Technology
Police officers from Ukraine, the U.S. and France detained a 25-year-old hacker in Kyiv on Sept. 28 to stop a massive cybercrime that caused more than $150 million in damage worldwide. The suspect all
Oct. 5, 2021
Belarus-founded tech firm PandaDoc, which moved to Ukraine in 2020 during the protests against dictator Alexander Lukashenko, has become a ‘unicorn,’ bringing its total valuation to $1 billion, accord
Sep. 24, 2021
Tech company GitLab, founded in Ukraine, will soon go public on the U.S. stock exchange Nasdaq. Founded by Ukrainian tech entrepreneur Dmytro Zaporozhets and the Dutch-born Sid Sijbrandij in 2014, Git
Sep. 22, 2021
A draft law legalizing and regulating cryptocurrency and other virtual assets like tokens in Ukraine has passed the parliament in the second reading on Sept. 8. A total of 276 Ukrainian lawmakers vote
Sep. 8, 2021
Ukraine’s cyberpolice on Sept. 6 busted a smuggling ring that imported fake Apple smartphones, headphones, tablets, laptops and chargers from China before selling them as genuine products to unsuspect
Sep. 7, 2021
Cryptocurrency is hugely popular in Ukraine. Last year, Ukrainians earned about $400 million from bitcoin investment, making local crypto investors the tenth richest in the world. Ukrainian tech start
Sep. 1, 2021
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) detained four Kyiv residents suspected of operating a bot farm to spread disinformation about the Crimea Platform summit on social media. The suspects used 15,000 fake
Aug. 30, 2021
The office of Ukraine’s cyber police department — the law enforcement agency that protects from cybersecurity threats — looks old and shabby from the outside. The eye is caught by nine luxury cars, in
Aug. 14, 2021
Ukrainian startup People.ai has attracted $100 million of investment, bringing its total valuation to $1.1 billion, its founder Oleg Rogynsky said on Aug. 11. With this valuation, People.ai joins the
Aug. 12, 2021
An app to substitute your face for a movie star’s in the split of a second, a live map to track wars and crimes, and a mind-controlled prosthesis — these are only some examples of Ukrainian innovative
Jul. 29, 2021
Kazakhstan’s largest financial technology firm Kaspi.kz has signed a purchase agreement with Ukraine-based online payment service Portmone, according to financial statements Kaspi.kz published on July
Jul. 28, 2021
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) detained a Ukrainian national who is suspected of setting up a bot farm to sell fake online accounts, called bots, to Russian customers. The suspect, a local tech spec
Jul. 27, 2021
The Ukrainian parliament voted in the first reading for a bill that allows foreign tech specialists to register businesses and pay taxes in Ukraine online. The so-called e-residency is expected to bri
Jul. 21, 2021
A data center busted by Ukrainian law enforcement this month for suspected electricity theft may have had a purpose different from mining cryptocurrencies. Ukraine’s security service described the fac
Jul. 18, 2021
Editor’s note: the story has been updated to include the report from Ukraine’s energy regulator about the unjustified energy consumption by Vinnytsiaoblenergo. Ukraine’s Security Service reported on J
Jul. 12, 2021
Ukrainian entrepreneurs Daria Shapovalova and Natalia Modenova announced on July 6 that they raised $2 million from big U.S. investors to finance a fashion-tech startup called DressX. Based in Los Ang
Jul. 8, 2021
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