Finland Buying a Million Landmines(yle.fi)
10 points by vrganj | 2 comments
Yle News article reporting that Finland is buying a million landmines after withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines.
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17 stories tagged russia, newest first.
U.K. Sanctions Cryptomus for RU Money Laundering(krebsonsecurity.com)
16 points by Bender | 3 comments
KrebsOnSecurity article reporting that the U.K. sanctioned Cryptomus, a crypto platform allegedly used to launder cybercrime proceeds and help Russia evade sanctions.
X purges 13,000 accounts linked to suspected meddling ahead of US midterms(theregister.com)
38 points by ilreb | 20 comments
The Register article reporting that X removed over 13,000 accounts tied to suspected Iranian, Russian, and Chinese influence operations ahead of the US midterms.
Fire at Starlink site in Bulgaria after suspected sabotage in Poland(dpa-international.com)
355 points by ilamont | 245 comments
dpa International news report on a fire at a Starlink site in Bulgaria following suspected sabotage in Poland, amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Bot traffic plunged to near 0 following the strike on its Vladimir data center(bsky.app)
33 points by PLenz | 4 comments
A Bluesky post claiming bot traffic fell to near zero after a strike on a data center in Vladimir, Russia.
Yandex Takes a Second Data Center Hit in 48 Hours(united24media.com)
170 points by ortusdux | 184 comments
United24 Media news article reporting that Yandex's largest Russian data center was damaged, the company's second data center hit within 48 hours.
US closely monitoring case of lab worker who possibly died of plague in Siberia(theguardian.com)
182 points by tosh | 173 comments
Guardian news article reporting that the US is monitoring the death of a Russian lab worker in Siberia who possibly died of plague, prompting hospital quarantines.
Nearly 200 people under observation after Irkutsk lab worker dies from plague(themoscowtimes.com)
203 points by ericmay | 178 comments
Moscow Times news article reporting that nearly 200 people are under observation after a lab worker in Irkutsk died from plague.
Zelensky says Russia has widened attacks to hit Ukraine's data centres(bbc.com)
68 points by dabinat | 54 comments
BBC news article reporting Zelensky's claim that Russia has expanded its strikes to target Ukrainian data centres.
M8.7 earthquake in Western Pacific, tsunami warning issued(earthquake.usgs.gov)
839 points by jandrewrogers | 227 comments
USGS event page for the M8.8 earthquake 119 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia on 2025-07-29, with maps and impact information.
Ukrainian hackers destroyed the IT infrastructure of Russian drone manufacturer(prm.ua)
585 points by doener | 400 comments
Pryamiy news article reporting that Ukrainian hackers destroyed the IT infrastructure of a Russian drone manufacturer, with details of what is known.
Many ransomware strains will abort if they detect a Russian keyboard installed (2021)(krebsonsecurity.com)
369 points by air7 | 196 comments
KrebsOnSecurity blog post explaining that many ransomware strains refuse to install on Windows systems with Russian or other CIS-language virtual keyboards installed.
Multiple Russia-aligned threat actors actively targeting Signal Messenger(cloud.google.com)
773 points by karel-3d | 271 comments
Google Threat Intelligence Group blog post describing Russia-aligned threat actors targeting Signal Messenger accounts.
Cable-cutting tanker seized by Finland 'was loaded with spying equipment'(lloydslist.com)
506 points by nabla9 | 386 comments
Lloyd's List news article reporting that the Russia-linked tanker Eagle S, seized by Finland over cable damage, carried listening equipment to monitor Nato activity.
Fugitive Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek exposed as decade-long GRU spy(theins.ru)
473 points by jcmp | 236 comments
The Insider investigation reporting that fugitive Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek worked for Russian military intelligence (GRU) for about a decade.
Alexei Navalny has died(reuters.com)
1410 points by 0xdeafbeef | 1198 comments
Reuters news report that jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died in prison, per the Russian prison service; the page loaded a captcha.
Meduza co-founder's phone infected with Pegasus(meduza.io)
487 points by Klaster_1 | 305 comments
Meduza feature reporting how attackers infected the phone of a Meduza co-founder with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware.