EU targets two Russian propaganda networks with new sanctions
2026-04-21T14:51:55Z•fb2ad94debc89f4e7105ebc66fe1c7dcd0788d5ce6c5d04ccdce20ed71ca0b6e
EU sanctionsNorth KoreaPoste ItalianePostepayRussian intelligenceRussian propagandaTelegramVercel breachbot farmcredential compromisecrypto theftdata privacy finedisinformationnation-state threat actorsupply-chain riskthird-party AI tool
What happened
A set of related incidents: the EU imposed sanctions on two Moscow-linked propaganda networks accused of amplifying Kremlin narratives; cloud platform Vercel disclosed a breach traced to a third‑party AI tool that led to compromise of a limited subset of customer credentials; Ukrainian authorities dismantled a bot farm alleged to have supplied thousands of fake Telegram accounts to Russian intelligence for disinformation operations; Italy’s regulator fined Poste Italiane and Postepay for illegal processing of millions of users’ personal data; and a crypto infrastructure firm attributed a ~$290
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