🙋 158th Weekly protest
Russian hackers inside home routers. Portuguese cork in space. Cybersecurity law.
You’re watching news from the weekly rally in front of the Russian Embassy in Lisbon. Today is April 11th, 2:30 PM. And a strong wind.
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre warns that the Russian group APT28 is hacking routers and spoofing DNS settings. As a result, without clicking a phishing link, you could end up on a phishing website. Check your router’s DNS server settings in the admin panel for suspicious addresses. You can ask ChatGPT for instructions for your router model.
www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/apt28-exploit-routers-to-enable-dns-hijacking-operations
On April 9, pplware reported that Portuguese F-16s, as part of a NATO mission in Estonia, scrambled to monitor and escort a Russian Il-76 military transport aircraft. The aircraft was flying in international airspace near NATO’s area of responsibility.
pplware.sapo.pt/high-tech/cacas-portugueses-intercetaram-aviao-militar-russo-em-missao-da-nato/
www.idealista.pt/news/imobiliario/empresas/2026/04/10/74893-cortica-portuguesa-viajou-pelo-espaco-em-missao-da-nasa On April 9, “sapo.pt” published an article about Portugal issuing its first certificates of origin for biomethane. The first recipient was the Capwatt plant in Aljustrel.
sapo.pt/artigo/emitidos-primeiros-certificados-de-garantia-de-origem-de-biometano-produzido-em-portugal-69d7645385f2c80b9ff808f5 On April 7, tek notícias reported that Portugal will invest €15.6 million in the AI Factory project, a joint project with Spain, Romania, and Turkey. Portugal will also allocate €3.7 million for the operation of its Deucalion supercomputer in Guimarães. Portugal and Spain are also preparing a bid for an artificial intelligence gigafactory, with an investment of approximately €8 billion, and Sines selected as the site in Portugal.
tek.sapo.pt/noticias/computadores/artigos/portugal-investe-156-milhoes-de-euros-no-projeto-de-fabrica-de-ia-com-espanha-romenia-e-turquia/
On April 3, a new cybersecurity law came into force in Portugal. It now applies not only to critical infrastructure but also to many medium-sized and large companies. Organizations are required to manage cyber risks, protect their supply chains, and promptly report incidents. The law also legalized and strictly limited the activities of “ethical hackers.”
pplware.sapo.pt/internet/portugal-nova-lei-da-ciberseguranca-entra-hoje-em-vigor/
sapo.pt/artigo/novo-regime-de-ciberseguranca-arranca-com-mercado-a-precisar-de-profissionais-69cf72237694c9b1250e5acd
tek.sapo.pt/noticias/computadores/artigos/o-que-sao-hackers-eticos-e-por-que-motivo-passam-a-ter-maior-protecao-legal-em-portugal/
zona.media/article/2026/04/07/spring On April 9, the Memorial Human Rights Center issued a statement regarding its designation as an extremist organization in Russia. They consider this illegal decision a new round of pressure on Russian civil society.
memorialcenter.org/ru/news/o-priznanii Russia is not their property.
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