The Ukrainian government's military intelligence service says it hacked the Russian Federal Taxation Service, wiping the agency's database and backup copies.

Following this operation, carried out by cyber units within Ukraine's Defense Intelligence, military intelligence officers breached Russia's federal taxation service central servers and 2,300 regional servers across Russia and occupied Ukrainian territories.

As Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence says, the repercussions of the cyberattack have been severe, causing a breakdown in communication between Moscow's central office and the 2,300 territorial departments that also got hacked in the attack.

It has led to a virtual collapse of one of Russia's vital governmental agencies with a significant loss of tax-related data, according to GUR, as well as tax data-related internet traffic across Russia falling into the hands of Ukraine's military hackers, as The Record first reported.

"This means a complete destruction of the infrastructure of one of the main state bodies of terrorist Russia and numerous related tax data for a long period," GUR said.

GUR said it hacked Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency last month, gaining access to classified data and leaking it online.

The impact of these cyberattacks underscores Ukraine's increased cyber warfare efforts against Russia, leveraging its military intelligence cyber units to disrupt critical Russian infrastructure.

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Oct 17 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O) is preparing to bring Amazon.com (AMZN.O) as a customer for its 365 cloud productivity tools in a deal worth over $1 billion, news site Insider reported on Tuesday, citing an internal document and a person familiar with the matter.

The e-commerce giant has committed the amount for over five years and to secure more than one million Microsoft 365 license seats, according to the report.

Microsoft, whose shares gained nearly 1% in extended trading following the report, declined to comment. Amazon did not respond to Reuters' request for comment.

Amazon is expected to start setting up the new systems in early November, the report said, adding that the company currently uses a local, on premise version of Microsoft's Office products.

Reporting by Yuvraj Malik in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila

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Premier League players Sandro Tonali and Nicolò Zaniolo were sent back to their clubs from Italy's training camp on Thursday after being notified by police of involvement in a betting investigation.

The move comes a day after Juventus midfielder Nicolo Fagioli acknowledged that he is being investigated by Turin prosecutors in the same case for alleged betting online via unauthorized websites.

After police were seen at the national team's Coverciano training center to question the players, the Italian soccer federation announced that Tonali and Zaniolo had been handed official notifications of their involvement in the Turin inquiry.

"Regardless of the nature of the events, considering that the two players are not in the necessary condition to face the matches scheduled for the next few days, the federation has decided, also for their protection, to allow them to return to their respective clubs," the federation said in a statement.

Tonali is a midfielder with Newcastle -- having transferred from AC Milan in July -- and Zaniolo is an attacking midfielder at Aston Villa on loan from Galatasaray.

Italy host Malta on Saturday and then visit England three days later in European Championship qualifying.

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Randal Kolo Muani, Ousmane Dembele, Achraf Hakimi and Layvin Kurzawa have been named as the four players who have been handed suspensions.

Caesars' 8-K also implies that a ransom demanded by the attackers was paid to prevent the leak of the stolen data online—a Wall Street Journal report says the hotel and casino entertainment company paid roughly $15 million, half of the attackers' initial $30 million demand.

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