In Russia, telecom giant Megafon has been affected. “The very virus that is spreading worldwide and demanding $ 300 to be dealt with has been found on a large number of our computers in the second half of the day today,” Megafon’s spokesperson Pyotr Lidov told RT. The internal network had been affected, he said, […]
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The Kremlin denies involvement after Yahoo cyberattack charges
Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP Moscow (AFP) – The Kremlin on Thursday denied any official Russian involvement in cybercrimes after the US indicted two FSB intelligence agents over cyberattacks on Yahoo that compromised 500 million accounts. “As we have said repeatedly, there can be absolutely no question of any official involvement by any […]
Not Russian hackers: Brit arrested for cyberattack on Germany blamed on Moscow
A UK national has been detained in London on suspicion of carrying out a cyber-attack last year that left 1 million Deutsche Telekom customers without service. At the time, German Chancellor Angela Merkel hinted that Russia might be behind the attack. The 29-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday at Luton airport in southern England by […]