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US accuses five Russian military hackers of attacking Ukraine government with malware

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The six Russian nationals indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice for hacking Ukrainian government agency, a U.S. government agency, and other targets, using the WhisperGate malware.

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday charged five members of Russian military intelligence with hacking into several Ukrainian government agencies, an unnamed U.S. government agency in Maryland and computers belonging to 26 NATO countries, amongst other victims.

Department of Justice announced the indictment five members of Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate, also often called the GRU, and specifically its hacking unit 29155. The indictment names Russian GRU Colonel and cyber operations commander Yuri Denisov; lieutenants Vladislav Borovkov, Denis Denisenko, Dmitry Goloshubov, and Nikolai Korchagin; and civilian co-conspirator Amin Sitgal, who had previously been charged with some of the identical crimes.

Prosecutors say the six defendants were behind the WhisperGate cyberattack, an operation that was designed to appear like a ransomware attack on the Ukrainian government but was in truth a destructive attack that was designed to render targeted computers unusable. The Russian government he was accused launching WhisperGate to support a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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According to the indictmentDenisov, Deniskno, Korchagin, Goloshubov, Borovkov, and other anonymous individuals planned to satisfy at Cafe Shokoladnitsa within the Sofia shopping center in Moscow. The indictment doesn’t explain how the U.S. government was in a position to obtain details about these meetings or photos of the suspects, but it surely suggests that authorities gained significant access to the hackers’ infrastructure.

“The message is clear. To the GRU and the Russians: We’re on your trail, we’ve hacked into your systems. The FBI, the Justice Department will be after you relentlessly, so you better pay attention to the fact that we’ve gotten to you and we’re in your systems,” Matt Olsen, assistant attorney general for national security, said at a news conference announcing the indictments.

The indictment included details of six Russian cyber operations, in addition to a bunch photo of 4 lieutenants and General Denisov.

GRU lieutenants Denisenki, Kordchagin, Goloshubov, Borovkov (Photo: Department of Justice)

Six Russians are accused of breaking into several government and civilian facilities in Ukraine over the past few years, including the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the State Treasury, the Judiciary Administration, several other government departments and the state-owned Ukrainian Railways.

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Around October 2022, the six allegedly hacked into what the indictment describes only because the transportation infrastructure of a “Central European country.” As previously reported, the timing of the attack suggests it was cyberattack on Denmarkwhich caused delays and disruptions to rail traffic across the country, in keeping with the indictment.

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During a press conference, U.S. government officials declined to offer details about which Maryland-based U.S. agency was targeted by Russian hackers.

Also on Thursday, the FBI, the U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA, the U.K.’s National Cybersecurity Center, and European, Canadian and Australian government agencies, a joint guide on cybersecurity was issued with technical details of the operation of Unit 29155.

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The FBI, which has dubbed the international crackdown on six alleged Russian hackers Operation Toy Soldier, a poster with photos of hackers was published asking for suggestions that may lead to their arrest and offering a $10 million reward for every alleged hacker.

In the post on the official X account As part of its Rewards for Justice bug bounty program, the U.S. government labeled the hackers “babyfaces” after the indictment.

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Palantir Exec defends work in the company’s immigration supervision

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One of the founders of the Y startup accelerator Y Combinator offered this weekend the Palantir Data Analytical Company that doesn’t describe the controversial analytical company, running the company’s director to supply a broad defense of Palantir’s work.

Then it appeared forward federal applications He showed that American immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) – the task of conducting the aggressive strategy of the deportation of the Trump administration – pays Palantir $ 30 million for creating What does this call the immigration system operating systemSo immigration to assist ICE resolve who to direct to the deportation, and likewise offer “real -time visibility” in self -complacency.

Y founding father of Combinator Paul Graham divided the headlines about the Palantir contract on the subject of XWriting: “It is now a very exciting time in technology. If you are a first -rate programmer, there is a huge number of other places where you can work, and not in a company building infrastructure of a police state.”

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In response, the global business head of Palantir Ted Mabrey wrote that “he is looking forward to the next set of employees who decided to submit a request to Palantir after reading your post.”

