How Putin's trolls killed Star Wars
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Wednesday, 03 October 2018 10:06

How Putin's trolls killed Star Wars

 

All your views are manipulated

Russian Tsar Putin ordered his online trolls to kill off Star Wars the Last Jedi by manipulating online opinion.

Republican senators fight to keep hackers in the US elections
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Putin is helping us to win why should we stop him?

The Republican-controlled Senate has defeated a push by Democrats to set aside an additional $250 million for states to upgrade their voting systems to protect against hacking and other cyberattacks.

Russians ready to hack your car
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Thursday, 14 June 2018 12:11

Russians ready to hack your car


They've got a blinking swerve

A top brass from the UK's army has warned that Vladimir Putin's cybertroops may well target British traffic lights and Belisha beacons and other vulnerable points as the move to IP based systems builds up a head of steam. 

Google to purge Putin's propaganda
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Tuesday, 21 November 2017 10:22

Google to purge Putin's propaganda


Ending the Kremlin's reign over Google News

Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Alphabet, says the company will purge Russian propaganda from Google News after facing criticism that Kremlin-owned media sites were given royal treatment on the search giant’s news and advertising platforms.

Russian press admits Putin’s trolls targeted activists
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Russian troll factory paid US activists to help fund protests

A respected Russian media outlet has concluded that Russian trolls posing as Americans made payments to genuine activists in the US to help fund protest movements on socially divisive issues.

Russian spammer fears death if he is extradited
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The US military will torture him for Putin's secrets

Russian hacker and alleged spam kingpin Peter Levashov, who was arrested in Spain on a US warrant, said that if he is extradited to the US he will be tortured and dead in a year.

Congress wants to stop Trump giving Putin cyber intelligence
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Apparently some people think it might be risky


President Donald (Prince of Orange) Trump thinks it is rather a good idea to hand over cyber intelligence to the Russians before they have to go through the dangerous practice of hacking any computers.

Trump u-turns on Russian cyber deal
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Monday, 10 July 2017 11:48

Trump u-turns on Russian cyber deal


Tweet not so sweet

The czar of the United States was forced to re-track on a proposal he made to Russian czar Vladimir Putin to cooperate on cyber security.

Western tech surrenders to Putin
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Friday, 23 June 2017 11:50

Western tech surrenders to Putin


We would love to let you look at our secrets

Western technology companies, including Cisco, IBM and SAP, are acceding to demands by Moscow for access to closely guarded product security secrets.

Russian hackers focused on 21 electorates
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Thursday, 22 June 2017 13:07

Russian hackers focused on 21 electorates


But failed to do much good 

Homeland Security says that it has found evidence that Russian hackers targeted 21 US state election systems in the 2016 presidential race –  a small number were breached but there was no evidence any votes were manipulated.