The Newsground: “Leaked Russian records obtained by The Newsground show that the founders of a technology company embedded in the White House’s official mobile application continued using sanctioned Russian banks after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Following the invasion, its founders continued to travel to Russia, even after one of them complained on Telegram that Russian tax authorities had issued him a subpoena regarding a related business. The company, Elfsight, markets itself as a European company headquartered in Andorra, where its founders now appear to reside. But records reviewed by The Newsground show that the company’s Russian operations continue. Elfsight is a software vendor that supplies pre-built, embeddable widgets such as social media feeds, image galleries, and forms for websites and apps that load directly from Elfsight’s servers. According to a network traffic analysis by the security research firm Atomic Computer, Elfsight’s code runs inside the White House app and is served through a broad network of Elfsight-controlled domains. The app is now reportedly mandated for government employees’ phones. NOTUS, a nonprofit newsroom, previously reported that security researchers had raised alarms about the White House app’s use of Elfsight and that the integration had already exposed personal details of some White House staffers through the app’s network traffic…”