Archive for August 2023
Top U.S. cyber official offers ‘stark warning’ of infrastructure attacks if China tensions escalate
China’s hackers have been positioning themselves to conduct destructive cyberattacks on U.S. critical infrastructure, a top U.S. cyber official warned Saturday. Speaking at a panel at the Def Con hacker conference in Las Vegas, Jen Easterly, the director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, said, “I hope that people are taking seriously a pretty…
Read MoreBritain warns of possible terrorist attacks in Sweden
Britain on Sunday warned citizens going to Sweden of possible terrorist attacks following Koran burnings by anti-Islam activists that have outraged Muslims. In updated travel advice, Britain’s foreign ministry said Swedish authorities had successfully disrupted some planned attacks and made arrests. “You should be vigilant at this time,” it said, adding that “terrorists are very…
Read MoreIran arrests four more after fatal shooting at Shia shrine
Iranian authorities have arrested four more suspects after detaining a lone gunman in the killing of at least one person at a Shia Muslim shrine, state media reported on Monday. The attack came less than a year after a similar one on the same holy site, the Shah Cheragh mausoleum in Shiraz, capital of Fars…
Read MoreMassachusetts man pleads guilty to bomb threat aimed at then-Arizona Secretary of State
A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to sending threats two years ago to Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs when she was the secretary of state, the U.S. Justice Department said Friday. James Clark, 38, entered a guilty plea to one count of sending a communication containing a bomb threat to an election official, according to a…
Read MoreMother’s Discovery Leads to Arrest: Explosive Devices Uncovered in Leesburg
Authorities have taken a significant step towards ensuring public safety as an arrest was made in connection with the discovery of explosive devices in Leesburg. Twenty-two year old Luke Scott Pratt, the defendant, faces charges of manufacturing explosive devices with the intent to cause harm, in violation of Florida State Statute 790.161(j). The Lake County…
Read MoreStaged videos fuel religious hate and misogyny in India
In a video shared and watched by millions of people in India, a man is seen attacking a person who is wearing a black burka and holding a child. He then forcibly removes the burka to reveal a man. The message accompanying the clip warns in Hindi that people should “be aware” of criminals using…
Read MoreNazi symbols and child pornography found in German police chats
Another group within Germany’s security structures has been found to be inclined toward Nazi imagery. Recklinghausen officials are concerned by this incident, the second in recent months. Prosecutors in Germany have uncovered illegal content including Nazi symbols in chat messages involving five officers from three different police districts. The discovery was made after searches in…
Read MoreEcuador arrests 6 Colombians in slaying of presidential candidate
Ecuador’s transformation into a major drug trafficking hub and the ensuing three-year surge of violence is weighing on the nation following the killing of a presidential candidate whose life’s work was to fight crime and corruption. Six Colombian men were arrested Thursday in connection with the fatal shooting of Fernando Villavicencio a day earlier in…
Read MorePutnam County man held without bond after attempting to make a bomb
A Putnam County man is being held without bond after officials confirmed he was attempting to make a bomb. On August 7, Levi Flatt was seen on video stating “Hey ATF, let me know if this legal. Uh, A pound of Tannerite, a pipe bomb, and a wine bottle full of diesel.” Detectives contacted ATF…
Read MoreMolotov cocktail thrown at Swedish embassy in Beirut amid Quran-burning tensions
An assailant threw a Molotov cocktail at Sweden’s embassy in Beirut, causing no casualties, Stockholm’s foreign minister and a diplomatic source said Thursday, amid anger over recent Quran desecrations. “We confirm that there was a Molotov cocktail thrown at the facade of our embassy last evening, which did not explode,” a diplomatic source at the…
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