#Inside Texas’ fight against a ransomware hack

#Inside Texas’ fight against a ransomware hack

“#Inside Texas’ fight against a ransomware hack” DALLAS — It was the start of a steamy Friday two Augusts ago when Jason Whisler settled in for a working breakfast at the Coffee Ranch restaurant in the Texas Panhandle city of Borger. The most pressing agenda item for city officials that morning: planning for a country…

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#Rights group in Russia shuts down amid government crackdown

#Rights group in Russia shuts down amid government crackdown

“#Rights group in Russia shuts down amid government crackdown” MOSCOW (AP) — A rights group in Russia announced Sunday that it was shutting down, citing fear of prosecution of its members and supporters after Russian authorities blocked its website for allegedly publishing content from an “undesirable” organization. The Team 29 association of lawyers and journalists…

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# New project aims to bring global crypto miners to Russia

# New project aims to bring global crypto miners to Russia

“# New project aims to bring global crypto miners to Russia ” A major cryptocurrency and blockchain association in Russia is launching a project to bring global crypto mining operations to the country amid a Chinese crypto mining crackdown. The Russian Association of Cryptoeconomics, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain, or RACIB, announced an initiative aimed at…

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#Authoritarianism advances as world battles the pandemic

#Authoritarianism advances as world battles the pandemic

“#Authoritarianism advances as world battles the pandemic” LONDON — Here’s some of what happened while the world was distracted by the coronavirus: Hungary banned the public depiction of homosexuality. China shut Hong Kong’s last pro-democracy newspaper. Brazil’s government extolled dictatorship. And Belarus hijacked a passenger plane to arrest a journalist. COVID-19 has absorbed the world’s…

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