Cyberwarfare
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Ukraine calls on cyber community to defend against Russian attacksAs Russian forces attacked cities across Ukraine, requests for volunteers began to appear on hacker forums on Thursday morning, as many residents fled the capital Kyiv.WorldFeb 25, 2022
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Russian cyber threat compounds tensions in Ukraine as invasion worries growMoscow's reputation of being a cyber threat could be dangerous throughout the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict, experts tell Global News.WorldFeb 3, 2022
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Russia Rising, part 3: Hackers targeting Canadian elections, banks and institutionsJeff Semple visits the front-lines of a growing cyberwar in the third episode of the Russia Rising podcastWorldFeb 11, 2019
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NATO head says Canadian troops in Latvia smeared by Russia-backed online propagandaRussian-linked social media accounts have been spreading false or misleading stories about Canadian soldiers, according to NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg.CanadaNov 19, 2017
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Nothing unCanadian about protecting ourselves, even if that means waging cyberwarIntercepting and decoding foreign transmissions is nothing new; that kind of warfare is as old as the telegraph or even simple handwritten messages.CommentaryJun 21, 2017
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French experts find way to save WannaCry-infected files without ransomEuropol said its European Cybercrime Centre had tested the team's new tool and said it was "found to recover data in some circumstances".TechMay 19, 2017
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More countries targeted by ransomware cyberattack as workweek beginsExperts urged organizations and companies to immediately update older Microsoft operating systems.TechMay 15, 2017
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Ransomware threat could be revived when workers power on computers Monday: expertsThe "WannaCry" virus attack began losing momentum late Friday after a security researcher in the U.K., stumbled on a way to temporarily limit its spread.TechMay 14, 2017
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