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Microsoft Tells Clients Russian Hackers Viewed Emails: Report
Microsoft Corp is informing some of its customers that a Russian state-sponsored hacking group breached its internal systems and accessed their emails, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing a company spokesperson.
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British Flights Face "Extremely Dangerous Russian Jamming": Report
Jamming interrupts the satellite signals, including GPS, from reaching the aircraft and tricks the pilots into thinking they are somewhere they are not.
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Microsoft Says Russian Hacking Group Trying To Breach Its Systems Again
Microsoft said on Friday that a Russian state-sponsored hacking group named Midnight Blizzard was trying to breach its systems again, by using information it stole from the tech giant's corporate emails in January.
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Microsoft Says Russian Hackers Stole Senior Executives' Emails
Microsoft said on Friday that a Russian state-sponsored group hacked into its corporate systems on Jan. 12 and stole some emails and documents from its staffs' accounts.
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UK's Sellafield Nuclear Plant Allegedly Hacked By China And Russia, Government Says...
Britain denied the claims and said it has no records or evidence to suggest that networks at the Sellafield nuclear site were the victim of a cyber attack.
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Royal Family Website Faces Cyber Attack By Russian Hackers: Report
Russian hacker group Killnet has claimed responsibility for the cyber attack.
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Russian Radio Stations Hacked, Played Fake Putin Message: Kremlin
Several Russian radio stations were hacked and played a fake President Vladimir Putin speech announcing an invasion from Kyiv's troops and emergency measures in three regions bordering Ukraine, the Kremlin said Monday.
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Russian Hackers Preparing to Launch New Wave of Cyberattacks Against Ukraine: Microsoft Report
Microsoft on Wednesday warned that Russian hackers could be preparing a renewed wave of cyberattacks against Ukraine, including a "ransomware-style" threat that could target the organisations associated with the country's supply lines. The Redmond company said it discovered that Sandworm, a sophisticated Russian hacking team, was testing “additio...
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Data of 6 Lakh Indians Stolen, Sold on Bot Markets So Far; Around 50 Lakh Users Affected Globally, Study Shows
Around 6 lakh people in India had their data stolen and sold on bot networks, according to a study by NordVPN. The service found that 50 lakh users were affected globally, making India the worst country affected. Meanwhile, the study found stolen logins including those from Google, Microsoft and Facebook accounts on three major bot markets.
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Russian Hacker Group Killnet's Distributed Denial of Service Cyberattack Thwarted by US Treasury
The US Treasury in October thwarted a cyberattack perpetrated by Killnet, a pro-Russian hacking group. The incident occurred a couple of days before similar attacks from Killnet on U.S. financial services firms. Meanwhile, the IP addresses used for the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack were quickly shared with financial services firms, in...
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Russian "Hacker" Who Manipulated Joint Entrance Exam Last Year Gets Bail
A special court has granted bail to Russian national Mikhail Shargen, who was arrested by the CBI for allegedly hacking the JEE examination software which had benefitted over 800 aspirants, officials said Wednesday.
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Ransomware Incidents in 2021 Mostly Tied to Russian Hackers, US FinCEN Report Says
Ransomware incidents in the US in 2021 were mostly tied to Russian hackers, according to a report by the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The report states that out of 793 ransomware incidents reported to FinCEN in the second half of 2021, 75 percent "had a nexus to Russia, its proxies, or persons acting on its behalf.
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Liz Truss's Phone Was Hacked By Vladimir Putin's Agents: Report
Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss's personal phone was hacked by suspected agents working for Russian President Vladimir Putin when she was foreign minister, the Daily Mail reported on Saturday.
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Major US Airport Websites Disrupted By Suspected Russian Cyberattacks
The websites for a number of major US airports were briefly taken offline Monday after a cyberattack promoted by a pro-Russian hacking group.
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For JEE Mains, A Russian Allegedly Hacked Software For Cheating: 10 Facts
The national entrance exam, JEE Mains, which determines the fates of lakhs of students was compromised last year, the CBI said today, as it interrogated a Russian man who was allegedly at the centre of the scam.
