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A look at Belarus' once-vibrant tech startup scene, decimated after ruthless repression by Alexander Lukashenko's regime and Russia's invasion of Ukraine (Clément Girardot/Rest of World)

March 1, 2023

[ad_1] Clément Girardot / Rest of World: A look at Belarus’ once-vibrant tech startup scene, decimated after ruthless repression by…

A year after Russia's invasion, a look at the unprecedented cyberdefence effort by Ukraine and its allies against Russian wiper malware and other attacks (CyberScoop)

February 24, 2023

[ad_1] CyberScoop: A year after Russia’s invasion, a look at the unprecedented cyberdefence effort by Ukraine and its allies against…

A look at the intelligence and battle management system, built around software developed by Palantir, that has given Ukraine a high-tech edge in Russia's war (David Ignatius/Washington Post)

December 21, 2022

[ad_1] David Ignatius / Washington Post: A look at the intelligence and battle management system, built around software developed by…

How Geneva-based developer Proton is waging a sustained fight against Russia's censorship and surveillance campaigns using its VPN tech (New York Times)

December 7, 2022

[ad_1] New York Times: How Geneva-based developer Proton is waging a sustained fight against Russia’s censorship and surveillance campaigns using…

Russia's second-largest bank, VTB, is hit with a large DDoS attack causing its apps and website to go offline; "IT Army of Ukraine" claims credit for the attack (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

December 6, 2022

[ad_1] Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Russia’s second-largest bank, VTB, is hit with a large DDoS attack causing its apps and…

Russia's RT, banned by major platforms in March 2022, has found an audience on Thiel-backed Rumble, often pushing Russian propaganda about the Ukraine invasion (Danny Hakim/New York Times)

November 2, 2022

[ad_1] Danny Hakim / New York Times: Russia’s RT, banned by major platforms in March 2022, has found an audience…

Apple restores Russia's top social network VKontakte, Mail.ru, and other VK apps, weeks after removing them over UK sanctions; it is unclear why they are back (Alex Hern/The Guardian)

October 18, 2022

[ad_1] Alex Hern / The Guardian: Apple restores Russia’s top social network VKontakte, Mail.ru, and other VK apps, weeks after…

Dutch e-commerce company Prosus to sell its Russian classifieds business Avito to Kismet Capital for ~$2.46B; Avito was valued at ~$6B before Russia's invasion (Toby Sterling/Reuters)

October 14, 2022

[ad_1] Toby Sterling / Reuters: Dutch e-commerce company Prosus to sell its Russian classifieds business Avito to Kismet Capital for…

A look at Ukraine's efforts to block crypto donations to Russia's military and paramilitary groups, who researchers say have received $4M+ since the invasion (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

October 8, 2022

[ad_1] Andy Greenberg / Wired: A look at Ukraine’s efforts to block crypto donations to Russia’s military and paramilitary groups,…

VK, which owns Mail.ru and Russia's largest social network VKontakte, says Apple has removed its apps from the App Store (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)

September 28, 2022

[ad_1] Mitchell Clark / The Verge: VK, which owns Mail.ru and Russia’s largest social network VKontakte, says Apple has removed…