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Russian cyberespionage operations in dozens of countries finally disabled by the United States

Russian cyberespionage operations in dozens of countries finally disabled by the United States

Posted by | May 24, 2023

The Justice Department announced in early May that it had disrupted a long-running Russian cyberespionage campaign that stole sensitive information from computer networks in dozens of countries, including the U.S. and other NATO members. Prosecutors linked the spying operation to a unit of Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, and accused the hackers of stealing documents from hundreds of computer systems belonging to governments of NATO members, an unidentified journalist for a U.S. news organization who reported on Russia, and other select targets of interest to the Kremlin. “For 20 years, the FSB has relied on the Snake malware...

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Federal prosecutors launch criminal cases involving illegal flow of technology to Russia, China, and Iran

Federal prosecutors launch criminal cases involving illegal flow of technology to Russia, China, and Iran

Posted by | May 24, 2023

The Justice Department announced a series of criminal cases on May 16 tracing the illegal flow of sensitive technology, including Apple’s software code for self-driving cars, and materials used for missiles, to foreign adversaries like Russia, China, and Iran. Some of the alleged theft highlighted by the department dates back several years, but U.S. officials are drawing attention to the collection of cases now to highlight the work of a task force created this year to disrupt the transfer of goods to foreign countries. “We are committed to doing all we can to prevent these advanced tools from falling...

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NAACP joins other civil rights groups with public warning to tourists about Florida’s hostile laws

NAACP joins other civil rights groups with public warning to tourists about Florida’s hostile laws

Posted by | May 23, 2023

The NAACP issued a travel advisory for Florida, joining two other civil rights groups in warning potential tourists that recent laws and policies championed by Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers are “openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals.” The NAACP, long an advocate for Black Americans, joined the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), a Latino civil rights organization, and Equality Florida, a gay rights advocacy group, in issuing travel advisories for the Sunshine State, where tourism is one of the state’s largest job sectors. The warning approved on May 20 by the...

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Uvalde Grieves: Criminal investigation into police response continues one year after school shooting

Uvalde Grieves: Criminal investigation into police response continues one year after school shooting

Posted by | May 23, 2023

A criminal investigation in Texas over the hesitant police response to the Robb Elementary School shooting is still ongoing, as May 24 marks one year since a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers inside a fourth-grade classroom in Uvalde. The continuing probe underlines the lasting fallout over Texas’ deadliest school shooting and how the days after the attack were marred by authorities giving inaccurate and conflicting accounts about efforts made to stop a teenage gunman armed with an AR-style rifle. The investigation has run parallel to a new wave of public anger in the U.S. over gun violence,...

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As mass killings become mainstream more Americans seek how to memorialize the anniversaries of death

As mass killings become mainstream more Americans seek how to memorialize the anniversaries of death

Posted by | May 23, 2023

On a September day that he knew would be hard, 51-year-old Damone Presley marked the occasion with barbecue and balloons. He was commemorating the one-year anniversary of the day in 2021 that his daughter and her three friends were fatally shot in Minnesota by a man who left their bodies in an abandoned SUV in a Wisconsin cornfield. Presley gathered 50 friends to celebrate the life of his daughter, Nitosha Flug-Presley, who was 30 when she died. He went big on the anniversary because he felt sure that’s what his daughter would have wanted. “She would always do stuff...

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Federal judge hesitates to shut down pipeline in plea with Wisconsin tribe to work with oil company

Federal judge hesitates to shut down pipeline in plea with Wisconsin tribe to work with oil company

Posted by | May 22, 2023

A federal judge signaled on May 18 he will not force an energy company to shut down an oil pipeline in northern Wisconsin, despite arguments from a Native American tribe that the line is at immediate risk of being exposed by erosion and rupturing on reservation land. The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa asked U.S. District Judge William Conley last week to issue an emergency ruling forcing Enbridge to shut down the Line 5 pipeline after large chunks of riverbank running alongside it were washed away. But Conley voiced frustration with the tribe at the hearing for...

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