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Microsoft Tells Clients Russian Hackers Viewed Emails: Report
Microsoft Corp is informing some of its customers that a Russian state-sponsored hacking group breached its internal systems and accessed their emails, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing a company spokesperson.
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British Flights Face "Extremely Dangerous Russian Jamming": Report
Jamming interrupts the satellite signals, including GPS, from reaching the aircraft and tricks the pilots into thinking they are somewhere they are not.
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Microsoft Says Russian Hacking Group Trying To Breach Its Systems Again
Microsoft said on Friday that a Russian state-sponsored hacking group named Midnight Blizzard was trying to breach its systems again, by using information it stole from the tech giant's corporate emails in January.
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Microsoft Says Russian Hackers Stole Senior Executives' Emails
Microsoft said on Friday that a Russian state-sponsored group hacked into its corporate systems on Jan. 12 and stole some emails and documents from its staffs' accounts.
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UK's Sellafield Nuclear Plant Allegedly Hacked By China And Russia, Government Says...
Britain denied the claims and said it has no records or evidence to suggest that networks at the Sellafield nuclear site were the victim of a cyber attack.
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Royal Family Website Faces Cyber Attack By Russian Hackers: Report
Russian hacker group Killnet has claimed responsibility for the cyber attack.
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Russian Radio Stations Hacked, Played Fake Putin Message: Kremlin
Several Russian radio stations were hacked and played a fake President Vladimir Putin speech announcing an invasion from Kyiv's troops and emergency measures in three regions bordering Ukraine, the Kremlin said Monday.
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Russian Hackers Preparing to Launch New Wave of Cyberattacks Against Ukraine: Microsoft Report
Microsoft on Wednesday warned that Russian hackers could be preparing a renewed wave of cyberattacks against Ukraine, including a "ransomware-style" threat that could target the organisations associated with the country's supply lines. The Redmond company said it discovered that Sandworm, a sophisticated Russian hacking team, was testing “additio...
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Data of 6 Lakh Indians Stolen, Sold on Bot Markets So Far; Around 50 Lakh Users Affected Globally, Study Shows
Around 6 lakh people in India had their data stolen and sold on bot networks, according to a study by NordVPN. The service found that 50 lakh users were affected globally, making India the worst country affected. Meanwhile, the study found stolen logins including those from Google, Microsoft and Facebook accounts on three major bot markets.
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Russian Hacker Group Killnet's Distributed Denial of Service Cyberattack Thwarted by US Treasury
The US Treasury in October thwarted a cyberattack perpetrated by Killnet, a pro-Russian hacking group. The incident occurred a couple of days before similar attacks from Killnet on U.S. financial services firms. Meanwhile, the IP addresses used for the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack were quickly shared with financial services firms, in...
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Russian "Hacker" Who Manipulated Joint Entrance Exam Last Year Gets Bail
A special court has granted bail to Russian national Mikhail Shargen, who was arrested by the CBI for allegedly hacking the JEE examination software which had benefitted over 800 aspirants, officials said Wednesday.
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Ransomware Incidents in 2021 Mostly Tied to Russian Hackers, US FinCEN Report Says
Ransomware incidents in the US in 2021 were mostly tied to Russian hackers, according to a report by the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The report states that out of 793 ransomware incidents reported to FinCEN in the second half of 2021, 75 percent "had a nexus to Russia, its proxies, or persons acting on its behalf.
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Liz Truss's Phone Was Hacked By Vladimir Putin's Agents: Report
Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss's personal phone was hacked by suspected agents working for Russian President Vladimir Putin when she was foreign minister, the Daily Mail reported on Saturday.
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Major US Airport Websites Disrupted By Suspected Russian Cyberattacks
The websites for a number of major US airports were briefly taken offline Monday after a cyberattack promoted by a pro-Russian hacking group.
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For JEE Mains, A Russian Allegedly Hacked Software For Cheating: 10 Facts
The national entrance exam, JEE Mains, which determines the fates of lakhs of students was compromised last year, the CBI said today, as it interrogated a Russian man who was allegedly at the centre of the scam.
