Following the introduction of new sanctions by the United States and the decision to expel 35 Russian diplomats from the country, the latter faced difficulties in purchasing tickets to Russia. Interfax reported this, citing its source. “There are no tickets, they were all sold out before the New Year, but people were given...
Arkady Bukh, a well-known Russian-speaking lawyer in the United States, the lawyer of Tsarnaev's friend, hires hackers from Russia and the CIS countries to protect large American companies. Many of his team members are just out of prison, and some are working while in prison. Lenta.ru found out why businessmen ...
Yahoo has reported a powerful attack by cyber criminals. Attackers hacked about a billion accounts belonging to clients. Experts call the hack the largest in recent memory. "Yahoo has won the gold medal for the worst hack in history," says Hemu Nigam, CEO of consulting firm SSP Blue, which...
President Barack Obama has ordered a full investigation into possible hacking during the US election. Obama said he wanted to receive the report before leaving the White House on January 20, 2017, USA Today writes. “We must take stock. We have to…
Gigabytes of letters from the chief aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin have leaked onto the Internet and show his direct political and financial ties with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, USA Today writes. Putin, in turn, denies any connection with the separatists in the military and ...
Most residents of the eastern part of the United States experienced interruptions in their Internet service after hackers attacked their Internet hosting service. Dyn Inc., a network services company, reported that they were hit by a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack. "Some users may experience lag...
The Barack Obama administration for the first time officially accused Russia of hacking and email hacking. As stated in the US Intelligence Community, the purpose of the planned attacks was to disrupt the electoral process in the United States. “We are confident that all recent cases of attacks on government organizations and...
The owner of one of the companies in Biysk, Altai Territory of the Russian Federation, leased servers to unknown persons, from which hackers subsequently launched attacks on computers in the United States, a source in law enforcement agencies in the region told Interfax. “Biysk resident Vladimir Fomenko owns a...
In 2014, the Internet portal Yahoo became a victim of hackers who stole data from about half a billion users. In a statement, the company added that it believed a government in the world was behind the attack. As acknowledged in Yahoo, among the stolen information were personal data of users, ...
The World Anti-Doping Agency has confirmed the authenticity of another batch of documents posted online by the hacker group Fancy Bears. WADA again accused Russian hackers of hacking. As stated in a message on the WADA website, “Russian hackers published confidential data of 25 athletes from 8 countries...