Tag Archive for: Crimes

Ukraine says it has evidence of 109,000 Russian war crimes

/in


As Ukraine struggles to make progress in its fight against Russia, Kyiv has been compiling evidence of war crimes since the full-scale invasion last year to present to the International Criminal Court in the Hague.

The vast majority of the charges being prosecuted were considered crimes against humanity, such as the mass executions of Ukrainians in Bucha in 2022.

Kostin’s figures also include 265 investigations into crimes against the environment, such as the Russian attack on the Ukrainian Nova Kakhovka Dam earlier this year that led to the evacuation of thousands of Ukrainians.

Four cases so far have also been opened into cyber war crime charges.

Kostin said the inclusion of cyber crimes and crimes against the environment for the ICC evidence is a new initiative by Ukraine during this war, stressing that “every crime has victims.”

He also acknowledged the challenge of convicting Russian citizens who may not be in Ukraine or have evaded capture, though he noted that some have been brought to trial.

“The bigger part is Russian war criminals who we charge and who we try in absentia. This is a quite longer process because it requires more procedural actions,” Kostin said. “While all of them receive defense, it’s our position to ensure a fair trial for everyone, including Russian war criminals.”

Source…

Computer Hacking Challenge To Educate That We Can All Ward Off And Completely Impede Cyber Data Crimes

/in


(MENAFN– EIN Presswire)

Excelitte Logo2

Computer Hacking challenge above was put out about three months ago and after an average of 150 weekly brute-force hacking attempts, no one has succeeded.

We are now in the era of generating, capturing, and storing large volumes of sensitive data, cybersecurity at the Data layer is the only 100% guaranteed approach that will impede Cyber Data Crime.”” – Valentine WatsBRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, October 12, 2023 /EINPresswire / — Hidden either in an Excelitte encrypted file or in the Excelitte database are some random text/numbers that will be referred to as Secret text waiting to be exposed for 10,000 US Dollars.

Anyone able to retrieve this 72-character line text and send it to us – () will automatically be paid $10,000 transferred to any designated bank account or bitcoin wallet.

A simple question that requires an answer to be provided has also been included to also prove that a person or persons has gained access to the secret text.

To win the challenge details such as the device name, file location or database type, and name from where the secret text was retrieved will need to be provided

There is a 100% conviction that it can’t be done, but in the unlikely event that anyone succeeds in exposing the text data, Excelitte will also pursue a working arrangement with such an individual provided he or she is not on any security services wanted list globally.
It has now been over three months since this challenge above was publicised and after an average of 150 weekly brute force hacking attempts, no person or entity has been able to breach our IT infrastructure.

If an IT network is breached, Excelitte serves as a last line of defence for all data and provides a 100% guarantee that your data can’t be viewed, or ‘ransomwared’ by unauthorised persons.

Excelitte also will use Predictive Analytics – Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning precepts and probability Scoring to pre-empt, defend against all cyber-attacks and take offensive action as necessary.

Want to know more? Visit .

Follow us on LinkedIn:

Team Excelitte
Excelitte
email us here
Visit us on social media:
LinkedIn

Excelitte 3D video…

Source…

Russian hackers seek war crimes evidence, Ukraine cyber chief says – World

/in


KYIV: Russian spies are using hackers to target computer systems at law enforcement agencies in Ukraine in a bid to identify and obtain evidence related to alleged Russian war crimes, Ukraine’s cyber defence chief told Reuters on Friday.

The hackers, working across Russia’s foreign, domestic and military intelligence agencies, have stepped up digital intrusion campaigns targeting the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s office and departments documenting war crimes, said Yurii Shchyhol, head of the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine (SSSCIP), which handles cyber defence in the embattled country.

“There’s been a change in direction, from a focus on energy facilities towards law enforcement institutions which had previously not been targeted that often,” Shchyhol said.

“This shift, towards the courts, prosecutors and law enforcement units, shows that hackers are gathering evidence about Russian war crimes in Ukraine” with a view to following Ukraine’s investigations, he added.

The espionage activity will be flagged in an upcoming SSSCIP report, due to be published on Monday.

Russian hackers targeted US nuclear scientists

The report, a copy of which was reviewed by Reuters, says hackers were also trying to gather intelligence on Russian nationals arrested in Ukraine, with a view to “help these individuals avoid prosecution and move them back to Russia”.

“The groups we’ve identified as being engaged in this activity are part of Russia’s GRU and FSB intelligence agencies,” Shchyhol said.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry and the Federal Security Service (FSB) did not immediately respond to written requests from Reuters for comment. Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency could not be reached for comment.

Shchyhol declined to identify exactly which units had been targeted by the hacking campaign, citing security concerns. The number of cybersecurity incidents documented by the SSSCIP grew by 123% in the first six months of this year compared with the second half of 2022, he added.

Russian hackers have prioritised targeting government bodies and trying to gain access to their e-mail servers, Shchyhol said, without elaborating. Reuters was unable…

Source…

Improved knowledge is important to addressing cyber crimes

/in


BY LORRAINE WOHI

Lack of people with knowledge on how to deal with cyber threat intelligence is an issue that needs to be addressed in PNG and rest of the Pacific Island nation.

APNIC Senior Internet Security Specialist, Adli Wahid speaking at the 27th PITA conference in Port Moresby said in most cases many of the organisations are struggling not with the issue itself but with people who are dealing with these issues.

Cyber threat intelligence refers to data that is collected, processed, and analyzed to understand a threat actor’s motives, targets, and attack behaviours.

Mr Wahid said in most cases, organisations lack people including security engineers, security practitioners who are quite new to the field and they are playing catch-up on different areas.

He spoke on three main areas which include insights on how organisations prepare to question and identify why and how ransomware occur in an effort to improve cybersecurity, to better define and provide awareness.

“Cyber security intelligence is about people.

“The bottom line is getting the people to be informed in discussion and talking about it.

All of you need to ask each other how does the security teams or the security engineers heard information about threat and is there something we can do to collaborate together.

I think this is where organisation needs to put profit aside and see if there is a common goal in defending the organisation in the Pacific region as well as in the niche economic so that you can bring people together,” Mr Wahid said.

Discussions on cyber security is one of the key topics of discussion that has and will be discussed at the four days annual general meetings for the Pacific Islands Telecommunication Association (PITA) at Hilton , Port Moresby.

Source…