Forwarded from The Washington Post
Russian state media outlet runs intelligence operations, U.S. says
Russian state media company RT, formerly known as Russia Today, was now being deployed by the Kremlin to conduct cyber intelligence and covert influence operations targeting countries in Europe, Africa and North and South America. It was also being used to procure weapons for Russia’s war against Ukraine, expanding RT’s remit far beyond that of a media outlet, officials said.
The U.S. warned Friday that the exposure of a covert Russian disinformation operation to influence public opinion in the United States represents only a small fraction of Moscow’s efforts to undermine democracies globally through its state propaganda arm RT.
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Russian state media company RT, formerly known as Russia Today, was now being deployed by the Kremlin to conduct cyber intelligence and covert influence operations targeting countries in Europe, Africa and North and South America. It was also being used to procure weapons for Russia’s war against Ukraine, expanding RT’s remit far beyond that of a media outlet, officials said.
The U.S. warned Friday that the exposure of a covert Russian disinformation operation to influence public opinion in the United States represents only a small fraction of Moscow’s efforts to undermine democracies globally through its state propaganda arm RT.
Read the full story here.
Forwarded from The Hacker News
Authorities arrested 4 linked to LockBit ransomware, including a suspected developer in France. Aleksandr Ryzhenkov, a high-ranking Evil Corp member and LockBit affiliate, was outed.
Read: https://thehackernews.com/2024/10/lockbit-ransomware-and-evil-corp.html
Operation also exposed Kremlin ties to cybercrime groups.
Read: https://thehackernews.com/2024/10/lockbit-ransomware-and-evil-corp.html
Operation also exposed Kremlin ties to cybercrime groups.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/30/europe/russian-disinformation-harris-walz-us-election-intl/index.html
CNN
Russian disinformation network with ties to notorious ‘troll factory’ is taking aim at the US election, analysis finds | CNN
An investigation by researchers at Clemson University with CNN has found that a spinoff of the Russian “troll factory” that targeted the 2016 US presidential race now appears to be at the heart of a disinformation campaign trying to sway American audiences.
Forwarded from Как жить и кто убил Кеннеди
Трамп показал жестами на ралли в Висконсине, чем для него закончатся эти выборы.
https://youtu.be/1AebaA1AF9w?si=lMJmLlsEG6fJrHoo
https://youtu.be/1AebaA1AF9w?si=lMJmLlsEG6fJrHoo
YouTube
Trump Does the UNTHINKABLE at his FINAL SPEECH
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s most deranged speech yet in Wisconsin.
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Up to $41 billion in World Bank climate finance unaccounted for, Oxfam finds
Up to $41 billion in World Bank climate finance —nearly 40 percent of all climate funds disbursed by the Bank over the past seven years— is unaccounted for due to poor record-keeping practices, reveals a new Oxfam report published today ahead of the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings in Washington D.C.
https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/41-billion-world-bank-climate-finance-unaccounted-oxfam-finds
Up to $41 billion in World Bank climate finance —nearly 40 percent of all climate funds disbursed by the Bank over the past seven years— is unaccounted for due to poor record-keeping practices, reveals a new Oxfam report published today ahead of the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings in Washington D.C.
https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/41-billion-world-bank-climate-finance-unaccounted-oxfam-finds
Forwarded from The Hacker News
⚠️ A Russia-linked group, UAC-0185, is ramping up phishing attacks targeting Ukraine's defense forces. These attacks use malware delivered through malicious links, leveraging PowerShell scripts and HTML applications to install remote control tools like MeshAgent, giving attackers full access to compromised systems.
Full details: https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/cert-ua-warns-of-phishing-attacks.html
Full details: https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/cert-ua-warns-of-phishing-attacks.html
Forwarded from КАШИН
Внезапно Кара Мурза: “If people want to talk about collective responsibility in Russia, let’s not forget about the collective responsibility of Western leaders who were aiding and abetting and enabling and appeasing Putin throughout his first many years in power.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/world/europe/vladimir-kara-murza-interview-critic-putin.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/world/europe/vladimir-kara-murza-interview-critic-putin.html
NY Times
Released From a Russian Prison, This Activist Got Right to Work
Vladimir Kara-Murza, a vehement critic of President Vladimir V. Putin, didn’t want to be part of a prisoner exchange. But he says more exchanges are needed.