Russia threatens Apple and Google with fines over Navalny team's app
Vladimir Putin, whose own lack of tech savvy was on full display this week, is trying to silence dissent by pressuring Western tech platforms, and the fines are already piling up.
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Vladimir Putin, whose own lack of tech savvy was on full display this week, is trying to silence dissent by pressuring Western tech platforms, and the fines are already piling up.
Russia is expected to deliver military equipment to Belarus, demonstrating its support for strongman Alexander Lukashenko. In Bolivia, a regional soccer match had to be halted for two hours after bees swarmed the field. CBS News foreign correspondent Lucy Craft reports from Tokyo with these and other stories from around the world.
As the Taliban claims victory following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, questions remain over the country's future and America's role in global affairs. Ian Bremmer, the president of the Eurasia Group and GZERO Media, joined CBSN to discuss.
Russian sushi chain boss says online threats from a movement promoting "traditional values" forced him to remove the ad, and he's sorry for "offending the public with our photos."
Vice President Kamala Harris' trip to Vietnam was temporarily delayed after her delegation was made aware of an "anomalous health incident" in Hanoi. The incident was consistent with previous reported cases of "Havana Syndrome," a senior State Department official told CBS News.
The Kremlin sees the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan as a chance to increase its power in the region. But as Russia's own history shows, that carries risks.
Security researchers say they've found ties between major ransomware gangs and Russian intel agencies.
The Taliban assassinated a top Afghanistan media official. Meanwhile, anti-vaccine protests turned violent in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, where the country's prime minister was hit with a rock, and a lesbian family fled Russia after receiving death threats online. Also, 11 people tied to racist abuse were arrested for targeting English soccer players on social media, and Iran swore in a new president. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee joins CBSN AM from London with those headlines.
The two cubs, Boris and Sparta, were only one or two months old when they were mummified
The Justice Department confirmed the Russian hackers behind the SolarWinds breach also gained access to email accounts in 27 U.S. attorney's offices across the country. Eric Tucker, a reporter covering national security at the Justice Department and FBI for the Associated Press, spoke with Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers on CBSN about what information they might have accessed and what the Justice Department is doing about it.
In an exclusive interview with CBS News, Thomas-Greenfield said the games can help build better relations among countries.
The Justice Department found that some of the nation's most prominent federal prosecutors had their email accounts hacked last year during the Solarwinds cyber espionage campaign. Maurice Turner, a cybersecurity fellow with The Alliance For Securing Democracy, joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss.
The department said 27 U.S. attorney offices had at least one employee's email account compromised during the hacking campaign.
The Russian opposition leader tells Lesley Stahl about what he went through after falling ill on an airplane this past August and why he won't let it stop him from the work he's doing against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Coronavirus cases are surging in Tokyo with the Olympics host city seeing its highest number of daily infections since the pandemic began. Meanwhile, even though Russia is banned from the Games, their presence is being felt. CBS News correspondent Jamie Yuccas joins CBSN AM from Tokyo to discuss.
Several of the largest Russian ransomware cybercriminal gangs have partnered up to share hacking techniques, purloined data breach information, malware code, technology infrastructure, and more. CBSN tech reporter Dan Patterson joins CBSN AM to talk about this latest development in the world of cybercrime.
Norway is remembering the dozens of lives lost 10 years ago in a terror attack. The U.S. and Germany reach a deal on the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline, built by Russia. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee joins CBSN AM from London with more on these and other world headlines.
Several U.S. officials, intelligence officers and diplomats stationed in Vienna have reported symptoms of the so-called "Havana Syndrome." CBS News intelligence and national security reporter Olivia Gazis spoke with Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers on CBSN about the investigation into who and what may be causing this.
Russian cybercriminal gangs are mentoring younger groups and sharing hacking techniques, tools and data breach details.
The Nauka module will add living space, research facilities and a European-built robot arm to the space station.
Federal officials are looking to crack down on ransomware attacks that are attacking critical U.S. infrastructure by implementing a new multi-agency task force. The announcement comes just days after the notorious Russian-linked ransomware group, REvil, suddenly vanished from the internet. CBS News' Jeff Pegues reports on the task force, then Maurice Turner, a cybersecurity fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy, joins CBSN anchor Lana Zak with his analysis.
The multi-agency effort comes as pressure mounts on President Biden to retaliate for Russia's failure to curb cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure.
Despite pleas by Putin himself many don't trust the government or its vaccines, so they're cheating, and Russia is seeing record numbers of deaths and hospitalizations.
A deadly third wave of COVID-19 is sweeping through parts of Russia. The nation reported more than 24,700 new cases on Tuesday and 780 deaths. Authorities are blaming the new wave on the highly contagious Delta variant and the slow rate of vaccinations. CBS News' Mary Ilyushina reports from Moscow.
Today on "Face the Nation," warning signs about new coronavirus cases, extreme weather affecting tens of millions and a threat to Russia following the latest cyberattack.