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LONDON – The new wave of global cyberattacks attributed to Russia (local time):
9:25 p.m.
IOC President Thomas Bach said the world's Olympic body had "not been contacted by the various Western agencies, allegedly alleging that a Russian military intelligence unit had conducted cyberattacks against sports organizations.
Bach says that the International Olympic Committee has been "the target of many attacks" and has "constantly improved our defense system".
He spoke in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after a meeting of the IOC Administrative Council held the same day that the US Department of Justice charged seven Russian spies for committing numerous attacks on a Chemical Weapons Monitoring Agency, Anti – Doping Agencies, Olympic Athletes and an Aircraft Accident Investigation. .
Bach did not directly address a question asking him if he felt left out by Russia for directly attacking the IOC.
In this image published by the Dutch Ministry of Defense on Thursday, October 4, 2018, a basket belonging to four Russian officers of the General Directorate of the Armed Forces General Staff of the Russian Federation, GRU, is seen in Aside from their car facing the 13 April 2018, the waste of the OPCW was taken to the trash, a common practice to avoid leaving fingerprints or DNA, according to the Dutch Ministry of Defense. Officers were deported from the Netherlands for allegedly attempting to hack into the OPCW's chemical monitoring network. On 4 October 2018, the Dutch Defense Minister accused the Russian Army intelligence unit of attempted cybercrime against the US Chemical Weapons Observatory and the 2014 Malaysian Airlines crash investigation into the Ukraine. (Dutch Ministry of Defense via AP) (Associated Press)
The IOC President has long been considered an ally of Russia who has resisted calls from athletes and national anti-doping agencies who have called for tougher action against Russian-backed cheats who have corrupted the Games Olympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi.
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7:30 p.m.
The Russian Foreign Ministry rejects the Dutch and British accusations of cybercrime made by Russian intelligence agents, calling them "propaganda".
The ministry dismissed the accusations as a sham, saying their comments reflect "Western paranoia about Russian omnipotent cyberspies".
Britain and the Netherlands on Thursday accused the Russian military intelligence agency GRU of a series of global cybercrimes, including attacks on the international body monitoring chemical weapons and Other international agencies, including the World Anti-Doping Agency and groups investigating the murder of a Malaysian Airlines in 2014. aircraft by a missile on Ukraine.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said the charges could be aimed at creating "the necessary political environment" before the meeting of the chemicals watch next week, during which Western countries could strive to give the the power to name the culprits of chemical attacks.
Russia opposes it, arguing that only the US Security Council should have such authority.
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5:50 p.m.
A senior Russian diplomat said that Western allegations of cybercrime from Russian military intelligence were part of a multi-pronged campaign to defame Moscow.
According to Interfax, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov is quoted as saying that the accusations were aimed at making Russia an enemy. He said that the United States and its allies "have lost the sense of measure and normality", and that they will continue to launch new charges against Russia "so that the subject remains d & # 39; news. "
The US Department of Justice on Thursday indicted seven Russian military intelligence officers for hacking anti-doping agencies and other organizations. Britain and the Netherlands have accused the Russian military intelligence GRU of a series of global cybercrimes.
Ryabkov said that Russia had no intention of interfering in the mid-term elections in the United States or interfering elsewhere.
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5:15 p.m.
The World Anti-Doping Agency has welcomed the indictment by the United States of Russians accused of hacking sports organizations and making public the medical records of their athletes.
The Agency stated that alleged hackers "sought to violate the rights of athletes by exposing personal and private data – often subsequently modified – and in the end undermined the work of WADA and its partners in protection of clean sport ".
AMA said it was "happy to collaborate" with the investigation and has beefed up security since piracy in 2016.
WADA, the US Anti-Doping Agency and the Canadian Anti-Doping Agency have all been named as victims in the United States Department of Justice indictment against seven Russian intelligence agents on Thursday.
Travis Tygart, CEO of the US Anti-Doping Agency and a prominent critic of drug use by Russian athletes, said: "A system that abuses its own athletes with an institutionalized doping program has now been indicted for to have perpetrated cyberattacks against innocent athletes around the world. "
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16.30.
The highest sports body in the world says it's "good to know" that Russian hackers who allegedly attacked its website during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games were identified.
The Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport has dealt with dozens of cases of doping and Olympic eligibility involving Russian athletes in the days leading up to and following the games held from 5 to 21 August. two years.
A US Department of Justice indictment against seven unsealed Russians on Thursday claimed that they had registered a fake domain similar to that of the court's official website and that two suspects "had conducted reconnaissance efforts in line targeting CAS email accounts ".
In a statement, the court said its "servers were resistant enough to ensure data protection."
According to the indictment, the accused Ivan Yermakov was also targeting a chain of hotels that operated the Rio property, where the sports field had a dedicated Olympic court.
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16h
A senior Russian legislator has stood up against new Western accusations of cybercrime alleged by Russian military intelligence services, claiming that they are meant to discredit Russia.
The US Department of Justice on Thursday indicted seven Russian military intelligence officers for hacking anti-doping agencies and other organizations. Britain and the Netherlands have condemned the Russian military intelligence GRU for a series of alleged crimes of cybercrime.
Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the upper chamber of the Russian parliament, called the accusations false, saying they were aimed at "delegitimizing Russia" and paving the way for its use. any unlawful means against it.
He claimed that the West had equated the GRU with "a modern analogue of the KGB that served as a bugabou to its inhabitants during the Cold War".
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3:50 p.m.
The global chemical weapons watchdog, which has been targeted by Russian hackers, says it "takes the security of its information systems and networks very seriously."
