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Georgia fines Yandex taxi service for sharing user data with Russia

by OC Media

•1 min read

The Personal Data Protection Service of Georgia has fined Ridetech Georgia LLC, the company which provides the Yandex taxi apps, ₾4,000 ($1,500) for sharing the personal information of users and drivers in Georgia with Russia. On Monday, the agency said they had discovered during an inspection that the Yandex GO app for passengers and the Yandex Pro app for drivers connected to servers in Russia as part of the process of verifying users had an internet connection. In doing so, the IP addres

Armenia

Russian hackers reportedly attack Armenian government database

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•2 min read

Russian hackers have reportedly hacked into an Armenian government-operated database. Armenia has previously been the target of a number of cyberattacks by Russian hackers amidst an ongoing deterioration of its relations with Russia. Reports of the attack first emerged on Wednesday, with RFE/RL citing a Telegram post in a private, inaccessible channel allegedly run by a Russian hacking group that claimed to have successfully infiltrated the database using an FTP code transfer system. ‘The da

A screenshot purportedly of the Georgian President’s website published by Publika.

Cybersecurity

‘Russian hackers’ take down websites of Georgian media and president

by Tata Shoshiashvili

•2 min read

The websites of Georgia’s President and two leading TV stations have been temporarily taken offline in an apparent cyberattack by Russian hackers. The website of Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili was offline on Friday morning, with local media reporting that the site initially displayed a message attributing the attack to a Russian hacking network. Screenshots purportedly of the site showed the message ‘HACKED BY COZY BEAR SLAVA [glory to] RUSSIA’ on a black background with an image of

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani news outlet Mikroskop taken down by ransomware attack

by Ismi Aghayev

•1 min read

Azerbaijani news outlet Mikroskop has been taken offline in an apparent ransomware attack, with its management speculating that the government could be behind the attack. Mikroskop’s website was taken down on Saturday with a message purportedly from the attackers appearing demanding 0.5 bitcoin ($13,000) to unblock the website. The website remained offline as of Monday morning. The outlet’s co-founder, editor-in-chief Fatima Karimova, told OC Media that a hacker group was behind the attack.

An image of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was displayed on many of the hacked websites.

2019 Georgia Cyber Attack

Russian military intelligence ‘was behind’ October cyberattack in Georgia

by OC Media

•3 min read

Russia’s military intelligence service, the GRU, was behind a massive cyberattack on Georgia in October 2019 that affected around 15,000 websites, British intelligence has alleged. The websites affected included those of major government institutions, broadcasters, online newspapers, and private businesses. Most of the hacked websites went offline or displayed a sliding image of a smiling former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili with the text: ‘I’ll be back’. [Read more about the cybera

2019 Georgia Cyber Attack

Georgia hit by massive cyber attack

by OC Media

•3 min read

Around 15,000 websites in Georgia including those of major government institutions, broadcasters and online newspapers, and private businesses have been hit by a large-scale cyber attack. Websites affected included those of TV channels Imedi, Maestro, and Pirveli, the National Bank of Georgia, the president’s office, and online news outlets Tabula and Georgia Today. The attack began on Monday morning with more sites being hit throughout the day. Most of the hacked websites went offline