Section: Business Insider (USA)
Cyber attacks on US businesses, banks mounting
New York (AFP) – Investigators were digging Thursday to find who initiated and what was taken in an apparent intense hacker effort this month to penetrate the systems of US banks including JPMorgan Chase.The Federal Bureau of Investigation acknowledged that it and the US Secret Service were “working to determine the scope of recently...
The 10 Most Important Tweets About Obama’s Tan Suit
President Barack Obama addressed the military conflicts in Iraq, Syria, and Ukraine at a press briefing Thursday afternoon. However, for much of the political press corps, Obama’s unusual khaki suit was the main conversation. During the briefing, Twitter erupted with discussion of Obama’s fashion choice. Multiple parody accounts based...
Putin Escalated To Save His Aggressive Ukraine Policy From Collapsing — But His Strategy Hasn’t Changed
In an analyst’s note on August 28, Morgan Stanley published its takeaways from the recent meeting in Minsk between Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. “If negotiations make progress on the terms of a ceasefire and a political settlement for Donbas,” the note beings, referring to...
STOCKS FALL: Here’s What You Need To Know (DIA, SPY, QQQ, TLT, IWM, RSH, F, TM, HMC, DDAIF, FIATY, AIG, ANF)
Stocks fell as headlines out of Ukraine and Russia indicated that the situation in Eastern Ukraine escalated significantly, as Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Russian troops have advanced across the border. The decline in stocks also marks the first time this week that the S&P 500 did not make an all-time high. First, the...
UN Ambassador Samantha Power Warns Russia: ‘THE MASK IS COMING OFF’
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power lashed out at Russia on Thursday, a day that saw Ukraine’s president accused Russia of sending troops across the Ukrainian border to fight with pro-Russian separatist rebels. Speaking at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council, Power said it is clear Russia has armed,...
Here Comes Obama’s Statement On Ukraine And Iraq…
President Barack Obama will make a statement from the White House briefing room at 4 p.m. ET, the White House said. His statement will come amid a day of significant escalation in the crisis in Ukraine, as Ukraine’s president accused Russia of sending troops across the border to fight with pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s...
Russia Unleashes Huge Counter-Troll In Response To Canada’s ‘Map Of Russia’
Russia’s Mission to NATO released a response on Twitter to Canada’s Mission to NATO, which on Wednesday had posted a map serving as a helpful guide for Russian soldiers who Moscow said crossed the Ukrainian border “by accident.” Canada’s map consisted simply of “Russia” and “Not Russia.” It...
NATO Just Released Satellite Evidence Russia Is Lying About Invading Ukraine
NATO released a series of satellite images on Thursday showing what a top general described as “Russian combat soldiers, equipped with sophisticated heavy weaponry, are operating inside Ukraine’s sovereign territory.” According to a statement posted on the NATO website, the photos “confirmed what NATO and its Allies had...
BREMMER: Putin Has Now Cornered Ukraine And Its President
Ukraine’s government is in a perilous position after Russian troops’ advances into southeastern regions in the country, and it’s likely the country will have to accept a ceasefire that hands over large swaths of territory to pro-Russian separatists. Geopolitical expert Ian Bremmer, the president of Eurasia Group, told Business...
JPMorgan Confirms It’s Looking Into Possible Hack
JPMorgan Chase has confirmed it’s investigating a possible cyberattack earlier this month, Reuters reports. “The bank is taking additional steps to safeguard sensitive or confidential information, though it not seeing unusual fraud activity at this time,” company spokeswoman Trish Wexler told the website. On Wednesday, Bloomberg...
