Politics
Read here: The Mueller report is out
Titled "Report on investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election," the Mueller report has been anticipated for months, and it's finally out. You can download it…
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Companies
MIT suspends research partnerships with China’s Huawei and ZTE
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is suspending its funding and research partnership with Huawei and ZTE amid government investigation, which is still ongoing. MIT is also adding extra…
Internet
DNC suing Trump campaign, Russia and WikiLeaks over 2016 hack
The Democratic National Committee isn't sitting around while Special Counsel Robert Mueller investigates Russia's role in the 2016 election. According to the Washington Post, DNC this morning filed…
Internet
UK and UK are warning that Russia has been hacking routers worldwide
Today, we reported that UK Prime Minister Theresa May has been briefed on a possible incoming Russian-based cyberattack that could heavily compromise the country and release compromising information…
Cybersecurity
UK is reportedly preparing for a Russian-backed cyberattack
Tensions between the UK and Russia continue to rise, both sides are now preparing themselves for cyberattacks. According to The Times, Prime Minister Theresa May has been receiving…
Legal
Telegram is banned from Russia following court ruling
Since 2017, Russian authorities have continually threatened to ban Telegram from the country over the developers' repeated refusal to grant them access to user data. It appears now…
Politics
Russia inches closer to banning Telegram
According to a lawsuit filed today by the Russian government, they want to limit the messaging app Telegram domestically, a move that is escalating the battle between the…
Facebook
Tumblr says 84 Russian accounts were used to spread disinformation
It's not just Twitter, Facebook and Google that have faced heavy criticism on how things were handled during the 2016 election. Tumblr faced accusation from both researchers and…
Security
Telegram has lost appeal over encryption keys in Russia
Telegram and Russia have had a dispute going on for a while now, but it appears that the messaging service has received a blow. Telegram has been wanting…
Apple
Democrats looking to subpeana tech companies over private chats
The House of Representatives' investigation into the Russian meddling in 2016 election may have come to and end, but Democrats eyeing some news targets, if and when they…
Cryptocurrency
Report from DHS and FBI warns Russia is behind cyberattack on US infrastructure
The Department of Homeland Security and FBI have released a report today containing details of Russian efforts to hack into the US government entities and infrastructure sectors. This…
Internet
US issues sanctions against Russians for election meddling and cyberattacks
The US Department of Treasury has issued sanctions against five Russian entities and 19 individuals for their involvement in a number of cyberattacks as well as online efforts…
Cybersecurity
Efforts to combat Russian meddling aren’t going well, says US general
It appears that efforts to combat Russian meddling aren't going very well. Despite Mueller's investigation indicting 13 Russian nationals who ran multiple social accounts on different social media…
Internet
Report: Russians apparently used fake social accounts to gather personal data on Americans
Investigation into Russian involvement in the last presidential election just keeps getting intense, and it appears that Russian interest in American doesn't end with just ads and bots.…
Facebook
Reddit says users unknowingly spread Russian propaganda during US election
We've already seen companies like Facebook and Twitter get cooked pretty good from lawmakers on how their platforms were used to influence the last US presidential election, but…