Norway spy chief blames Russian hackers for hijacking dam

Russian hackers briefly abducted a dam in Norway in early April and dropped millions of gallons of water before stopping the attack, revealing Norway’s detective chief on Thursday. Hackers opened a floodgate in the Bremangar Dam in Western Norway, with control over the dam’s computer system to release about three Olympic sized swimming pools of…

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European authorities arrest alleged admin of notorious Russian crime forum XSS

European officials have confirmed the arrest of the alleged administrator Xss.isOne of the longest Russian-language cybercrime forums. Europeol per europeThe alleged administrator was arrested in Ukraine on Tuesday. A law enforcement notice on XSS now reads now: “This domain has been confiscated.” According to a statement by Prosecutor in parisFrench authorities obtained a court order…

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