Mar 12 2025
X was hit by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on Monday. Thousands of users were left unable to access the social media platform. A hacker group with alleged Russian ties, known as Dark Storm, has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack. The group’s leader announced the attack in a now-deleted Telegram post. The message boasted about …
Jan 21 2025
A Russian national has been handed a prison sentence for utilizing cryptocurrency to aid the Ukrainian Armed Forces financially. The individual, an employee of a diamond mining company, was found guilty of transferring funds to Ukrainian forces via cryptocurrency. The financial assistance was directed toward a unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), aiding …
Dec 10 2024
Mikhail Anishchanka, Lukashenko’s former personal chef, gained international attention in 2015 when French President François Hollande praised his cooking. Trained in elite Russian kitchens associated with Yevgeny Prigozhin—the late Wagner Group leader and a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Today, he is a culinary celebrity in Belarus. The average salary in the country …
Nov 29 2024
The camp, located near the Belarusian-Ukrainian border in the small town of Naroulia, operated in a former industrial complex during the spring of 2022. Witnesses described overcrowded conditions, insufficient food, and inadequate sanitation. Ukrainian men accused of resisting Russian occupation were reportedly interrogated and mistreated by Russian military personnel. One former detainee recounted beatings and …
Nov 28 2024
Belarusian companies are secretly supplying Russia with advanced Western-made microchips, according to the Belarusian Investigative Center (BIC) This finding was made with the assistance of a group of Belarusian hackers known as CyberPartisans. Among the exported components are the U.S.-made Intel chips found in Russian Su-35S and Su-34 fighter jets, Kalibr cruise missiles, and Korsar …
Nov 28 2024
Microchip firm SMD Baltic publicly condemned the invasion and stated that it would no longer take orders from Russian or Belarussian firms. But the firm reportedly continued to export Western-made chips tousing a secretive network of companies. By the time theand banned the sale of microchips to Russia in late 2022, NEK had devised new …
Nov 28 2024
Belarusian companies are secretly supplying Russia with advanced Western-made microchips, according to the Belarusian Investigative Center (BIC) This finding was made with the assistance of a group of Belarusian hackers known as CyberPartisans. Among the exported components are the U.S.-made Intel chips found in Russian Su-35S and Su-34 fighter jets, Kalibr cruise missiles, and Korsar …
Jul 02 2024
The new package prohibits all future business dealings with Russian LNG projects. Any vessel with Russian. LNG on its manifest will no longer be permitted to dock in an EU port if. the shipment is ultimately destined for a third country. For the first time since Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to invade, …
Apr 04 2024
Russian-Swedish national Roman Sterlingov, 35, operated Bitcoin Fog from 2011 through 2021. During that time, the mixer became the go-to darknet hub for cybercriminals seeking to launder their ill-gotten gains. Sterlingov’s program anonymized the identities of buyers and sellers who ran their cryptocurrency through it. This gave them peace of mind that they could obfuscate …
Jan 26 2024
Evan Gershkovich, 31, worked for various media outlets before relocating to Russia in 2017 to serve as a Russia-accredited journalist. Over the past year, he has been a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, covering topics such as mobilization, sanctions and their impact on the economy and people. He was arrested on March 29, 2023, …