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Russian hackers again targeting US election, Microsoft warns
Credits Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images Alt Text Hacker Tech giant claims Kremlin-backed group is trying to infiltrate Donald Trump and Joe Biden campaigns One-Minute Read Gabriel Power Friday, September 11, 2020 – 2:26pm Russian military hackers who leaked Democratic Party emails during the 2016 US presidential election are up to their old tricks ahead of this year’s…
Beijing-linked hackers ‘tried to steal’ coronavirus vaccine data
Credits Pedro Vilela/Getty Images Alt Text Coronavirus vaccine US charges two men accused of targeting drug companies during global cybertheft campaign One-Minute Read Joe Evans Wednesday, July 22, 2020 – 1:27pm Two Chinese men linked to Beijing’s intelligence service targeted vaccine development research during a six-year cybertheft campaign in which trade secrets worth hundreds of…
ISIS Is Setting Up Fake Social Justice Accounts on Facebook
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Getty/Klaus VedfeltAMMAN, Jordan—Bitcoin grifters last week commandeered the Twitter accounts of Barack Obama, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Joe Biden. Russian foreign intelligence operatives have been hacking American, Canadian and British coronavirus vaccine research, according to the UK National Cyber Security Centre. And, as if not to feel left out…
Betty Chew to be charged under money-laundering law, says lawyer
LIM Guan Eng’s wife Betty Chew will be charged under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001, at the Butterworth Session’s Court next Tuesday, her lawyer said today. Lee Khai also said the case against Chew was not connected to the undersea tunnel project for which her husband has been…
Lim Guan Eng, Phang Li Koon plead not guilty to corruption
BUTTERWORTH: Former Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and businesswoman Phang Li Koon were charged in the sessions court here today with corruption.Lim, 60, and Phang, 48, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge after it was read out to them before judge Ahmad Azhari Abdul Hamid.Lim was charged, in his capacity as the Chief…
Daily operations, raids on illegal gambling in Penang
KEPALA BATAS: Penang police have been conducting operations and raids against illegal gambling dens in the state on almost a daily basis this year.Penang police chief Datuk Sahabudin Abd Manan said 462 raids involving gambling activities had been carried out from January till yesterday, and 137 cases had been taken to court.“During the same period,…
Two brothers, others held for fraud in Ibadan
Segun Showunmi, Ibadan TWO brothers, Ayoola Timilehin, Olusola Timilehin, and others have been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibadan zonal office, for internet fraud. They were arrested at their hideout yesterday at Alaka in Elebu area of Ibadan, Oyo State. The Head, Media & Publicity of the anti-graft…
Alleged $876m fraud: EFCC re-arraigns Malabu Oil, Abubakar, others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday re-arraigned Malabu Oil & Gas Limited, Aliyu Abubakar and 6 others before Justice I. E. Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Others were: A Group Construction Company Limited, Rocky Top Resources Limited, Megatech Engineering Limited, Novel Properties and Development Company Limited, Imperial Union…
The Vow: Where Are Financial Backers Sara and Clare Bronfman Now?
The highly controversial NXIVM organization – which was exposed as a sex cult in 2017 by The New York Times – had a number of high-profile members and leaders, which is explained in HBO’s documentary The Vow. Aside from pulling in people from Hollywood, like Smallville actress Allison Mack, influential people also took part in…