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How Russia Is Isolating Its Own Cybercriminals

Sanctions imposed by the Biden administration, coupled with Russias proposed initiative to cut itself off from ...

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Funding and the Russia-Ukraine War: KYC for Crypto Transactions Proving Difficult

Flashpoint analysts have uncovered 262 cryptocurrency addresses used in advertisements for donations to either ...

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Understanding Russia’s “Sovereign Internet”: What Happens If Russia Isolates Itself from the Global Internet?

The Russian government ordered state-owned portals to connect to its state-controlled domain name system servers ...

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How Telegram Became a Critical Source of Intelligence in the Ukraine-Russia War

Telegram was created in 2013 by Pavel Durov, a Russia-born tech entrepreneur who has, to a large extent, managed ...

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Russia Is Cracking Down on Cybercrime. Here Are the Law Enforcement Bodies Leading the Way.

The following research is based on information gathered by Flashpoint analysts and data On February 7 and 8, the ...

The Navalny Leaks: Data, Probiv, and Russian Political Influence

On August 20, on the top-tier Russian-language illicit XSS forum, a threat actor named “lenovo” shared a ...

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Investigating Hydra: Where Cryptocurrency Roads All Lead to Russia and Go Dark

In new research, we detail the inner workings of cybercriminal cryptocurrency financial chains and the rise to ...

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Breaking: Elite Cybercrime Forum “Maza” Breached by Unknown Attacker

On March 3, 2021, Flashpoint detected a breach of the elite Russian cybercrime forum known as “Maza” ...

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New Mysterious Operators Usurp Elite Russian Hacker Forum “Verified”

On February 17, 2021, the elite Russian hacker forum, “Verified,” resurfaced abruptly, stood up with new web ...