News archive on the topic "Russian hackers"

Russian hackers can hack the server of the Central Election Commission of Ukraine and “increase” percentages in support of a particular candidate. Verkhovna Rada deputy, member of the board of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Anton Gerashchenko stated this in an interview with Apostrophe. According to the politician, this could serve as a reason for forceful action. “It is obvious that the Central Election Commission and its servers will defend themselves, money has now been allocated for this...

To prevent the Patriarchate of Constantinople from granting autocephaly to Ukrainian schismatics, Moscow will resort to cyber attacks. Kommersant writes about this, citing interlocutors at the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Recently, massive cyber attacks have been occurring on the Phanar, the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and the exarchs themselves. Indeed, for those who are behind this, nothing is sacred!” - are given...

The Eurasian Center of the Atlantic Council, the Victor Pinchuk Foundation and the Transatlantic Commission for Fair Elections announced the creation of a Working Group on Ukrainian Elections. This was announced at the Yalta European Strategy conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The working group will include “experts in cybersecurity,” as well as “the fight against disinformation and hybrid methods of warfare in Ukraine,...

British cartoonists ridiculed the recent statement by their authorities about impending cyber attacks by Russian hackers. Political scientist Vladimir Kornilov posted photos of the cartoons on his blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. "British cartoonists mock claims of 'Russian cyber attacks.' One says that the kettle stopped hearing as a result of this attack, and the other says that only slow Internet protects from Russians,”...

The British Foreign Office has officially held the Russian authorities responsible for a massive cyber attack using the NotPetya ransomware virus (aka Petya, aka ExPetr), which infected hundreds of thousands of computers around the world last June. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte “The United Kingdom government comes to the conclusion that responsibility for the devastating NotPetya cyber attack in...

On Monday, November 13, British Prime Minister Theresa May delivered her annual foreign policy address at the Lord Mayor's banquet of the City of London. The Lord Mayor, who took the welcoming speech as the host of a get-together, made a speech in which he tried to outline to the distinguished guest the most pressing topics on which Madame Premier should focus her attention. In particular, the Lord Mayor brought to the attention of the Prime Minister that financial circles...

“Hackers associated with Russia have turned Ukraine into a testing ground for cyber weapons, which the Kremlin is ready to use in the future against much more formidable opponents - the United States and the EU,” claims the Kiev magazine “New Time” in a publication dedicated to the recent cyber attack that paralyzed the servers of a number of government and corporate Ukrainian networks. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte According to the head of the Ukrainian company ISSP...

During a session at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the American presenter again asked Russian President Vladimir Putin about the interference of “Russian hackers” in the US presidential election, citing an independent report. Putin asked if she had read the report. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte “Public public version? That is, none. I read…

A flash mob is taking place around the world to search for and detect ephemeral Russian hackers. Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova told reporters about this today. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte “The trend has been picked up all over the world. The flash mob is gaining more and more participants. Among those noted recently are Norway, Canada, Great Britain, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Estonia.…