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Europe erects defences ahead of 2017 elections to counter potential Russian cyberattacks
EU will reportedly set up dedicated centres to spot 'fake news'.
4Chan pranksters: We trolled the CIA by making up Trump golden shower story
An unverified dossier claimed the next US president has close links to Russia.
Russian hacking of US electricity grid turns out to be a fake news report
The Washington Post, which published the report, has issued a note saying their key claim in the story was false.
Russian hackers broke into US electricity grid as part of Grizzly Steppe campaign - report
Officials were reportedly uncertain as to the motives and the end goals of the attackers.
Russian hacking report released by FBI and DHS as Obama imposes new sanctions on Moscow
The report discusses two separate hackings by Russian actors in the summer of 2015 and spring of 2016.
White House reportedly racing to crack down on Russian hackers before Trump takes office
The Obama administration is said to be looking to implement measures that will be difficult to reverse by Trump.
Lithuania claims to have found Russian spyware on government computers
Lithuanian Cyber Security Centre head said that the spyware was active for nearly 6 months before it was detected.
Russian hackers deployed Android malware to track and target Ukrainian artillery units
The hacker group known as Fancy Bear has previously been linked to the Russian Military Intelligence (GRU).
Russia's neighbours fear cyberthreats as US election hacking saga rages on
European governments are warning of escalating threat of Russian hacking.
WikiLeaks offers to 'authenticate' US intelligence on Russia's involvement in election hacking
During the election campaign WikiLeaks had published Hillary Clinton's campaign chief John Podesta's emails.
Julian Assange: Some DNC leaks may have come from Russian hackers, but not WikiLeaks'
The WikiLeaks founder maintained his source was not state-sponsored.
Obama's revenge: How can the president punish Vladimir Putin before Donald Trump takes over?
Barack Obama has vowed to retaliate against Russia over major hacks that some believe cost Hillary Clinton the election
Pentagon hit by Russian hackers in crippling attack that forced full systems overhaul – report
The August 2015 attack reportedly saw hackers hijack Pentagon's unclassified email system.
US Director of National Intelligence to publish Russian hacking review evidence
Intelligence claiming Russia hacked US election to support Donald Trump to be made public.
British politician Ben Bradshaw criticised for claiming Russian hackers 'probably' influenced Brexit
'That's a bit rich coming from a prominent Remain supporter,' an opponent said.
How a single typo led to the destruction of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign
The hackers used fake Gmail warnings to infiltrate accounts of political figures.
America's top spy body does not support CIA's claim that hacks were aimed at helping Donald Trump
ODNI, which overseas all US intelligence, says there is insufficient evidence to prove intent.
'I know who leaked DNC emails' and Russian involvement is 'utter bulls**t' says Assange confidante
Intelligence sources believe Russia covertly worked to help elect Donald Trump.
FBI warned Illinois GOP of possible email hacking months before election
Party officials said they discovered 18 of their emails on the website DCLeaks.com.
Donald Trump rejects CIA reports of Russian election intervention
The president-elect told Fox News he blamed the Democrat party for the "ridiculous reports".
Billion dollar cyberheist gang now hacking hospitality chains with new stealth malware
Security researchers believe the 'highly sophisticated' cybergang maybe funded by an organised crime syndicate.
Google sends state-sponsored hack warnings to numerous journalists and professors
The company said most of these warnings might be related to attempts made last month.
Is Russia unhackable? Kremlin computer networks can't be cracked, claim officials
Sensitive state secrets and classified documents are 'not connected to the internet'.
When Reddit AMAs go wrong: WikiLeaks accused of Trump and Russian links during grilling
'This AMA is making you guys look really bad,' said one Redditor.
Russia-linked DNC hackers launched wave of cyberattacks hours after Trump victory
The hackers targeted US-based universities, think tanks, NGOs and the government.
Fancy Bear hacker group ramped up zero-day attacks before Microsoft, Adobe released patches
The hacker group sent out spear-phishing emails to various international governments.
Microsoft says Russia-linked Fancy Bear hackers are exploiting Windows zero-day flaws
Previously, several cybersecurity researchers had tied Fancy Bear to the Kremlin and the DNC hack.
UK vows to 'strike back' against cybercrime as £1.9bn spending package is announced
'Cyberattacks are a reality and they are happening now,' says Cabinet minister.
LinkedIn and Dropbox hacker may be tied to major Bitcoin heist
The arrested Russian hacker is also believed to have stolen around $400,000 from BitMarket.eu.
DNC hackers Fancy Bear targeted over 1,000 high-profile individuals between 9 to 5 office hours - ESET
Researchers uncovered that the group has also targeted Nato officials, Ukrainian leaders and Russian dissidents.