Mabrey didn’t discuss the details of the current work of Palantir with ice, but said that the company began cooperation with the Internal Security Department (in accordance with which ICE works) “in an immediate response to the assassination of agent Jaime Zapata by Zetas in an effort called Fallen Hero surgery. “

“When people live because of what you built and others were not alive, because what you built was not good enough yet, you develop a completely different view on the meaning of your work,” said Mabrey.

He also compared Graham’s criticism with protests on the Google Maven project in 2018, which ultimately prompted the company to stop the work of drone photos for the army. (Google then signaled that he again became more open to defense works.)

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Mabrey called everyone interested in working for Palantir to read the latest book CEO Alexander Karp “The Technological Republic”, which claims that the software industry must rebuild its relationship with the government. (The company was Recruitment at university campus With signs declaring that “the moment of counting arrived west”)

“We employ believers,” Mabrey continued. “Not in the sense of the homogeneity of religion, but in the internal ability to imagine in something greater than you

Graham then Pressed Mabrey “To publicly commit himself on behalf of Palantir, so as not to build things that help the government violate the US constitution,” although he confirmed in one other post that such a commitment “would not have legal force.”

“However, I hope that if (they make a commitment) and a Palantir’s employee is one day asked to do something illegal, he will say” I didn’t join for it “and refused,” wrote Graham.

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Mabrey in turn compared Graham’s query In order for “or” you promise to stop beating a trick in court, but he added that the company “has made so many ways from Sunday”, ranging from the commitment to “3,500 thoughtful people who polish only because they believe that they make the world a better place every day because they see their first hand.”

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Congress has questions about 23andme bankruptcy

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Low-angle view of logo on facade of personal genomics company 23AndMe in the Silicon Valley town of Mountain View, California, October 28, 2018. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

3 The leaders of the Energy and Trade Committee said that they’re investigating how 23ndme’s bankruptcy can affect customer data.

Representatives of Brett Guthrie, Gus Biliakis and Gary Palmer (all Republicans) He sent a letter On Thursday, Joe Selsavage, Joe Selsavage, ask a variety of questions about how 23andme will serve customer data if the corporate is sold.

The letter also says that some customers have reported problems with deleting their data from the 23ndme website, and notes that corporations directly for consumption, reminiscent of 23andme, are generally not protected by the Act on the portability and accountability of medical insurance (Hipaa).

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“Considering the lack of HIPAA protection, a patchwork of state regulations covering genetic privacy and uncertainty related to customer information in the case of transmitting the sale of company or clients data, we are afraid that this best -confidential information is threatened with a player,” representatives write.

23andme, which has decided to violate data For $ 30 million last 12 months, he applied for bankruptcy in Chapter 11 in March, and the co -founder and general director Anne Wojciki said he was resigning from the corporate’s private bidder.

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The White House replaces the Covid.gov page with the theory “Lab Leak”

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The Covid.gov government website has used Covid-19, tests and treatment to store information. Now, under the sight of President Trump, page redirects to the side of the White House Talking to the unverified theory that Covid-19 comes from the Chinese laboratory.

A theory during which many virologists have objected to in the report Through House Republicans last yr, which found that Pandemia began with a laboratory leak in China. House democrats He spent the overthrow At that point, the statement that the probe didn’t define Cavid’s real origin.

Covidtes.Gov website, during which people could order free coronavirus tests before, can be redirected to this New page.

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The latest website of the White House also includes medical disinformation on the treatment of the virus, falsely claiming that social distance, mask and lock fines should not effective in alleviating the spread of Covid-19. However, Hundreds of research They showed that these preventive measures In fact, reduce respiratory infections equivalent to Covid-19.

In the months, since Trump again confirmed his role of the US president, many web sites have been edited to reflect the program of his administration. With the help of Doge Elona Musk, the government tried to remove tons of of words related to diversity from government documents. This Include Words equivalent to “black”, “disability”, “diversity”, “sex”, “racism”, “women” and lots of more. The government also removed the mention of scientifically proven climate change from environmental sites.

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