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#1 US, UK Say Russia Targeted Officials in Political Cyber Campaign

Dec 8 2023 // The US and UK have launched a coordinated effort to disrupt a longtime alleged Russian government hacking campaign aimed at what they say is an attempt to undermine democratic processes in both their countries.The UK...

#2 The Secretive World of Russian Oil Tanker Insurance Revealed

Oct 22 2024 // One of the energy market’s open questions since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been who’s insuring the tankers moving Moscow’s petroleum against the risk of a catastrophic oil spill.The answer is...

#3 US Officials Say Russian Hackers Are Launching Potential SolarWinds-Style Operations

Dec 14 2023 // U.S. officials say that Russian hackers are targeting servers hosting outdated versions of software made by the Czech tech company JetBrains for potential SolarWinds-style espionage operations.In a statement released on...

#4 Russia’s LockBit Disrupted But Not Dead, Hacking Experts Warn

Feb 22 2024 // Two arrests. Twenty-eight servers seized. And 1,000 decryption keys obtained that can help hacking victims worldwide get their data back.The takedown announced Tuesday of the Russia-linked hacking gang LockBit, which by...

#5 Multibillion-Euro Court Battle Over Stranded Russian Jets Begins in Dublin

Jun 11 2024 // Some of the world’s largest aircraft lessors faced off against their insurers in a Dublin courtroom on Tuesday at the start of a months-long battle over around 2.5 billion euros ($2.7 billion) of insurance claims...

#6 YouTube Forced to Play a Game of Legal Whack-a-Mole With Russia

Oct 30 2024 // When YouTube blocked three Russian channels it said were controlled by sanctioned supporters of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the US video company thought any disputes would be resolved in courts in...

#7 A Gas Carrier Faking Its Location Helps Russia Avoid Sanctions

Aug 5 2024 // A liquefied natural gas tanker that’s docked at a sanctioned Russian gas facility has no known insurer, is managed by a little-known Indian company and is pretending to be somewhere else.Samir Madani, co-founder of...

#8 Tiny Texas City Repels Russia-Tied Hackers Eyeing Water System

Apr 22 2024 // When Mike Cypert got the call that utilities in remote Texas communities were being hacked, he raced across his office to unplug the computer that ran his city’s water system.Hale Center is a dusty, cotton-growing...

#9 Russian Tactics Make Secret Tanker Oil Switching Harder to Trace

Jul 17 2024 // Two near-identical oil tankers trying to beat western sanctions. A secret transfer of Russian crude halfway between Iran and Oman. A supertanker giving a false location.Welcome to the modern trade in Russian petroleum as...

#10 Russia Reinsurer Backs Domestic Carriers to Get Indian Marine Insurance Permits

Apr 26 2024 // Russia’s state-owned reinsurer has given financial backing to three Russian insurance firms, allowing them to get Indian approval to provide marine insurance cover to tankers, two sources said, as Moscow seeks to...

#11 Russia Suspected of Plotting to Send Incendiary Devices to US

Nov 5 2024 // European and US intelligence officials believe Russia is behind a plan that would ultimately place incendiary devices on planes to North America through air cargo shipments, according to people familiar with the...

#12 Microsoft Warns Russian Hackers Still Trying to Break Into its Systems

Mar 11 2024 // Microsoft said on Friday that hackers linked to Russia’s foreign intelligence were trying again to break into its systems, using data stolen from corporate emails in January to gain new access to the tech giant whose...

#13 Russia’s Oil Is Finally Getting Snarled by Sanctions

Mar 25 2024 // The Russian oil-export machine funding the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine is finally getting some grit in its gears.Indian oil refiners — Moscow’s second-biggest customers after China since the 2022 invasion —...

#14 Russia Oil Fleet Shifts Away From Liberia, Marshall Island Flags as Sanctions Ramp Up

Mar 6 2024 // Dozens of oil tankers used by Russia have stopped sailing under the Liberian and Marshall Islands flags in recent weeks after the United States ramped up sanctions enforcement on ships linked to those registries, according...

#15 Update: Tankers Tied to the Russian Oil Trade Grind to Halt Following US Sanctions

Feb 13 2024 // A chunk of the vast fleet of tankers that Russia uses to deliver its crude oil is grinding to a halt under the weight of US sanctions, a sign that tougher measures by western regulators might be starting to have tangible...

#16 Russian Oil Finds New Site for Controversial Cargo Switching

Jun 4 2024 // Under pressure from Greece’s navy, traders of Russian oil have found a new place to switch cargoes of crude in the Mediterranean sea, a sign of how hard it will be to clamp down on an activity that has alarmed...

#17 Biden Bans US Sales of Kaspersky Software Over Russia Ties

Jun 21 2024 // The Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to bar the sale of antivirus software made by Russia’s Kaspersky Lab in the United States, with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo saying that Russia’s...

#18 Update: Foreign Firms’ Losses From Exiting Russia Top $107 Billion

Mar 28 2024 // The corporate exodus from Russia since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine has cost foreign companies more than $107 billion in writedowns and lost revenue, a Reuters analysis of company filings and statements showed.The volume...

#19 Global Insurers Fight London Court Battle Over Jets Seized in Russia

Oct 2 2024 // Insurers are playing “pass the liability parcel” in a desperate fight against multi-billion dollar claims over aircraft stranded in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine two years ago, lawyers for aviation...

#20 Russia and Iran Are Ramping Up Threats to UK, Spy Chief Warns

Oct 9 2024 // Threats to the UK from Russia and Iran and the danger posed by the Islamic State group have increased in recent months, according to the head of Britain’s domestic spy agency.Ken McCallum, the director-general of...