric O'Neill

 There are no hackers anymore — now it’s all about the spies we in the intelligence…

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Why the Wikileaks CIA dump was the most damaging one yet

April 23, 2017
Eric O'Neill

 There are no hackers anymore — now it’s all about the spies we in the intelligence…

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Twitter is reviewing whether to store some user data in Russia

April 19, 2017
Natasha Lomas

 Twitter is considering localizing the storage of some of its Russian users’ personal data in order…

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Google reaches $7.8 million settlement in its Android antitrust case in Russia

April 17, 2017
Sarah Perez

 Google has reached a settlement with Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) agency in the antitrust case…

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Senate intelligence hearing details Russian social media disinformation strategy

March 30, 2017
Taylor Hatmaker

 The first half of Thursday’s Senate Select Intelligence Committee’s hearing on Russian disinformation campaigns wasn’t quite…

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Watch the Senate’s open hearing on Russian election interference Thursday

March 29, 2017
Taylor Hatmaker

 With its House counterpart imploding thanks to the late-night excursions and executive coziness of its chairman…

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Lessons learned from the Russian hacking scandal and our “cyber” election

March 23, 2017
Joel Wallenstrom

 Information security — or what is commonly referred to as ‘cyber’ — has dominated the narrative…