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Company Is Sending Email Alerts to Customers Whose Data Was Accessed by HackersMicrosoft is alerting its customers whose data may have been accessed by Russian state hackers following a January attack that compromised the emails of company executives. Microsoft also shared a link to a custom-built secure system that customers can use to review their stolen data.

RMM software developer TeamViewer says a Russian state-sponsored hacking group known as Midnight Blizzard is believed to be behind a breach of their corporate network this week. [...]

Remote software provider TeamViewer has revealed it has been hit by a cyber-attack that it attributes to Russian state actor Midnight Blizzard

The U.S. indicted Russian national Amin Timovich Stigal for his alleged role in cyberattacks targeting Ukrainian government computer networks in an operation from the Russian foreign military intelligence agency (GRU) prior to invading the country. [...]

US Critical Infrastructure, NATO Also Targeted by Russian Threat Actors, Feds SayThe U.S. government charged Russian civilian Amin Stigal with assisting Moscow's GRU military intelligence unit in its use of WhisperGate malware against Ukraine beginning in the weeks leading up to Moscow's all-out invasion, as well as probing America's critical infrastructure.

The US government is offering up to $10m for information on Amin Timovich Stigal’s location or his malicious cyber activity

A 22-year-old Russian national has been indicted in the U.S. for his alleged role in staging destructive cyber attacks against Ukraine and its allies in the days leading to Russia's full-blown military invasion of Ukraine in early 2022

Russian national accused of attacks in lead-up to the Ukraine war The US Department of Justice has indicted a 22-year-old Russian for allegedly attacking Ukrainian government computers and destroying critical infrastructure systems in the so-called “WhisperGate” wiper attack that preceded Russia's illegal invasion of the European nation.…

Users of All OpenAI Services in Unsupported Countries Will Lose Access by July 9OpenAI appears to be removing access to its services for users in China, Russia and Iran in the next two weeks. The company did not explain its decision, but it has disrupted influence campaigns and cybercrime based in those countries, and the U.S. government is restricting access to AI technology.

Hackers Part of Callisto and Armageddon GroupsThe European Union sanctioned four Russian domestic intelligence agency hackers including two military officers who participated in what researchers have described as "hack and leak" operations. Also coming under sanctions are ransomware hackers part of the Wizard Spider criminal group.