Sentences with phrase «russian cyberattacks»

The alert elaborates on «Russian government actions targeting U.S. Government entities as well as organizations in the energy, nuclear, commercial facilities, water, aviation, and critical manufacturing sectors» — a goal consistent with suspected Russian cyberattacks like last year's NotPetya malware which focused on industrial targets and past hacks of energy systems in Ukraine.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand teamed up with a leading Republican colleague, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, to propose an independent commission to investigate how Russian cyberattacks affected the 2016 election and how such meddling can be prevented in the future.

Britain and the United States on Monday issued warnings about possible Russian cyberattacks.

LONDON — The United States and Britain on Monday issued a first - of - its - kind joint warning about Russian cyberattacks against government and private organizations as well as individual homes and offices in both countries, a milestone in the escalating use of cyberweaponry between major powers.

A specialist EU team that detects and counters Russian cyberattacks, the East Stratcom Task Force, has reported an increase in campaigns aimed at aggravating the crisis, in what is a clear echo of the charges made against Russia in the U.S. election campaign last year, and the French and German election campaigns this year.

Both U.S. and U.K. intelligence agencies issued warnings on Monday of Russian cyberattacks that could target government offices, small businesses, and individuals, according to The New York Times.

But NotPetya has many more potential tools to help it spread and infect computers, and while Petya is a standard piece of ransomware that aims to make few quick Bitcoin from victims, NotPetya is widely viewed as a state - sponsored Russian cyberattack masquerading as ransomware.

A Russian cyberattack that targeted Democratic politicians was bigger than it first appeared and breached the private email accounts of more than 100 party officials and groups, officials with knowledge of the case said.

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For Karpelès, Vinnik's arrest reinforced a long - held theory: that Russian Bitcoin exchange administrators were behind a series of denial - of - service and other cyberattacks that hit Mt. Gox in 2011.

Obama's executive order comes over two months after the US intelligence community first accused the Russian government of orchestrating a series of cyberattacks on US citizens and political organizations, stating that «only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these activities.»

Also: Russian military spies were behind the cyberattack that hit the Olympics» opening ceremony, The Washington Post reports, quoting unnamed U.S. officials.

The governor has also proposed a package of reforms to help county boards of elections better protect against cyberattacks, and to more closely regulate political ads on social media, in the wake of reports of Russian infiltration of Facebook and Twitter during the 2016 elections.

A day after a 14 - acre North Shore estate owned by the Russian government was emptied of its occupants in retaliation for that country's alleged cyberattacks, a Long Island operator of catering and banquet halls said that he wants to buy the property.

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In a separate alert, Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI warned of Russian government - backed cyberattacks targeting the energy grid and other critical national infrastructure.