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New wave of cyberattacks spreads across globe
Customers queue in a supermarket in Kharkiv, Ukraine in this picture obtained from social media. — Reuters photo Second global outbreak in less than two months, virus similar in its demands to WannaCry ransomware KIEV: A wave of cyberattacks hit Russia and Ukraine before spreading to western Europe and North America on Tuesday, in the second...
Firms scramble to recover from wave of cyberattacks
The six ways hackers can control your PC. AFP KIEV: Thousands of computer users across the globe scrambled on Wednesday to reboot after a wave of ransomware cyberattacks spread from Ukraine and Russia across Europe to the United States. The virus, which locked up files at companies and government agencies including the Chernobyl nuclear site and...
Chernobyl’s radiation monitoring hit by cyberattack: spokeswoman
This photo taken on April 22, 2016 shows the 4th block of Chernobyl’s Nuclear Power Plant (R) and Chernobyl’s New Safe Confinement (L). AFP file photo KIEV: The radiation monitoring system at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear site has been taken offline after a massive cyberattack, forcing employees to use hand-held counters to...
New wave of cyberattacks spreads from Russia across globe
Some IT specialists identified the newcomer as “Petrwrap”, a modified version of ransomware called Petya which circulated last year. AFP file photo KIEV: A wave of cyberattacks hit Russia and Ukraine before spreading to western Europe and North America on Tuesday, in the second global outbreak of so-called ransomware in less than two months....
CNN journalists resign after Trump-Russia article pulled
US President Donald Trump seized on the CNN retraction to renew his attacks on the cable network as a purveyor of “fake news” -AFP photo NEW YORK: Three CNN journalists have resigned following the retraction of an article that claimed the US Congress was investigating links between members of Donald Trump’s administration and a Russian...
Accord reached for MH17 relatives to watch victims’ final hours
Relatives of those killed aboard flight MH17, downed over Ukraine in 2014, may view images of passengers boarding the doomed plane, investigators and a victims’ foundation have agreed. AFP photo THE HAGUE: Relatives of those killed when flight MH17 was downed over Ukraine in mid-2014 were given the green light Thursday to view final images...
Putin urges end to ‘harmful chatter’ over Russian meddling
Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg on June 2, 2017. AFP Photo Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday called for an end to allegations that Moscow meddled in the US election, as he tried to highlight a fragile economic recovery. The...
Putin promises economic reform, but does little
SAINT PETERSBURG: From President Vladimir Putin down, Russian officials have long agreed the country’s economy needs to reform or risk prolonged stagnation as it edges out of the longest recession in 20 years. But nine months ahead of a presidential election he looks set to contest and win, it remains to be seen if Putin will ever make good...
World ignores plight of Africans fleeing conflict: NGO
The strife-torn Central African Republic (CAR) topped the Norwegian Refugee Council’s 2016 list of the 10 most neglected countries suffering displacement crises. AFP photo OSLO: The world is turning a blind eye to millions of Africans who have fled their homes due to conflict, a Norwegian charity group said Thursday, warning the victims are...
Putin a bigger threat than Islamic State: McCain
Russian President Vladimir Putin is a bigger threat to world security than the so-called Islamic State group, according to veteran US Senator John McCain who also admits Donald Trump makes him “nervous”. AFP photo SYDNEY: Russian President Vladimir Putin is a bigger threat to world security than the so-called Islamic State group, according to...
