Category Archives: Russian Federation

Russia threatening to ban Telegram encrypted messaging app

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Roskomnadzor, Russia’s communications regulator, is threatening to ban the use of popular encrypted messaging app Telegram. The request Roskomnadzor is a federal agency tasked with overseeing that the media, telecoms and other mass communications providers comply with existing laws and adequately protect the confidentiality of personal data being processed. It’s head, Alexander Zharov, claims that Telegram (the company) has not responded to repeated requests to fill in a form with information on the company that … More → Continue reading Russia threatening to ban Telegram encrypted messaging app→

U.S. charges Russian FSB officers for hacking Yahoo, millions email accounts

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A grand jury in the Northern District of California has indicted four defendants, including two officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), for computer hacking, economic espionage and other criminal offenses in connection with a conspiracy, beginning in January 2014, to access Yahoo’s network and the contents of webmail accounts. The defendants used unauthorized access to Yahoo’s systems to steal information from about at least 500 million Yahoo accounts and then used some of … More → Continue reading U.S. charges Russian FSB officers for hacking Yahoo, millions email accounts→

US officially accuses Russia of hacking to influence presidential election

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With just a month left until the 2016 United States presidential election, the Department of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence officially stated that Russia is behind the recent hacks of US political targets. “The US Intelligence Community (USIC) is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions, including from US political organizations. The recent disclosures of alleged hacked e-mails on sites like … More → Continue reading US officially accuses Russia of hacking to influence presidential election→

New Russian law to force service providers to decrypt encrypted comms

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An extremely wide-ranging anti-terrorism law has been passed last week by the lower house of the Russian Federal Assembly (i.e. parliament), and it is widely expected to pass the upper house without a hitch and be signed into law by president Putin within the next few weeks. Proposed by right-wing politician Irina Yarovaya, the new law will bring tougher punishments for extremism and international terrorism, make failure to report a crime, as well as justifying … More → Continue reading New Russian law to force service providers to decrypt encrypted comms→