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Anonymous claims responsibility for Moscow traffic jam tied to app exploit

Anonymous claims responsibility for Moscow traffic jam tied to app exploit

On Thursday morning, Moscow’s busy Fili district became the site of a traffic jam unlike any before it. Motherboard (via The Verge) reports hackers used Russia’s Yandex Taxi ride-hailing app to order dozens of drivers to converge on Kutuzovsky Prospekt, one of the city’s main thoroughfares. The act caused traffic on part of the already congested street to come to a standstill for about 40 minutes while Yandex worked to address the situation. “On the morning of September 1st, Yandex… Source link

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Google to pause ads that exploit, dismiss Russia-Ukraine war

March 23 (Reuters) – Alphabet-owned (GOOGL.O) Google said on Wednesday it will pause all ads containing content that exploits, dismisses or condones the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. The move follows many major social media platforms that have announced new content restrictions around the conflict, including blocking Russian state media RT and Sputnik in the European Union. Earlier this month, the search giant said it had stopped selling all online ads in Russia. Register now for FREE… Source link

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