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Twin brothers accused of leading phishing gang busted by Russian police
The twins had purchased an armored door for their apartment, and they set up text message alerts to warn their associates to destroy evidence once the police showed up. It wasn’t enough to keep the cops out, or themselves out of jail.
Russian billboard advertising contraband hides when it recognises cops
Ban on imported Italian food? No problem! Don Giulio Salumeria got an ad company to rig billboards with facial recognition that spots Russian police uniforms. 
Russia and China sign cyber security pact, vow not to hack each other
Moscow and Beijing will share manpower, technical resources and information to thwart online attacks.
White House hackers read emails from President Obama, Russia blamed
In addition to acquiring the president’s itinerary, hackers also managed to access some of his email correspondence when they penetrated a White House unclassified system in October, according to a news outlet.
White House hackers accessed schedule of President Obama’s whereabouts
It’s unclassified, but it’s still highly sensitive, officials say. It’s just one non-public set of data gleaned by intruders who may have slipped in via the State Department’s system. 
Obama signs executive order to sanction foreign hackers
Obama signed a new executive order on Wednesday (1 April 2015) authorizing financial sanctions against foreign hackers, and companies that knowingly benefit from cyberattacks against US interests.
US won’t release Russian MP’s son being held on PoS hacking charges
A US federal court has refused to release Roman Seleznev, arrested in the Maldives under suspicion of rigging retail PoS systems to rip off credit card details. Prosecutors say he was caught with over 2 million stolen cards on his laptop and that he’d been searching the US federal court electronic filing system for charges against him. 
Germany considers replacing email with typewriters to evade spying
The country’s pondering manual typewriters, however, unlike Russia’s reported embrace of electric typewriters last year. Russia should be well aware that you can plug a keylogger into those e-typewriters, given that it pulled that stunt on IBM Selectrics back in the 70s!
CNET website and 1 million passwords compromised by Russian hacker group
CNET, the popular tech news and reviews website, was compromised over the weekend by Russian hackers called “W0rm,” CNET’s parent company confirmed yesterday.
