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Russian flag displayed on a laptop screen and binary code code displayed on a screen are seen in this multiple exposure illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on Feb. 16, 2022.

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Meet the man leading the front-line effort in Ukraine's cyber war with Russia

11:23am September 06, 2023

by Jenna McLaughlin

Illia Vitiuk is a top Ukrainian intelligence official. For him, the war with Russia is primarily in cyberspace — and in a rare exclusive interview with NPR, he says it's far from over.

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In this photo illustration, the 502 Bad Gateway message is seen on Ministry of Defence of Ukraine official webpage displayed on a smartphone screen and flag of Ukraine in the background.

Inside Russia's attempts to hack Ukrainian military operations

12:27pm August 10, 2023

by Jenna McLaughlin

Ukrainian officials say Russian hackers remain focused on infiltrating military planning operations. That includes seizing and trying to crack tablets used on the on the front lines by officers.

Fuel tanks are seen at a Colonial Pipeline Co. delivery point Monday in Baltimore. The company's pipeline was hit with a major ransomware attack last week.

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What We Know About The Ransomware Attack On A Critical U.S. Pipeline

8:29pm May 10, 2021

by Scott Neuman

The massive pipeline, which supplies 45% of the East Coast's gasoline and jet fuel, was forced to shut down over the weekend. The company says it has one line operating under manual control.

An NPR investigation into the SolarWinds attack reveals a hack unlike any other, launched by a sophisticated adversary intent on exploiting the soft underbelly of our digital lives.

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A 'Worst Nightmare' Cyberattack: The Untold Story Of The SolarWinds Hack

5:11pm April 16, 2021

by Dina Temple-Raston

Russian hackers exploited gaps in U.S. defenses and spent months in government and corporate networks in one of the most effective cyber-espionage campaigns of all time. This is how they did it.

A volunteer receives a shot in a clinical trial for a potential coronavirus vaccine. U.S. intelligence officials say Russian hackers are attempting to break into U.S. health care organizations working on a vaccine.

U.S. Says Russian Hackers Are Trying To Steal Coronavirus Vaccine Research

3:38pm July 16, 2020

by Greg Myre

The National Security Agency, as well as its counterparts in Britain and Canada, say they're seeing persistent attempts to hack into organizations working on a potential vaccine.

Cyberattackers, traced back to the Vladimir Putin-backed GRU Russian intelligence agency, attempted to hack into the emails of Sen. Claire McCaskill last year.

Russian Hackers Targeted The Most Vulnerable Part Of U.S. Elections. Again

9:12pm July 28, 2018

by Miles Parks

Campaigns are easy marks for hackers, and this week, a Democrat running for re-election in a deeply red state announced that her staff recently came under attack.

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Power lines hang from a pole in a Brooklyn neighborhood on March 15 in New York City. As U.S. officials step up sanctions on Russian intelligence for its interference in the 2016 elections, members of the Trump administration have accused Russia of a cybe

Report: Russian Hackers Had The Ability To Shut Down U.S. Power Plants

6:28pm March 16, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

For the first time, the U.S. publicly blamed Russia for cyberattacks on the country's energy grid. The hackers reportedly broke into the core operations systems of companies in the U.S. and Europe.

The entrance of the New Interior Ministry Headquarters seen in June 2015 in Berlin, Germany.

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Russia's 'Fancy Bear' Reportedly Hacks German Government Network

6:58am March 01, 2018

by Scott Neuman

German media report that the Kremlin-linked hacking group placed malware in a key government network that may have gone undetected for as long as a year.

President Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 19. On Tuesday Trump Jr. released an email exchange he had about meeting with a Russian lawyer earlier that summer.

The Question Hanging Over Washington: Did Donald Trump Jr. Break The Law?

6:57pm July 11, 2017

Trump Jr.'s email exchange concerning a meeting with a Russian attorney last year has raised questions about a federal law that prohibits foreign nationals from aiding U.S. political campaigns.

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A view of a ballot scanner at a New York City Board of Elections voting machine facility warehouse just before last November's election.

State And Local Officials Wary Of Federal Government's Election Security Efforts

4:30pm April 05, 2017

by Pam Fessler

The federal government's new focus on election security has state and local officials concerned that they'll be told how to run their elections in the name of security.

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