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#1 Microsoft Tells Texas Agencies They Were Exposed in Russian Hack

Jul 1 2024 // Microsoft Corp. has told more than a dozen state agencies and public universities in Texas that Russian state-sponsored hackers accessed emails between them and the software giant. The attackers were able to gain access to...

#2 Here Are the Legal Battle Lines in Ireland’s Multi-Billion Euro Russian Jet Trial

Jun 28 2024 // The opening salvos have been fired in a 2.5 billion euro ($2.7 billion), Irish court battle between some of the world’s largest aircraft lessors and their insurers over around 80 jets stranded in...

#3 Russian Cybersecurity Firm Kaspersky Labs to Wind Down US Operations

Jul 18 2024 // Kaspersky Labs will gradually wind down its U.S. operations from July 20, the Russian anti-virus software maker said on Monday, nearly a month after the Biden administration announced plans to bar sales of the company in...

#4 EU Adds 27 Russian Vessels to List of Entities Under Sanctions

Jun 25 2024 // The European Union will add 27 vessels, including oil and liquefied natural gas tankers, to its list of entities under sanctions as part of its latest measures against Russia, two sources familiar with the matter said on...

#5 Russian Court Orders Volkswagen to Pay $193M in Damages to Russian Carmaker

Jul 9 2024 // A Russian court has ordered Volkswagen to pay 16.9 billion roubles ($193 million) in damages to Russian carmaker GAZ Group, which had sued the German automaker over lost profits after Volkswagen exited the Russian...

#6 SolarWinds Beats Most of SEC Lawsuit Over Russia-Linked Cyberattack

Jul 19 2024 // A U.S. judge dismissed most of a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing software company SolarWinds of defrauding investors by concealing its security weaknesses before and after a Russia-linked cyberattack...

#7 After Oil, Russia May Be Building a Shadow Fleet for Gas

Jun 28 2024 // In the months that followed its invasion of Ukraine and punitive Western restrictions imposed in response, Russia amassed a shadow fleet to ferry its oil around the world. Now there is growing evidence Moscow has begun to...

#8 UK, EU States to Target Russia’s Shadow Oil Fleet With More Checks

Jul 15 2024 // The UK plans to launch a “call to action” this week with a group of European nations to target the so-called shadow fleet of oil tankers that Russia uses to skirt international sanctions, according to people...

#9 Russian Tactics Make Secret Tanker Oil Switching Harder to Trace

Jul 17 2024 // Two near-identical oil tankers trying to beat western sanctions. A secret transfer of Russian crude halfway between Iran and Oman. A supertanker giving a false location. Welcome to the modern trade in Russian petroleum as...

#10 Probe of Russian Hack on London Hospitals May Take Weeks; Data-Dump Worries Grow

Jun 24 2024 // An investigation into a ransomware attack earlier this month on London hospitals by the Russian group Qilin could take weeks to complete, the country’s state-run National Health Service said Friday, as concerns grow...