How Russia-linked crypto exchanges, including Bitpapa and Exmo, help Russian entities move money across borders, bypassing banking oversight and sanctions
Cryptoasset exchanges that maintain operational or financial connections with Russia continue to enable the circumvention of international sanctions.
US prosecutors charge Iurii Gugnin, founder of US-based crypto payments service Evita Pay, with laundering $500M+, including to sanctioned Russian entities
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The US Treasury sanctions Iranian and Russian entities over attempted election interference, including a Moscow entity that directed the creation of deepfakes
The Treasury Department said Iran and Russia sought to divide Americans through targeted disinformation campaigns in the 2024 elections.
Elliptic: pro-Ukraine causes received $200M+ in crypto donations in 2022, including $80M+ sent to Ukraine's government; pro-Russian entities got less than $5M
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Elliptic: pro-Ukraine causes received $200M+ in crypto donations in the last year, with $80M+ sent directly to Ukraine's government; Russian entities got ~$5M
Plus updates on all the big names, including Binance and FTX … Crypto's impact on geopolitical issues does not often make for uplifting reading.
UK sanctions Baikal Electronics and MCST, Russia's most important chipmakers, denying them access to the ARM architecture
The UK government added 63 Russian entities to its sanction list on Wednesday. Among them are Baikal Electronics and MCST (Moscow Center of SPARC Technologies), the two most important chip makers in ...
Hacking group NB65 claims it altered Conti's leaked ransomware to attack Russian entities, including space agency Roscosmos and TV and radio broadcaster VGTRK
A hacking group called NB65 claims it is using modified versions of Conti's leaked ransomware to attack Russian entities, including the space agency Roscosmos
A hacking group used the Conti's leaked ransomware source code to create their own ransomware to use in cyberattacks against Russian organizations.
Coinbase says it has blocked 25K+ addresses related to Russian entities believed to be engaged in illicit activity and shares them with the US government
Crypto exchange Coinbase has said it has blocked over 25,000 Russia-linked addresses it believes were associated with illicit activity.
Internal document: EU's Moscow embassy was hacked in Feb. 2017, and it was only discovered in April 2019; source says Russia is believed to be behind the hack
A “sophisticated cyber espionage event” began in February 2017. Russian entities are believed to be behind the hack, a source told BuzzFeed News. Tweets: @albertonardelli , @albertonardelli , @albert...