[ad_1] Russian officials first submitted the measure back in December as a response to US cyber strategy following the 2016 presidential election. The bill drew fierce criticism from civil liberty groups and Russian citizens due to fears it would only increase government censorship. “Free Internet” rallies held in Moscow were some of the biggest the […]
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Facebook awards grants for social media and elections research
[ad_1] While the projects are located all over the world and vary in their approach, they all align with the initiative’s wider goal: to find out how fake news on Facebook impacts voting behavior. One study by the National Chengchi University in Taiwan will look at how link sharing influences Taiwanese elections. Another project from […]
Russian hackers are hijacking computers at US embassies
[ad_1] The attackers don’t seem to be state-backed, though. They’ve also attacked government officials at “several” revenue authorities, and Check Point noted that there have been similar campaigns that targeted Russian speakers. At least one of the culprits, nicknamed EvaPiks, has been linked to a hacking forum where card theft was a subject of discussion. […]
Russia worked hard to recruit social media users to campaign for Trump
[ad_1] According to the report, the IRA had dozens of employees who were responsible for “operating accounts and personas” on all these social media sites. The IRA referred to these employees as “specialists,” and they were in charge of creating pages that pretended to be personal accounts of people in the US and, later, fake […]
The Mueller report is out: Read it here
[ad_1] There are sections on “Russian hacking and dumping operations,” “Trump campaign and the dissemination of hacked materials” and “Russian government links to and contacts with the Trump campaign.” We’re looking into this to see if there’s new info on the use of social media, WikiLeaks and hacking. We already know a fair amount of […]
A Russian drone hunts other drones with a shotgun
[ad_1] The drone was built by the “Student Design Bureau of Aviation Modeling” at the Moscow Aviation Institute for Almaz Antey. It’s of a similar type used by mining companies, farmers and others to survey pipelines and other installations. A visor-wearing operator uses a live video link to fly the drone and aim the weapon, […]
Facebook pulls 2,632 bogus accounts and pages in latest crackdown
[ad_1] Most of them, 1,907, were Russia-linked accounts either posting spam or (to a lesser degree) touching on Ukranian politics, including Russia’s annexation of Crimea. The 512 Iranian accounts, groups and pages frequently rehashed Iranian state media and stoked tensions in the Middle East. The remaining 212 accounts and pages from Macedonia and Kosovo falsely […]
Evidence mounts that Russian hackers are trying to disrupt the EU elections
[ad_1] Both groups have previously been linked to Russia. APT28 was allegedly behind the 2016 Democratic National Convention hack, while Sandworm is believed to be the malicious actor involved in last year’s NotPetya ransomware attacks on mainly Ukrainian facilities. FireEye says that latest efforts of both groups appears to be co-ordinated — although each have […]
US Army email mistake puts hundreds of immigrant recruits at risk
[ad_1] The Army sent out the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI) recruit data “at least” three times between July 2017 and January 2018. Chinese recruits have already used the list to support their asylum claims, warning that they might face retaliation if they’re sent back to their country of origin. Some recruits […]