Section: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (USA)
Some companies hit by cyberattack edge closer to recovery
KIEV, Ukraine — Two of the companies hardest hit by last week’s cyberattack say they were edging closer to recovery as Ukraine continued to sort through the aftermath of the dramatic outbreak. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Ransomware was a ‘ruse’ to hide cyberattack culprit, researchers say
The cyberattack that crippled computer systems in Ukraine and other countries this week employed a ruse — the appearance of being ransomware — that seems designed to deflect attention from the attacker’s true identity, security researchers said. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Europe dismantles Ukraine’s ‘paper curtain’
MOSCOW — Petro Poroshenko, the Ukrainian president, called it the collapse of the “paper curtain.” …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Hackers strike across Europe, sparking widespread disruption
PARIS — Hackers have caused widespread disruption across Europe, hitting Ukraine especially hard. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Foreign policy roundup: U.S. expands Russia sanctions as Donald Trump meets Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration ratcheted up pressure on Russia on Tuesday, unveiling sanctions on more than three dozen additional individuals and organizations that have participated in the country’s incursion in Ukraine. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Sinister text messages reveal high-tech front in Ukraine war
KIEV, Ukraine — Television journalist Julia Kirienko was sheltering with Ukrainian soldiers and medics two miles from the front when their cell phones began buzzing over the noise of the shelling. Everyone got the same text message at the same time. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Former Trump campaign chairman set to register as foreign agent
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will register with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for lobbying work he did on behalf of political interests in Ukraine, led at the time by a pro-Russian political party, his spokesman said Wednesday. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Manafort firm received Ukraine ledger payout
WASHINGTON — Last August, a handwritten ledger surfaced in Ukraine with dollar amounts and dates next to the name of Paul Manafort, who was then Donald Trump’s campaign chairman. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Ukrainian officials: Russian agent gunned down former lawmaker
The assassin who gunned down a prominent Russian opposition figure Thursday in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev was identified by Ukrainian officials Friday as a 28-year-old Russian agent. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Ukraine: Russian agent killed Kremlin critic Voronenkov
MOSCOW — A Ukrainian official said Friday that the killer of renegade Russian lawmaker Denis Voronenkov, who was gunned down in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, was a Russian agent, a claim quickly rejected by the Kremlin. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
