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Digital banking startup Mercury abruptly shuttered service for startups in Ukraine, Nigeria, other countries

Digital banking startup Mercury is no longer serving customers in certain countries, including Ukraine, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. Mercury made headlines earlier this year when it was caught up in federal scrutiny through one of its partners, Choice Bank, around the practice of allowing foreign companies to open accounts.  The FDIC was “concerned” that […]

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Hackers shut down heating in Ukrainian city with malware, researchers say

For two days in mid-January, some Ukrainians in the city of Lviv had to live without central heating and suffer freezing temperatures because of a cyberattack against a municipal energy company, security researchers and Ukrainian authorities have since concluded.  On Tuesday, the cybersecurity company Dragos published a report with details about a new malware dubbed

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US charges Russian civilian for allegedly helping GRU spies target Ukrainian government systems with data-destroying malware

The Department of Justice has charged a Russian civilian with conspiracy to destroy Ukrainian government computer systems as part of a widespread hacking effort by Russia ahead of its illegal invasion of Ukraine.  U.S. prosecutors in Maryland said Wednesday that Amin Stigal, 22, is wanted for helping to set up servers used by Russian government

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London’s first defense tech hackathon brings Ukraine war closer to the city’s startups

Last week, the U.K. announced its largest ever military support package for Ukraine. The bill brings the U.K.’s total support for this financial year to £3 billion — not quite the $50 billion the U.S. pledged recently, but still substantial. But while most of those funds will be spent on very traditional military hardware, a

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