Our interview of the week: LockBitSupp says his ransomware platform isn’t dead yet.

113. Exclusive: Embattled LockBit leader: ‘Now I want to create even more noise’

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On the battlefields of Ukraine, Russia has become very adapt at electronic warfare — both jamming GPS satellites and spoofing satellite signals. We explain how it works and its ripple effects beyond the front lines.

131. Mic Drop: Could spoofing satellites  become Russia’s new jam?

A story about satellites, electronic warfare, and a team of American techies who MacGyver-ed a way to keep the power flowing in Ukraine.

130. A wrinkle in time: GPS jamming in Ukraine and its ripple effects

In an interview, LockbitSupp, head of the Lockbit cybercrime operation, told us that the U.S., U.K. and Australia have the wrong guy — he’s not Dmitry Khoroshev, the 31-year-old Russian national they’ve charged with hacking. What’s more, he says more attacks are coming.

129. LockbitSupp tells us: UK and US have got the wrong guy

In a year that could bring a perfect storm of disinformation, meet Doppelgänger, a Russian-backed group seeking not just to shake up the world’s elections, but its institutions too.

128. Taking aim at Democracy: Russia’s Doppelgänger gang  isn’t just targeting  elections anymore

The White House’s top cyber official is keen to set minimum cybersecurity standards for industry, put contingencies in place in case cyberattacks are successful, and start looping ordinary people into an effort to make products secure by design.

113. Exclusive: Embattled LockBit leader: ‘Now I want to create even more noise’

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