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    READ: Manafort’s Foreign Agent Filing Details His Richly-Paid Work For Ukraine
    Jun28

    READ: Manafort’s Foreign Agent Filing Details His Richly-Paid Work For Ukraine

    Wednesday, June 28 , 2017 - 20:25 (EEST) Section: TPM (USA)

    Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s lavishly-compensated work for a pro-Russian Ukrainian political party came into sharper focus when he retroactively filed with the U.S. Justice Department under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) late Tuesday. Manafort’s firm, DMP International LLC, earned more than $17 million...

    Paul Manafort made millions more from his Ukraine work than we knew
    Jun28

    Paul Manafort made millions more from his Ukraine work than we knew

    Wednesday, June 28 , 2017 - 19:40 (EEST) Section: VICE News (USA)

    When reports emerged last August that the lobbying firm of then–Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort received over $12 million for work done as early as 2007 on behalf of a pro-Russian Ukrainian political party, he called the accusations “unfounded, silly, and nonsensical.” Days later, he left Trump’s bid for the presidency after just five...

    Ukraine Was Hit By a Massive Cyberattack. Why the US Must Keep Up Support for This Key Ally.
    Jun28

    Ukraine Was Hit By a Massive Cyberattack. Why the US Must Keep Up Support for This Key Ally.

    Wednesday, June 28 , 2017 - 19:10 (EEST) Section: The Daily Signal (USA)

    Large-scale cyberattacks against Ukraine on Tuesday reportedly hit government ministries, including the Cabinet of Ministers, several banks, a state power distributor, the Ukrainian postal service, a state-run aircraft manufacturer, and Boryspil airport in Kyiv, among other targets. The cyberattacks have also affected companies outside of...

    Global cyberattack demanding ransom had nothing to do with money
    Jun28

    Global cyberattack demanding ransom had nothing to do with money

    Wednesday, June 28 , 2017 - 19:10 (EEST) Section: VICE News (USA)

    A devastating cyberattack initially targeting Ukraine’s infrastructure spread like wildfire across the globe on Tuesday, and in the space of just a couple of hours, locked down the computer systems and demanded ransoms from hundreds of organizations including shipping giant Maersk, the world’s largest advertising holding company WPP,...

    Companies weigh cyberattack cost, with Ukraine hit hard
    Jun28

    Companies weigh cyberattack cost, with Ukraine hit hard

    Wednesday, June 28 , 2017 - 18:10 (EEST) Section: The Bellingham Herald (USA)

    Companies and governments around the world on Wednesday counted the cost of a software epidemic that has disrupted ports, hospitals, and banks. Ukraine, which was hardest hit and where the … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...

    Facebook’s secret censorship rules protect white men from hate speech but not black children
    Jun28

    Facebook’s secret censorship rules protect white men from hate speech but not black children

    Wednesday, June 28 , 2017 - 17:55 (EEST) Section: Salon (USA)

    mark_zuckerberg (Credit: Reuters/Stephen Lam) In the wake of a terrorist attack in London earlier this month, a U.S. congressman wrote a Facebook post in which he called for the slaughter of “radicalized” Muslims. “Hunt them, identify them, and kill them,” declared U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, a Louisiana Republican. “Kill them all. For the sake of...

    Ukraine ‘Ground Zero’ For Hackers In Global Cyberattacks
    Jun28

    Ukraine ‘Ground Zero’ For Hackers In Global Cyberattacks

    Wednesday, June 28 , 2017 - 17:55 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Ukraine’s heavy reliance on Russian technology impairs its ability to adequately defend against cyberattacks such as the Petya virus ravaging computers around the world and has helped make the country ground zero on the front lines of the global cyberwar. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    A nuclear power plant was hacked in the U.S.
    Jun28

    A nuclear power plant was hacked in the U.S.

    Wednesday, June 28 , 2017 - 17:25 (EEST) Section: Salon (USA)

    (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File) (Credit: AP) A federal investigation is taking place into the breaching of the computer systems in at least one nuclear power plant, according to a report by ABC News. The good news is that no sensitive systems were impacted by the attack. It seems that the hackers only managed to penetrate into a computer system...

    Ukrainian officials post footage of vandals defacing Holocaust memorial
    Jun28

    Ukrainian officials post footage of vandals defacing Holocaust memorial

    Wednesday, June 28 , 2017 - 17:10 (EEST) Section: Jewish Telegraphic Agency (USA)

    (JTA) — City officials in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv published online security camera footage of vandals painting Nazi symbols on a Holocaust memorial in a bid to identify them. The municipality made the unusual move last week on its website, showing an image of an individual wearing a backpack and a hat squatting in front of a part of...

    Global Ransomware Attack: What We Know and Don’t Know
    Jun28

    Global Ransomware Attack: What We Know and Don’t Know

    Wednesday, June 28 , 2017 - 16:55 (EEST) Section: The New York Times (USA)

    Researchers said the attack had originated in Ukraine, but then spread to at least 64 countries. …read more Source: The New York...