Russia accuses Apple of ‘political censorship’ after VK apps removed from App Store
2026-06-26T14:51:53Z•2d6f7f595b4b3d060d3b57b4e77a792d8f996fd9b3d7501f8a55293b0ccdd831
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What happened
Multiple Russia-related cyber and policy developments: Apple removed a suite of VK/Mail.ru apps from the App Store, prompting Russian accusations of political censorship; Google researchers disclosed StockStay, new malware attributed to Russian espionage group Turla targeting Ukraine; Ukraine’s SBU reported a long-running Russian social‑engineering campaign using fake tech‑support to steal messaging credentials; separately, the FCC voted to tighten protections for submarine communications cables and to require licensing for submarine line terminal equipment (SLTE); DHS said the president has (
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