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SBU accuses FSB of masterminding Armageddon group 'cyber-occupation'

By blaming the Crimean FSB for the cyber attacks made by advanced persistent threat group Armageddon, the SBU is looking to sensitise its foreign partners to the threat it feels it is facing as a result of the invasion of its cyber space by Russia and its allies. It has taken a particularly aggressive line in its communication about the attacks. [...] (499 words)

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SBU accuses FSB of masterminding Armageddon group 'cyber-occupation'

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Crimea-renewed focus of Ukraine-Russia tensions

EU and US add muscle to still headless Ukrainian cyber defence

Ukrainian pro-Russian tycoon and MP Viktor Medvedchuk fights back against SBU monitoring

Mikheil Saakashvili champions Kiev's goals in Strasbourg

Polish intelligence services continue to blame Russia for rising cyber threats

Zelensky reshapes its post-Avakov security apparatus

Former FSB officer Sergey Eliseev to serve as Kaliningrad deputy chairman

Washington favourite Cyber Unit Technologies tries its luck in UAE

FSB unit moves into new facility on Black Sea

Ukraine and Poland team up anticorruption bureaus under Washington's watchful gaze

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