Posts Tagged ‘Soviet Union’

14
Nov
2020

Soviet Union Internet domain

categories: digital citizenship, Digital literacy, information literacy, information technology, media literacy

TIL that the Soviet Union was issued a top-level internet domain just before its 1991 collapse. The domain was never deactivated and has since become a haven for cybercriminals due to its lack of regulation. from r/todayilearned

Tons of Hackers Are Hanging Out in Old Soviet Cyberspace

https://gizmodo.com/tons-of-hackers-are-hanging-out-in-old-soviet-cyberspac-510829003

Until recently, the .su domain has been the home of weird, but legitimate sites. But when the administrators for Russia’s .ru got a little more strict about what they would and wouldn’t allow, scammers and hackers alike began to migrate to the out-dated .su, which saw its population of sites double in 2011, and again in 2012.

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Old Soviet Union domain name attracts cybercriminal interest

https://www.foxnews.com/tech/old-soviet-union-domain-name-attracts-cybercriminal-interest

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more on the Internet in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=Internet

01
Feb
2020

Shared Kitchens and Soviet Politics

categories: academic library, information literacy, media literacy

How Russia’s Shared Kitchens Helped Shape Soviet Politics

22
Aug
2018

50 years since invasion Czechoslovakia

categories: educational technology, gamification, information literacy, media literacy, web development

The Invasion of Czechoslovakia Through Women’s Eyes

https://www.rferl.org/a/invasion-of-czechoslovakia-through-womens-eyes/29442053.html

Fifty years ago, five Warsaw Pact nations invaded Czechoslovakia. Here are stories of four women who didn’t hesitate to act bravely during these days.

by kristyna foltynova

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more on history in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=history