Russia may get a dedicated cellular network servicing only civil servants and law enforcement agencies, Vedomosti reports, quoting a national plan framework for developing the digital economy. The proposal to create a separate network for state agencies has been included in the passport of the ‘Digital Economy’ program recently approved by the government, Vedomosti daily […]
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‘Secret directive’ bans UN agencies from helping rebuild Syria until ‘political transition’ – Lavrov
Washington’s “absolutely deconstructive” stance is hampering the rebuilding of Syria and constricts the UN in aiding the country until a so called ‘political transition’ takes place, Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s Foreign Minister, said. Washington’s “absolutely deconstructive” stance is hampering the rebuilding of Syria and constricts the UN in aiding the country until a so called ‘political […]
Organ donor agencies want federal government to collect donor information nationally
Canada’s largest organ donor agencies are urging the federal government to take action to promote and manage organ donor registration at the national level.
Tech firms allowed Russia to probe their software, and now many US government agencies could be compromised
Kirill Kudryavtsev/Pool Photo via AP Major global technology providers allowed Russian authorities to probe their software, which is deeply embeded across the US government. The practice may have jeopardized the security of at least a dozen federal agencies. The potential risks to the US government from Russian involvement in the systems is widespread, the Reuters […]
Malvertising factory with 28 fake agencies delivered 1 billion ads in 2017
Enlarge / A tech support scam pushed by Zirconium displays the authenticated URL of Microsoft, making it easy for some people to trust. (credit: Confiant) Last year brought a surge of sketchy online ads to the Internet that tried to trick viewers into installing malicious software. Even credit reporting service Equifax was caught redirecting its […]
Putin: Foreign intelligence agencies trying to meddle in Russia’s internal affairs
Published time: 20 Dec, 2017 15:21 Edited time: 20 Dec, 2017 15:36 Vladimir Putin has urged Russia’s security services to “erect a safe barrier” against foreign interference in the country’s society and politics, ahead of the presidential election next year. Read more “There is a great responsibility on the intelligence services to erect a safe […]
Google will downrank Russian state news agencies
The extent to which fake news is propagating the internet has become increasingly clear in recent months. In October Facebook revealed some 3,000 politically-charged adverts had been placed in crucial swing states in the US, while Freedom House this month demonstrated that governments in no less than 30 countries are creating content to distort the […]
London to lose 1,000 jobs as EU members bid for agencies post-Brexit
Published time: 21 Nov, 2017 01:07 London has lost two European agencies to Paris and Amsterdam after the EU’s major cities battled it out to host the facilities following Britain’s departure from the political union. The vote to decide the fate of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Banking Authority (EBA) took place […]
Amazon launches ‘Secret Region’ cloud service for US intel agencies
Published time: 20 Nov, 2017 23:33 Edited time: 21 Nov, 2017 00:05 Amazon announced it has launched a “Secret Region” on its cloud computing service for use by US intelligence and other government agencies. The provider is now able to store government information classified as “Top Secret.” “AWS now provides the U.S. Intelligence Community a […]
Trump believed Putin ‘means it when he says no’ to meddling claims, now sides with US intel agencies
This weekend, Vladimir Putin assured Donald Trump that Russia did not meddle in the 2016 US election, after which Trump said he believes Putin “means it.” Hours later, however, Trump said he stands by the US Intelligence Community’s position on the matter. Just one day after the APEC international summit in Da Nang, Vietnam, where […]