The Kremlin spent years building the legal foundation and technological abilities to control the internet more closely. Yet even as Russia blocked certain websites and
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Russia blamed for SolarWinds hack in joint FBI, NSA and CISA statement
The SolarWinds attack likely came from Russia, the FBI has said. CNET/Amanda Kooser Key government intelligence agencies said Tuesday that the SolarWinds hack is “likely
FBI: Iran, Russia obtained voter data to interfere with US elections
Russia and Iran have obtained voter registration data in an effort to interfere with the 2020 US elections., the FBI says. James Martin/CNET The FBI
FBI says Iran and Russia trying to undermine US election security
James Martin/CNET The FBI said late Wednesday that Russia and Iran have taken action to undermine US confidence in the upcoming elections. The director of
Judge orders DOJ to determine intent of Trump’s tweets ‘declassifying’ Russia docs
Getty Images A federal judge wants to know more about what President Donald Trump meant when he tweeted that he’d “fully authorized the total declassification”
Facebook says fake accounts tied to Russia posed as journalists and promoted other websites
Facebook announced Thursday that it took down three separate networks of fake accounts tied to Russia. Graphic by Pixabay/Illustration by CNET Facebook said Thursday it
Putin says Russia has approved a coronavirus vaccine
Russia has developed the first vaccine offering “sustainable immunity” against the coronavirus, President Vladimir Putin said on August 11. Alexey Nikolsky/Getty Images For the most
Twitter removes 30,000 accounts linked to Russia, China and Turkey
The accounts violated Twitter’s platform manipulation policy. Angela Lang/CNET Twitter has permanently removed 32,242 accounts that were found to be state-backed operations from China, Russia
