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Thursday, April 15, 2021 This week has been a week of significant foreign policy action. Today, President Biden issued a new Executive Order imposing new tough sanctions on Russia for its interference in the U.S. 2020 presidential election, as well as the SolarWinds cyber-attack that impacted multiple U.S. government agencies. This action was taken a day after Secretary of State Blinken stated strong concerns about the increase in Russian troops along the Ukrainian border. Earlier t...

US sanctions six tech firms for supporting Russian intelligence services Events About If you already have an account please use the link below to sign in. If you have any problems with your access or would like to request an individual access account please contact our customer service team. Named firms are Positive Technologies, ERA Technopolis, Neobit, Advanced System Technology (AST), Pasit and SVA US sanctions six Russian tech firms for suppoUS sanctions six tech firms for supporting Russia...

April 15, 2021 WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury took multiple sanctions actions under a new Executive Order (E.O.) targeting aggressive and harmful activities by the Government of the Russian Federation.  Treasury’s actions include the implementation of new prohibitions on certain dealings in Russian sovereign debt, as well as targeted sanctions on technology companies that support the Russian Intelligence Services’ efforts to carry out malicious cyber activities a...

Zmeel / Getty Images The Biden Administration announced a robust, coordinated series of punitive measures to confront Russia’s growing malign behavior, including its massive hack of SolarWinds software, attempts to interfere with the 2020 elections, and other destructive deeds against the US. The administrations actions levy financial sanctions on the country and the companies usually involved in malicious cyber activity against the US. It also exposes previously withheld detai...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: This week has been a week of significant foreign policy action. Today, President Biden issued a new Executive Order imposing tough sanctions on Russia for its interference in the U.S. 2020 presidential election, as well as the SolarWinds cyber-attack that impacted multiple U.S. government agencies. This action was taken a day after Secretary of State Blinken stated strong concerns about the increase in Russian troops along the Ukraini...

US Sanctions Russia and Expels 10 Diplomats Over SolarWinds Cyberattack The U.S. and U.K. on Thursday formally attributed the supply chain attack of IT infrastructure management company SolarWinds with "high confidence" to government operatives working for Russias Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). "Russias pattern of malign behaviour around the world – whether in cyberspace, in election interference or in the aggressive operations of their intelligence services – demonstrates that Russia ...

In a related announcement, the National Security Agency (NSA), FBI, and the Department of Homeland Securitys Cyber Security & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) today issued a joint advisory warning of the SVR actively targeting widely deployed network and communication technologies on US networks from companies such as Fortinet, Pulse Secure, Citrix, and VMware. The actions mark the first time the US government has formally named a Russian intelligence agency as the perpetrator of the Solar...

US President Joe Biden signed a decree to impose new sanctions against Russia due to the actions of its government and special services against the sovereignty and interests of the country, a message on the website of the White House says. I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, find that specified harmful foreign activities of the Government of the Russian Federation […] constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and ec...

US Treasury imposes sanctions against several Russian technology companies In its statement, the Treasury claims that the entities in question are connected with the Russian Intelligence Services WASHINGTON, April 15. /TASS/. US Treasury has imposed sanctions against several Russian technology companies. In its statement, the Treasury claims that these entities are connected with the Russian Intelligence Services. Read also "Treasury’s first use of the E.O. of April 15, 2021 targets companies...

Print this article The Biden administration has attributed the massive SolarWinds cyberattack to Russian intelligence, pointing the finger specifically at the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (also known as the SVR), as the United States leveled new sanctions against Russia in response to a host of malign activities it said were carried out by the Kremlin. “Today, we announced actions to hold the Russian Government to account for the SolarWinds intrusion, reports of bo...