Julian E. Barnes and David E. Sanger report: The National Security Agency publicly accused Russian government hackers of targeting email servers around the world in an unusual announcement on Thursday, showing that the agency is becoming more aggressive in calling out Moscow’s action as the presidential election approaches. While the Trump administration has publicly attributed…
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MA: New York City Man Charged with Hacking, Credit Card Trafficking, and Money Laundering Conspiracies
A New York City man was charged Tuesday with conspiracies to engage in computer hacking, trafficking in stolen payment card numbers, and money laundering. Vitalii Antonenko, 28, was indicted on one count of conspiracy to gain unauthorized access to computer networks and to traffic in unauthorized access devices, and one count of money laundering conspiracy….
U.S. and Allies Blame Russia for Cyberattack on Republic of Georgia
David E. Sanger and Marc Santora report: The United States and its key allies on Thursday accused Russia’s main military intelligence agency of a broad cyberattack against the republic of Georgia in October that took out websites and interrupted television broadcasts, in a coordinated effort to deter Moscow from intervening in the 2020 presidential election…
Russia Unleashes New Weapons In Its ‘Cyber Attack Testing Ground’: Report
Zak Doffman reports: “Ukraine is, by and large, a Russian cyber attack testing ground,” Vitali Kremez tells me. The head of SentinelLabs has just penned a new report into the actions Russian cyber threat group “Gameredon” is taking against Ukraine, and the wider implications of this. “We assess with high confidence,” Kremez says, “that the Russian targeting…
NSDC Acknowledges Data Leak in Ukrainian Government Job Portal
CISO Mag reports: Reuters from Kiev reported that the government job portal https://career.gov.ua/ published PII (Personally Identifiable Information) of Ukrainian Nationals, which included passport scans, and diploma and graduation certificates among other documents. These documents were submitted by citizens who registered on the portal for job searches in the government sector. However, the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC)…
Ukrainian hacker sought by US arrested
AP reports that Mykhailo Rytikov, an alleged hacker wanted by the U.S. for years and who was indicted in absentia in 2013, has been arrested in Odessa. The operation was a coordinated effort by Ukraine, Britain, and the U.S. Bakanov said the operation found a data center with about 150 servers and that study of…