Head of Security Service of Ukraine: Purpose of cyber attack was to destabilize the situation inside Ukraine
Ukrainian law enforcement agencies together with international experts continue to look into the circumstances of a powerful cyber attack against Ukrainian private and state institutions on June 27th, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
“Today, our experts, in cooperation with experts from the United States, the United Kingdom and Microsoft, are working together to establish the circumstances of this cyber-attack,” said the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Vasyl Hrytsak on Tuesday at the …
Ukrainian military commander: Foreign volunteers want to join Georgian Legion in eastern Ukraine
An international unit will soon be formed at the Georgian National Legion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces which is taking part in the military operation in the Donbas, said Mamuka Mamulashvili, the commander of the Georgian National Legion, in the broadcast of Obozrevatel.LIVE TV program.
“We recently announced the enrollment of volunteers in the Georgian Legion. This is already an international legion, so to speak. American specialists and military analysts agreed to distribute information …
Ukrainian police confiscates company’s servers which spread the Petya virus
On Tuesday the Ukrainian police confiscated the servers of the Ukrainian software company M.E.DOC in connection with the investigation of the cyber-attack which took place last week, Serhiy Demedyuk, head of Ukraine’s Cyber Police, told Reuters.
According to Ukrainian officials and computer security specialists, the original source of the Petya ransomware was program updates issued by M.E.DOC. The company is the developer of the most popular tax administration software in Ukraine.
M.E.DOC …
Georgian media: Russian military has moved the Abkhazian border
Russian Federation representatives in Abkhazia have moved a banner designating the border by 500 meters once again, to the outskirts of the villages of Bershuti and Sobisi.
As Georgia Online reports, citing David Tsertsvadze, the representative of the head of the Gori municipality Governing Council, the incident has occurred twice in the territory over the past two days.It is noted that the boundary limitation is established on the land plots of local residents.
As a result of the demarcation, …
Russia to place military police in Syrian de-escalation zones
As observers in the de-escalation zones in Syria, the deployment of Russian military policemen “is envisaged,” said Alexander Lavrentiev, special representative of the Russian president to Syria, at a press conference in Astana.
At the same time he noted that it is “still complicated” to talk about the presence of Russian observers, since “it depends on the Ministry of Defense.” Lavrentiev added, “But again, this issue has not been fully agreed upon. This will concern the issue of the status …