The Russian military was directly behind a “malicious” cyber-attack on Ukraine last summer that spread across Europe, British ministers have said. The UK government has taken the unusual step of…
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Russia denies Yahoo hack involvement
The Kremlin has denied allegations by US authorities that the FSB intelligence agency was involved in a huge data breach affecting Yahoo. Two FSB officers were accused of conspiring with…
Kremlin-linked hackers believed to be behind Mac spyware Xagent
iPhone backups can be slurped for Mother Russia, say researchers. By John Leyden Kremlin-linked spies have been blamed for cooking up malware called Xagent, which targets victims running macOS to…
Russian hacking aims to destabilise West, Sir Michael Fallon says
Russia is carrying out a sustained campaign of cyber attacks targeting democracy and critical infrastructure in the West, UK Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has warned. Moscow was “weaponising misinformation”…
Why Windows hack is being blamed on Russia-linked group
Microsoft’s Windows chief has accused a notorious group of hackers – previously linked to Russia – of making use of an unpatched flaw in its operating system. By Leo Kelion,…
Ukraine hackers claim huge Kremlin email breach
Two Ukrainians have given details of emails they helped to hack belonging to top Russian officials at the Kremlin. By Tom Burridge, BBC Kiev correspondent Several emails they claim to…