The European Commission urges Google, Meta, and other companies to promote dissident Belarusian media's stories above those published by pro-regime outlets
Raphael Minder / Financial Times : Bluesky: @epro.social . X: @carnage4life See also Mediagazer Bluesky: Emil Protalinski / @epro.social : Western governments have asked for Big Tech's help in geopol...
Researchers: since 2014, Belarus-linked hackers, dubbed MoustachedBouncer, have targeted foreign diplomats in the country by intercepting ISP connections
Hackers with apparent links to the Belarusian government have been targeting foreign diplomats in the country for nearly 10 years, according to security researchers.
A look at Belarus' once-vibrant tech startup scene, decimated after ruthless repression by Alexander Lukashenko's regime and Russia's invasion of Ukraine
and the country's techies are fleeing in droves. Absolutely fantastic reporting here from @clementgirardot https://restofworld.org/... via @restofworld Anup Kaphle / @anupkaphle : A fraudulent electio...
A look at hacking group Cyber Partisans, which seeks to overthrow Belarus' government and has disrupted Russia's supply lines in Belarus for the war in Ukraine
Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg : Tweets: @business , @rj_gallagher , @chafkin , and @rj_gallagher Tweets: @business : Belarusian hackers and dissidents determined to overthrow President Alexander Lukashe...
Meta disrupts covert influence operations by Belarus- and Russia-linked actors targeting Ukrainians, like hacking Ukrainian military staff's Facebook accounts
combining computer network exploitation with influence operations, CNE & active measures, in classic terminology (to be expected historically). Meta does an exceptionally good job at reflecting this d...
In its Q4 earnings on Tuesday, Bumble said it is ceasing operations in Russia and leaving Russian and Belarusian app stores; Bumble stock closed up 41% on Wed.
Michelle Ma / Protocol :
Ukrainian vice PM Mykhailo Fedorov calls on Sony, Ubisoft, Microsoft, and other gaming companies to ban all Russian and Belarusian accounts during the invasion
CD Projekt Red heeds the call, cuts off Russian access to GOG. — Update (March 3): Poland's CD Projekt Red announced this morning that it has …
Binance, Coinbase, and others deny Ukrainian requests to freeze Russian and Belarusian accounts, citing “economic freedom”, but will comply with sanctions
Binance, the world's largest exchange, said “unilaterally” banning users “would fly in the face of the reason why crypto exists.”
Hackers say they hit a Belarusian rail system with ransomware to stop Russia's military buildup against Ukraine; many Belarus Railway services appear offline
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica :
Microsoft identifies a destructive malware operation targeting Ukrainian organizations; the malware looks like ransomware but lacks a ransom recovery mechanism
European Union simulated a cyber attack on a fictitious Finnish power company Vilius Petkauskas / cybernews.com : Belarus state hackers suspected behind Ukraine cyberattack Grugq / grugq's domain : Uk...