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Ukraine official says version of WannaCry virus caused cyberattacks
KIEV – An adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister said a version of the “WannaCry” ransomware had caused outages on government websites and those of several companies, a cyberattack he called the worst in Ukraine’s history. Adviser Anton… …read more Source:...
Ukraine security council says signs of Russian involvement in cyberattacks
KIEV – The secretary of Ukraine’s security council said there were signs of Russian involvement in a wave of cyberattacks that hit Ukrainian institutions on Tuesday, including banks and the state power distributor. “Already on first analysis of… …read more Source:...
Chernobyl’s radiation monitoring hit by cyber attack: Spokeswoman
June 28, 2017 12:46 AMKIEV (AFP) – 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 measure levels, officials said on Tuesday (June 27). …read more Source: The Straits...
New cyberattack causes mass disruption in Europe
PARIS – A new and highly virulent outbreak of malicious data-scrambling software appears to be causing mass disruption across Europe on Tuesday (June 27), hitting Ukraine especially hard. Company and government officials reported serious intrusions at the… …read more Source:...
New cyberattack spreads across Europe, hits Rosneft, Maersk
[KIEV] A new cyberattack similar to WannaCry is spreading across Europe, hitting major companies from Rosneft PJSC in Moscow to AP Moller-Maersk in Copenhagen while disrupting government systems in Kiev. …read more Source: The Business...
Large-scale cyber attacks hit firms in Russia, Ukraine and Denmark
June 27, 2017 10:10 PMMOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Russia’s top oil producer Rosneft said a large-scale cyber attack hit its servers on Tuesday (June 27) and computer systems at some banks and the main airport in neighbouring Ukraine were also disrupted. …read more Source: The Straits...
U.S. voices concern about violence against monitors in east Ukraine
WASHINGTON – The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it was “deeply concerned” about a pattern of violence by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine targeting unarmed civilians of a European mission monitoring the conflict in region. … …read more Source:...
Russia cancels US meeting over Ukraine sanctions
June 22, 2017 1:02 AMWASHINGTON (AFP) – Russia has canceled a meeting with senior US diplomats in the wake of Washington’s decision to reinforce sanctions imposed over its interference in Ukraine and occupation of Crimea. …read more Source: The Straits...
France’s Macron says four-way summit on Ukraine crisis to happen before G20
PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron said in remarks published on Wednesday that there would be a “Normandy format” summit with the leaders of Russia, France and Ukraine on the conflict in eastern Ukraine before July’s G20 summit. “Before… …read more Source:...
Germany expects extension of EU sanctions against Russia: senior official
BERLIN – European Union leaders are likely to agree on an extension of sanctions against Russia imposed over Moscow’s support for separatists in eastern Ukraine, a senior German government official said on Wednesday. “I expect there will be an… …read more Source:...
