July 14, 2026

The EU has stopped sanctioning Russian hackers and started sanctioning the machine that makes them

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The European Union and the United Kingdom have jointly sanctioned Russia’s cyber apparatus for the first time. The EU listed nine individuals and four entities, while the UK went further with 24, Politico reports. The language is what matters here. T...