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Flights grounded as Russia’s largest airline Aeroflot hit by cyberattack | TechCrunch
Flights across Russia have been grounded after a cyberattack hit the country’s largest airline, Aeroflot, on Monday.
Details of the cyberattack remain limited, but a...
Russia starts direct flights to North Korea with initial service just once a month and tickets priced at $570
Russia on Sunday began direct commercial flights to North Korea, in a further sign of closer ties with its Asian ally helping its offensive...
Arizona woman in North Korean IT workers scheme sentenced to 8.5 years for helping to trick Fortune 500 companies out of millions
Christina Chapman, 50, an Arizona woman who pleaded guilty to charges connected to the global North Korean IT workers scheme, has been sentenced to...
Plane carrying 49 people crashes in Russia
The wreckage of a plane that crashed while carrying 49 people has been found in Russia’s Far East, local emergency services said Thursday.
Russia's Emergency...
Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks Test the Efficacy of U.S. Threats
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a lack of progress is Russia-Ukraine peace talks, the United States clinching a trade deal...
EU, U.K. Target Russia With ‘Unprecedented’ Wartime Sanctions Package
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at heavy European sanctions against Russia, renewed sectarian violence in Syria, and U.S. President Donald Trump...
U.S.-Russian woman arrested at Moscow airport for allegedly smuggling gun in her suitcase
Russian customs agents arrested a Russian-American woman at a Moscow airport for trying to bring a gun into the country...
Trump Threatens Secondary Tariffs Against Russia’s Trade Partners
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the United States threatening secondary tariffs against Russia’s trade partners, the European Union’s response to Trump’s tariffs, and the...
4 Arrested Over Scattered Spider Hacking Spree
WIRED reported this week on public records that show the United States Department of Homeland Security urging local law enforcement around the country to...
Rubio meets China’s foreign minister in Malaysia
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrapped up his second and final day at a Southeast Asian security conference in a high-stakes meeting with...