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Ukraine asks Apple to stop product sales and block App Store access in Russia
Ukraine's Vice Prime Minister wrote a letter to Tim Cook asking for Apple's support.
Twitter is pausing ads and recommendations in Ukraine and Russia
Twitter has temporarily paused ads in Ukraine and Russia, one of several steps the company is taking to highlight safety information.
Mobile World Congress will ban some Russian companies from 2022 show
Mobile World Congress organizers are banning some Russian companies from exhibiting following the country's invasion of Ukraine.
Russia partially restricts access to Facebook over censorship claims
Meta reportedly limited official accounts of Kremlin-backed media outlets.
Facebook turns on ‘lock profile’ tool for people in Ukraine
Facebook’s security team is taking new steps to protect the accounts of users in Ukraine with a new "lock profile" feature for people in the country.
Twitter restores suspended accounts that tracked Russian military activity
Twitter Safety has also posted tips in Ukrainian on how to keep accounts secure.
US and Britain blame Russia for cyberattacks on Ukraine's websites
The White House is blaming Russia's GRU intelligence agency.
Ukraine faces more cyberattacks amid Russian invasion fears
Ukraine has faced cyberattacks against defense ministry and bank websites as fears of an imminent Russian invasion mount.
Ukraine blames Russia for cyberattack against government websites
Ukraine has pinned a major cyberattack on Russia, and the malware involved is built to do serious damage.
Cyberattack hits Ukraine government websites amid tensions with Russia
Officials say early indications suggest Russia was behind the cyberattack.
DOJ charges alleged Kaseya ransomware hacker tied to REvil group
Officials also seized $6 million from another alleged member of the collective.
Cryptofarm with thousands of PS4 Pros raided in Ukraine
The Security Service of Ukraine has discovered and raided a cryptocurrency mining farm that allegedly stole electricity from the country's power grid.
'S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2' gameplay teaser previews the game's 2021 launch
'S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2' is set to ship in 2021, more than ten years after it was announced, and this is our first in-engine look at the PC and Xbox game
Ukraine catches hacker who tried to sell 773 million stolen email addresses
Ukrainian officials detained the hacker, known as Sanix, who tried to sell a database with 773 million email addresses and 21 million unique passwords.
Facebook's political ad transparency tools roll out worldwide
Facebook's efforts to improve transparency in political ads are now a truly global affair. The social site has made its transparency tools available to advertisers worldwide, letting them post political and issue ads so long as they're authorized. The disclosure policies remain the same -- if someone else paid for an ad, you should see a "paid for by" disclaimer. The ads themselves will sit in an Ad Library archive for seven years alongside data like the view count and demographics.
Facebook expands election integrity efforts ahead of EU vote
European Parliament elections are set to take place in May, which of course means there are bad actors who will try to use nefarious means to disrupt the process. Facebook is trying to clamp down on interference on its platforms, with measures including new rules for electoral ads and those related to key election issues. Advertisers need to confirm their identities before they can post ads, while Facebook plans to increase transparency around such ads (an effort with which it has faced some difficulties).
Facebook will expand its political ad rules to Nigeria, Ukraine and EU
Facebook will be introducing some of its political advertising policies in additional regions in the coming months, Reuters reports. In Nigeria, where a presidential election is set to take place in February, Facebook will now require those purchasing electoral ads to be located within the country. That same rule will roll out to Ukraine next month ahead of its March election.
SEC brings charges in connection with hack of its financial system
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it is bringing charges against a Ukranian hacker for breaking into the agency's corporate filing system to access nonpublic information. The SEC is also charging a number of individual traders and entities who used that information to generate more than $4.1 million on illegal trades. The Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey announced it will be bringing related criminal charges.
Chernobyl’s uninhabitable land is the home of a new solar plant
In 1986, the world experienced its worst nuclear disaster to date when an accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exposed large swaths of Europe and the Soviet Union to radioactive material. The area around the now defunct plant is uninhabitable and humans won't be able to safely live there again for another 24,000 years. But that land isn't totally going to waste, as a small solar plant has now been constructed on the site.
Russia denies planning botnet cyberattack on Ukraine
Russia has denied planning a major cyberattack that would disrupt soccer's Champions League final this weekend. Ukraine's SBU security service said on Wednesday that malware infecting hundreds of thousands of routers was the work of Russian hackers preparing for an assault on the country. The attackers were accused of targeting Saturday's match in Kiev. According to Reuters, the Kremlin has strongly denied these accusations.