Russian officials reported that a local government’s website was hacked in late May by an individual looking to hijack the computer power of the site’s visitors, CryptoBlockWire reported.
According to local media, the hackers managed to operate on the government website unnoticed for 10 days. The hack was noticed after...
The head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency BfV has said that Russia was probably behind a widespread cyber attack on German energy providers disclosed last week
Hans-Georg Maassen told the RND newspaper group there were several reasons to believe Russia was involved, including the way the cyber attack was executed.
“The...
The United States Department of State has announced it imposed sanctions on two Israeli companies that the authorities claim cooperated in a Russian cyber attack against American authorities, Haaretz reported.
The companies, Embedi and ERPScan were founded by Elia Medvedovski who serves as the general manager of both companies which...
The Russian New Mining Company, a well-known business offering industrial scale crypto mining solutions and opportunities, is working on a serious investment and the installing of thousands of mining units in a new farm, BEG reported.
Local companies are also participating in the project worth a billion Norwegian kroner (around...
Researchers at the Scientific and Industrial Corporation "Precision Instrument Systems" (NPK SPP), a group within the Russian space agency Roscosmos, announced the creation of a laser cannon that will shoot down space debris that is currently orbiting the Earth, Vesti.ru reported.
"The scientists intend to use the massive soon-to-be-built telescope at...
Russia’s Gazprom Neft, gas giant Gazprom’s oil arm agreed on expanding cooperation in new technological projects in on-shore oil production with U.S. tech major IBM, Naftegaz.ru reports.
The deal was reportedly agreed at the recently held St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. One of the possible directions is joint work on...
Russia’s advanced technology fund is creating a reusable space rocket in an effort to maintain up with the likes of Elon Musk and his SpaceX program, RIA news agency reported.
The head of the project group of the Foundation for Advanced Studies (FPI) Boris Satovsky told the news agency the first tests of...
As Russia prepares to issue hard-and-fast regulations on cryptocurrency, ICOs and more, a new research by the Bank of Russia said that the “risks” associated with them would only increase should the industry greatly expand, CoinGeek reported.
“Regardless of their high volatility, at present crypto assets do not constitute a...
A company in Russia says it can help restaurants keen to attract World Cup fans to boost their ratings on Tripadvisor by paying for fake reviews, Reuters reported.
For 35,000 rubles ($570), the Bacon Agency says it can get around the travel website’s algorithm that detects fraudulent posts and put up...
A committee in the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of Parliament, is expected to approve an initiative on Wednesday to legally regulate basic digital economy norms, Izvestya reports.
The bill’s authors believe that will help regulate and develop the new field of economic relations, an online sphere, where tokens and cryptocurrencies...
