Reuters

Russian central bank to seek ban on investment in cryptocurrencies

December 16, 2021 December 19, 2021

The Russian central bank wants to ban investments in cryptocurrencies in Russia, seeing risks to financial stability in the rising number of crypto transactions, two financial market sources close to the bank said. Russia has argued for years against cryptocurrencies, saying they could be used in money laundering or to finance terrorism. It eventually gave …

Russian central bank to seek ban on investment in cryptocurrencies Read More

Yandex says it repelled biggest DDoS attack in history

September 9, 2021 September 9, 2021

A cyber attack on Russian tech giant Yandex’s servers in August and September was the largest known distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in the history of the internet, the company said on Thursday. The DDoS attack, in which hackers try to flood a network with unusually high volumes of data traffic in order to paralyse it when …

Yandex says it repelled biggest DDoS attack in history Read More

Russian search engine delists Navalny’s tactical voting site after ban

September 7, 2021 September 12, 2021

Russian tech firm Yandex said on Tuesday it had removed jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s tactical voting website from its search engine to comply with a government ban ahead of a parliamentary election this month. Navalny and his allies want to use the website and a separate app, dubbed ‘Smart Voting,’ to organise a tactical …

Russian search engine delists Navalny’s tactical voting site after ban Read More

Auchan plans to spend more than $277 million on developing digital service in Russia

June 13, 2021 June 16, 2021

French retailer Auchan plans to spend more than 20 billion roubles ($277 million) on developing digital services in Russia by 2024 to boost online sales, the company’s country head said. Auchan has faced increased competition from fast-expanding Russian retailers and online delivery firms, including Magnit (MGNT.MM) and Lenta . Auchan, which started to expand its online delivery …

Auchan plans to spend more than $277 million on developing digital service in Russia Read More

Tech sector drives diversification of Russian stock market

December 18, 2020 December 21, 2020

Today Russia is adding two new names from the online sector to its benchmark stock market index (‘MOEX index’) as technology firms lead a diversification drive on the stock market, long skewed towards the dominant commodities industries. In a symbolic shift away from commodities, Internet major Mail.ru Group – which is also listed on the London …

Tech sector drives diversification of Russian stock market Read More

Microsoft says Russia-linked hackers target sports organizations

October 28, 2019 October 29, 2019

Microsoft Corp said it has tracked “significant” cyberattacks coming from a group it calls “Strontium” or “Fancy Bear”, targeting anti-doping authorities and global sporting organizations. The group, also called APT28, has been linked to the Russian government, Microsoft said in a blog post. At least 16 national and international sporting and anti-doping organizations across …

Microsoft says Russia-linked hackers target sports organizations Read More

Huawei in talks to install Russian operating system on tablets for country’s population census

August 29, 2019 September 10, 2019

China’s Huawei has begun talks with Russia about installing Russian operating system (OS) Aurora on 360,000 of its tablets to conduct Russia’s population census next year, two sources told Reuters. Huawei has been seeking alternative operating systems to Google’s Android OS after Washington put the world’s second-largest smartphone maker on a so-called Entity List that …

Huawei in talks to install Russian operating system on tablets for country’s population census Read More

Reuters: Western intelligence hacked Yandex to spy on accounts

June 28, 2019 June 29, 2019

Hackers working for Western intelligence agencies broke into Russian internet search company Yandex in late 2018, deploying a rare type of malware in an attempt to spy on user accounts, four people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The malware, called Regin, is known to be used by the “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing alliance of …

Reuters: Western intelligence hacked Yandex to spy on accounts Read More

Ozon may consider IPO in two years, says CEO

June 7, 2019 July 30, 2019

Russian online retailer Ozon may consider an initial public offering (IPO) in two years once it has increased its share of the Russian e-commerce market, boosted sales growth and improved infrastructure, its chief executive Alexander Shulgin said. Speaking on the sidelines of the St Petersburg economic forum, Alexander Shulgin said Ozon currently has a no …

Ozon may consider IPO in two years, says CEO Read More

Facebook removes accounts from Russia, Iran and Balkans for “coordinated inauthentic behavior”

March 27, 2019 March 27, 2019

Facebook said on Tuesday it has removed more accounts from Iran, Russia, Macedonia and Kosovo, citing what it described as sources of spam or “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” A total of 2,632 pages, groups, and accounts were removed from Facebook and Instagram. Of these accounts, 1,907 were tied to Russia, Facebook stated.

Russian digital shopping app JOOM targets France in challenge to Amazon

February 23, 2019 July 13, 2019

The e-commerce marketplace JOOM, whose mobile shopping app sells products from China at cut-rate prices directly to buyers, is recruiting French brands to bolster its merchant roster in a market it sees as key to cracking Europe and taking on Amazon. Launched in 2016, the Russia-based company currently offers some 10 million mostly chinese-made products …

Russian digital shopping app JOOM targets France in challenge to Amazon Read More

Data leak affects thousands of wealthy Moscow residents

November 6, 2018 November 6, 2018

Thousands of wealthy Moscow residents who subscribed to a regional Internet provider have had personal data including names, home addresses and mobile numbers posted online. People affected by the data leak are all clients of Moscow-based internet provider Akado Telecom, a large telecommunications network owned by billionaire businessman Viktor Vekselberg, which said it had opened an …

Data leak affects thousands of wealthy Moscow residents Read More

This site is under maintenance. Sorry for the inconvenience.

This site is under maintenance. Sorry for the inconvenience.