Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)
Trump looks for friendlier European welcome in Poland
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is headed back to Europe hoping to receive a friendly welcome in Poland despite lingering skepticism across the continent over his commitment to NATO, his past praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his decision to pull the U.S. out of a major climate agreement. Before moving on to an international...
Ukrainian police seize software company’s servers
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s national cybercrime unit seized servers belonging to a small company at the center of a global outbreak of malicious software after “new activity” was detected there, the service said in a statement early Wednesday. The company has been the focus of intense attention from authorities and...
No ‘specific agenda,’ but Trump, Putin have lots to discuss
Trump, who prefers to have neatly packaged achievements to pair with high-profile meetings, may be looking for some concessions from Russia to show he’s delivering progress and helping restore a productive relationship between the two powers. Ahead of the meeting, White House National Security Council and State Department officials have...
News of the Day From Around the World, July 3
The leader of the militants who laid siege to the southern city of Marawi is believed to be hiding in a mosque there, the Philippines’ defense chief said Monday, days after Isnilon Hapilon was reported to have fled the bombed-out town. The militants aligned with the Islamic State group attacked Marawi on May 23 and are confined in a small...
Ukraine accuses Russia of huge cyberattack
The Ukrainian security agency, known as the SBU, said similarities between the malicious software and previous attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure revealed the work of Russian intelligence services. Russian lawmaker Igor Morozov told the RIA Novosti news agency that the Ukrainian charges were “fiction” and that the attacks were likely the work of...
Ukraine: Russian security services were behind cyberattack
There was no immediate official response from the Russian government, but Russian lawmaker Igor Morozov told the RIA Novosti news agency that the Ukrainian charges were “fiction” and that the attacks were likely the work of the United States. Ukraine was the country hardest hit by the attack that started Tuesday, when computers at...
2 Russian border guards get lost, end up in Ukraine
2 Russian border guards get lost, end up in Ukraine MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s domestic security agency says two border guards got lost and ended up in Ukraine. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Ports recover, but Ukraine still disrupted by cyberattack
PARIS (AP) — Danish shipping giant A.P. Maersk-Moller says cargo terminals and port operations are returning to normal following a strikingly virulent and disruptive outbreak of malicious software. A Ukrainian government employee told The Associated Press she’s still relying on her iPhone because her office’s computers were...
Global cyberattack seems intent on havoc, not extortion
PARIS (AP) — A cyberattack that caused indiscriminate economic damage around the world was apparently designed to create maximum havoc in Russia’s neighbor and adversary Ukraine, security researchers said. Computers were disabled at banks, government agencies, energy companies, supermarkets, railways and telecommunications providers. Firms...
The Latest: Danish firm struggling to get engine parts
A small Danish ship repair company says the malicious software that froze computers around the globe has forced it to re-order engine parts because the track-and-trace parcel system with Dutch-based transport company TNT is down. Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, one of the global companies hardest hit by a malicious software that froze...