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said in a statement that its director general had been informed Thursday by the Dutch authorities of Russian hackers who were thwarted in April and expelled from the Netherlands.
The OPCW has stated that since the beginning of the year, it has "observed an increase in activities related to cyber" and "taken steps to mitigate them".
The organization, which oversees the global convention banning chemical weapons, is based in The Hague.
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2:50 p.m.
Justice Ministry officials said special advocate Robert Mueller had already indicted three of seven Russian military intelligence officials accused of hacking anti-doping agencies.
The three defendants named Thursday in an unsealed indictment were also named in a July indictment accusing Russia of hacking democrat messaging accounts and facilitating the disclosure of stolen emails.
John Demers, a senior national security official with the Department of Justice, said the new indictment did not stem from Mueller's investigation. But he says that Russian hackers in the latter case would have used some of the same methods and had the same general purpose: to spread misinformation and confusion.
According to Demers, the indictment shows that hackers can not use anonymity to hide from the law.
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14:30.
The US Department of Justice has indicted seven Russian military intelligence officers for hacking anti-doping agencies and other organizations.
The Russian military intelligence agency, known as the GRU, announced on Thursday in an indictment that it targeted the victims of computer hacking because it had publicly supported the ban on Russian athletes in international sports competitions and that she had condemned the state-sponsored Russian doping program.
Prosecutors said the Russians had also targeted a Pennsylvania-based nuclear power company and an international organization that was investigating chemical weapons in Syria and poisoning a former GRU officer. .
The indictment indicates that piracy was often carried out remotely. If this fails, hackers would conduct "on-site" or "restricted" hacking operations with trained GRU members moving with sophisticated equipment to target their victims via Wi-Fi networks.
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2:10 p.m.
US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said the United States is ready to help its NATO allies deal with allegations that Russian intelligence agencies have launched a series of cyber attacks.
After talks with NATO defense ministers in Brussels on Thursday, Mattis said: "We are ready today to provide cyber support to our allies. That's it now. "
He did not say whether the capabilities offered would be used in response to British and Dutch claims that Russia's GRU has attempted to launch cyberattacks against the international chemical watchdog and other targets.
Mattis supported their accusations by saying: "I have seen enough evidence to say that the Dutch and the British know 100% to whom they attributed this."
Britain, the Netherlands and Denmark have also offered offensive cyber capabilities to NATO.
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12:25
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called on Russia to put an end to its "reckless" behavior in a series of global cyberattacks by Moscow, and said that allies NATO were united behind the British and Dutch governments.
In a statement issued Thursday at a meeting of NATO defense ministers, Stoltenberg said: "NATO Allies stand in solidarity with the decision taken by the governments Dutch and British to appeal to Russia for its blatant attempts to undermine international law and institutions. "
He said that "Russia must put an end to its irresponsible behavior, including the use of force against its neighbors, attempts to interfere in electoral processes and widespread campaigns of misinformation".
The 29 allies discuss cybersecurity during negotiations in Brussels. The United States, Britain, Denmark and the Netherlands should announce their intention to provide cyber-offensive capabilities for the use of NATO.
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12:20
British Prime Minister Theresa May and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte issued a joint statement condemning the Russian military intelligence unit GRU for a series of alleged crimes of cybercrime.
The two leaders announced Thursday that they "will defend the international institutions of those who seek to harm them."
They spoke after officials from both countries blamed the GRU for a series of attacks against the international body monitoring chemical weapons and other agencies, including the agency. World anti-doping and groups investigating the crash of Malaysian Airlines in 2014 on Ukraine.
May and Rutte claim that the attacks "again demonstrate GRU's contempt for global values and rules that ensure our security for all".
Russia on Thursday accused the charges of "fantasies".
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11:20
The Dutch Defense Minister said Russian military intelligence had attempted cybercrime targeting the international chemical weapons watchdog group and the 2014 Malaysian Airlines crash investigation into Ukraine.
Defense Minister Ank Bijleveld said the GRU's hacking attempts against the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, which allegedly took place in April, were halted by the authorities. Four Russian intelligence officers were immediately expelled from the Netherlands, she said.
Speaking of Russia's computer hacking attempts in the investigation of the MH17 crash on Thursday, she said: "We are aware of the interest of the Russian intelligence services for this investigation and have taken the appropriate measures." She added that "we remain very vigilant about this".
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This version removes the incorrect reference to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons as an American organization.
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10:30
The Russian Foreign Ministry has denied allegations by the British and Australian authorities that the Russian military intelligence agency GRU was behind a new wave of global cybercrime.
Spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova on Thursday called the new charges "great fantasies".
The UK National Cyber Security Center cited four new GRU-related attacks on the World Anti-Doping Agency, Ukrainian transport systems, the 2016 US presidential race and others.
British officials had previously accused the GRU of the attack by a nerve agent in March from a former Russian spy and her daughter in the English city of Salisbury.
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8:20
The UK Defense Minister said that a series of global cyberattacks blamed on Russia were the actions of a "pariah state" and that the UK and its NATO allies will expose of such activities in the future.
Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson said Thursday that "where Russia will act blindly and recklessly, as it has done in cyberattacks, we will expose them."
His remarks were made after British and Australian officials said that the Russian military intelligence unit GRU was behind a wave of cyber attacks around the world.
The UK National Cyber Security Center reports that four new attacks are associated with GRUs as well as previous cyber attacks.
Williamson said: "These are not the actions of a great power. These are the actions of a pariah state. "
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