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TechCrunch: Google accused Dmitry Starovikov and Alexander Filippov of creating Glupteba Google has filed a lawsuit against two Russians who allegedly created Glupteba, which has infected over one million Windows computers worldwide. This is reported by TechCrunch. The claim was filed with the District Court of New York. Russians Dmitry Starovikov and Alexander Filippov are called the main developers of the botnet. The charges are based on their Gmail and Google Workspace accounts, which were allegedly created “to run a criminal enterprise.” The botnet gains access to user credentials and other data, as well as secretly mines cryptocurrency and sets up a proxy to redirect traffic. According to company representatives, Glupteba can be used at any time to carry out a powerful attack. Google demands compensation for damage from hacking, as well as permanently ban Russians from using the company's services. Previously, Microsoft published a report from which it follows

Consul General of the Russian Federation in Houston Zakharov: negotiations on diplomatic visas. The Consul General of Russia in Houston Alexander Zakharov told TASS about this. Negotiations should take place before the end of this year. According to Zakharov, there are “cautious positive shifts” on this issue. He also expressed the hope that these trends will lead to new agreements. Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Joe Biden during online talks noted that bilateral cooperation is in an unsatisfactory state. In particular, this is manifested in the difficulties experienced by the “curtailed” diplomatic missions of both countries in their work.

Putin and Biden: Russian-US cooperation is in poor condition Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Joe Biden are online -Negotiations on December 7 noted that bilateral cooperation is in an unsatisfactory state. This was reported by the press service of the Kremlin. In particular, this is manifested in the difficulties experienced by the “curtailed” diplomatic missions of both countries in their work. As Vladimir Putin noted, the current situation is a consequence of the line of the US authorities, which “five years ago began to practice large-scale restrictions, bans and mass expulsions of Russian diplomats, to which we have to react in a mirror-like manner.” In the press service The Kremlin also noted that the conversation between the two leaders was frank and businesslike. Earlier it became known that during negotiations with Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin proposed to nullify all existing restrictions on the functioning of embassies. It

US State Department: we are considering the option of complete isolation of Russia from the global financial system Russia from the world financial system. This is reported by RIA Novosti. It is noted that this step will have consequences for both business and the population of Russia.