Stories about Russia

Russia’s cyberwarfare remains limited, while Ukraine is crowdsourcing its own

  8 March 2022

Since 2008, Russia has been lauded as a cyber superpower. In the past, Russian cyber attacks have taken out electric grids, hacked elections, bankrupted corporations, and disabled military infrastructure. Nations across the world have been bracing for increased levels of cyberattacks, fearing that Russia will retaliate against sanctions by infiltrating global...

Russia blocks access to Tor browser website

  8 December 2021

The push for greater online censorship is part of the country's "sovereign internet" strategy which seeks to cement centralised state control over internet infrastructure and online spaces.

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