The group have been identified as Dragonforce Malaysia and Hacktivist Indonesia Ahmedabad: Two hacker groups from Malaysia and Indonesia initiated a cyber war against India in the aftermath of suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s controversial comments on Prophet Muhammad during a TV debate, the police said. “Hacker groups Dragonforce Malaysia and Hacktivist Indonesia belonging to Malaysia and Indonesia declared cyber …
Cyber weapons are a low cost but an effective tool for modern day operations. Additionally, ICRC, in its Position Paper titled 'IHL and Cyber Operations during Armed Conflicts' from 2019, states that IHL applies and thereby limits cyber warfare, just like it regulates any other weapon using the major principles and means of conducting warfare: Jus ad Bellum – the …
YouTube and Facebook have banned Russian state-owned media outlets RT and Sputnik's channels across Europe. The technology giant had previously limited the ability for RT and other Russian channels to make money for Facebook parent company Meta announced yesterday that it had blocked both media organisations, which are considered mouthpieces of Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime. YouTube and Facebook have …
Russian President Vladimir Putin lashed out at the US on arms control, human rights, cyber-attacks, among other issues, after "constructive" talks with his American counterpart Joe Biden. Putin said that the two sides "differ in many respects" but "showed willingness to understand each other and seek ways to bring the positions closer," and the pivotal face-to-face discussions, held at the …
The suspected Russian hack of U.S. government agencies has led to heated rhetoric from lawmakers, with U.S. “Simply stealing information, as much as we don't like it, is not an act of war it is espionage,” said Benjamin Friedman, a policy director at the think tank Defense Priorities. Examples include operations that ”trigger a nuclear plant meltdown; open a dam …
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