One of the groups claiming responsibility for the digital sabotage at Aeroflot, Russia's flagship airline, has a track record of disruptive hacks.

An IT outage linked to CrowdStrike disrupted flights, banks, and media outlets across the globe. Russia remained unaffected.

Zscaler is a buy due to strong government cybersecurity spending tailwinds, especially from the US and Europe, amid rising global cyber threats.

Since 2022, Western logistics entities and IT companies have faced an elevated risk of targeting by the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 85th Main Special Service Center (85th GTsSS), military unit 26165—tracked in the cybersecurity community under several names (see “Cybersecurity Industry Tracking”).

Internal investigators under new management later revealed that the company paid $100,000 to the attackers to delete the stolen data. Uber didn’t report the breach. There was a lot of internal turmoil and fallout over the company’s errant decisions.

A new Pentagon directive specifically calls for leveraging existing programs such as CMMC to identify and eliminate risks in DOD systems.

There are “strong indications” that Russia was behind a cyber attack on the Dutch public prosecution department’s internal systems, justice ministry sources have told the AD. The affected systems contain sensitive information on ongoing police investigations and court cases,

"Russia is ready for a substantive dialogue on cybersecurity issues, both within the United Nations and on other international platforms, and through bilateral channels.

‘Cyber is the New Black’: Cyber Expert Points to Diplomacy to Solve Global Cybersecurity Issues By News Department Nov 16, 2017 12:25 am · Updated Nov 16, 2017 12:25 am