Putin appointed a new director of the Federal Penitentiary Service

President Putin appointed Colonel-General of Police Arkady Gostev as director of the FSIN This is stated in the corresponding decree of the head of state. Police Colonel General Gostev has been appointed to replace the dismissed Alexander Kalashnikov. The new director of the FSIN previously served as deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Gostev was born in 1961 in the Shatsk district of the Ryazan region. He came to the service in the internal affairs bodies in 1981, starting his career as a police officer in the patrol and guard service. Graduated from the Moscow Higher Police School of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs. He worked as an investigator, rose to the head of the department for the investigation of organized crime. On June 16, 2012 Gostev was appointed Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia. Has state awards, including medals “For Valor in Service”, “For Combat

Travelers will be forced to vaccinate more often to enter the EU

Bloomberg: EU will recommend limiting the validity of COVID certificates to 9 months forcing travelers to get vaccinated more often. Bloomberg writes about this with reference to sources. Related materials 00:01 – Today “Almost a miracle happened” In Japan, disappeared coronavirus. When this happens in Russia, the biologist answers 00:01 – November 12 “There will always be dissent” Some Russians deny the coronavirus and do not want to be vaccinated. How to convince them? The European Commission (EC) will announce this later today, 25 November. It is assumed that the EC will also advocate that from January 10, 2022, the member countries of the association open up to travelers who are vaccinated with a vaccine approved by the World Health Organization. Although COVID certificates are also issued for those who have had pneumonia The EC plans to insist on another change in the entry rules: they want to give priority

Danger of “hijacking” printers revealed

Bleeping Computer: Tens of thousands of printers can be hacked through an open TCP port Tens of thousands of printers can be hacked remotely, exploiting the ignorance of users. This is reported by the Bleeping Computer. Methods for hacking a large number of printers have been uncovered by Italian security experts Giampaolo Bella and Pietro Biondi. The authors of the material noticed that a huge amount of office equipment can be connected remotely in the case of an open TCP port. In such a scenario, an attacker can “hijack” the printer and use it at his own discretion. By connecting to the equipment through the public TCP port 9100, the hacker can use the device to carry out DDoS attacks. An attacker can also sabotage an organization by hacking multiple printers at the same time and starting printing. In addition, there is a danger of further hacking of the system

Danger of “hijacking” printers revealed

Bleeping Computer: Tens of thousands of printers can be hacked through an open TCP port Tens of thousands of printers can be hacked remotely, exploiting the ignorance of users. This is reported by the Bleeping Computer. Methods for hacking a large number of printers have been uncovered by Italian security experts Giampaolo Bella and Pietro Biondi. The authors of the material noticed that a huge amount of office equipment can be connected remotely in the case of an open TCP port. In such a scenario, an attacker can “hijack” the printer and use it at his own discretion. By connecting to the equipment through the public TCP port 9100, the hacker can use the device to carry out DDoS attacks. An attacker can also sabotage an organization by hacking multiple printers at the same time and starting printing. In addition, there is a danger of further hacking of the system

Peskov spoke about Volodin's post about QR codes for hundreds of thousands of comments

Peskov about Volodin's post about QR codes with 270 thousand comments: feedback is welcome conducting polls of Russians in Telegram. He said that the Kremlin welcomes any method of obtaining reliable feedback from the population. This is reported by Interfax. “Any methods of obtaining reliable feedback from the population are welcome, because it is much more objective and much more clearly shows real sentiments, real requests, real support or fears of some mistakes”, – said Peskov. This is how a Kremlin official commented on the post of State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin in Telegram, in which he asked subscribers for feedback on the draft law on QR codes. In less than a day, the post of the politician collected more than 250 thousand comments. It is noted that in the post Volodin announced the intention of the State Duma to discuss in detail the bills on the introduction of codes:

Putin fired the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service

Russian President Vladimir Putin fired the head of the FSIN Kalashnikov Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Kalashnikov. The text of the corresponding decree is published on the Kremlin website. “To release Kalashnikov Alexander Petrovich from the post of director of the Federal Penitentiary Service. This Decree comes into force on the day of its signing, “the document says. Instead of Kalashnikov, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia Arkady Gostev has been appointed to this position. Kalashnikov took over as director of the Federal Penitentiary Service in October 2019, replacing Gennady Kornienko. In 2021, it was included in the sanctions lists of the European Union, the United States and Canada.

Putin fired the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service

Russian President Vladimir Putin fired the head of the FSIN Kalashnikov Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Kalashnikov. The text of the corresponding decree is published on the Kremlin website. “To release Kalashnikov Alexander Petrovich from the post of director of the Federal Penitentiary Service. This Decree comes into force on the day of its signing, “the document says. Instead of Kalashnikov, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia Arkady Gostev has been appointed to this position. Kalashnikov took over as director of the Federal Penitentiary Service in October 2019, replacing Gennady Kornienko. In 2021, it was included in the sanctions lists of the European Union, the United States and Canada.

Crimea commented on the approach of the US destroyer to the Black Sea

Senator Kovitidi said that the approach of the US destroyer to the Black Sea is a challenge to the Russian Federation and is also a security challenge to Russia. This comment was given by the Senator from Crimea Olga Kovitidi, writes RIA Novosti. At the same time, she called on the Security Council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to take concrete steps to keep the United States, as well as its allies from escalation of military activity in the Black Sea. Earlier it became known that the US Navy missile destroyer Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) on November 25 went to the Black Sea to take part in joint operations with American NATO allies. The Pentagon reported that the naval exercises of NATO's joint forces help maintain an integrated system of deterring military threats. On November 12, an exercise was held in the international waters of the