Archive for the 'Technology' Category
El Salvador Becomes First Country to Adopt Bitcoin as Legal Tender
June 9th, 2021Via: New York Post: El Salvador on Wednesday officially became the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. President Nayib Bukele announced on Twitter just after 2 a.m. ET that the Central American country’s legislative body voted in favor of the so-called Bitcoin Law — making the digital currency the nation’s official legal tender, […]
“Secure” Messaging App Used by Criminals Operated by FBI
June 8th, 2021Via: AP: Criminal gangs divulged plans for moving drug shipments and killings on a secure messaging system secretly run by the FBI, law enforcement agencies said Tuesday, as they unveiled a global sting operation they said dealt an “unprecedented blow” to organized crime around the world. … The seeds of the sting were sown in […]
Apple in Talks with CATL, BYD Over Battery Supplies for Its Electric Car
June 8th, 2021Via: Reuters: Apple Inc is in early-stage talks with China’s CATL and BYD, about the supply of batteries for its planned electric vehicle, four people with knowledge of the matter said.
How Did FBI Get Private Key to Bitcoin Wallet Used by Pipeline Hackers?
June 8th, 2021Via: Bloomberg: In the digital world, though, it’s a simple matter to then transfer those Bitcoins to another address. And another. And another. This is done to obscure a trail and mask the flow of funds, kind of like money laundering. By May 27, the FBI had identified at least two dozen different Bitcoin addresses […]
Cyber Polygon: Will The Next Globalist War Game Lead To Another Convenient Catastrophe?
June 5th, 2021Via: Alt Market: My biggest concern right now is the upcoming ‘Cyberpolygon’ exercise being headed by the WEF this July. The war game is meant to “simulate” a cyberattack on vital infrastructure that would lead to a shutdown of the global supply chain, or at least the supply chains within certain nations. As I warned […]
United Airlines Wants to Bring Back Supersonic Air Travel
June 4th, 2021Via: Reuters: United Airlines wants to bring back supersonic air travel. The company said on Thursday it would buy ultra-fast jets from Denver-based aerospace company Boom Supersonic. Under the agreement, the airline will purchase 15 of Boom’s aircraft once they meet United’s safety, operating and sustainability requirements.
U.S. to Give Ransomware Hacks Similar Priority as Terrorism
June 3rd, 2021Via: Reuters: The U.S. Department of Justice is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack and mounting damage caused by cyber criminals, a senior department official told Reuters. Internal guidance sent on Thursday to U.S. attorney’s offices across the country said information about […]
ALL JBS BEEF PLANTS IN U.S. SHUT AFTER CYBERATTACK, UNION SAYS
June 1st, 2021Update: “JBS Moves to Reopen ‘Vast Majority’ of Plants After Cyberattack” Two hours after Bloomberg reported that all JBS plants in the U.S. were shut, they are now saying that operations will resume Wednesay. Via: Bloomberg: JBS SA, the largest meat producer globally, has made “significant progress” to resolve the cyberattack that impacted its global […]
World’s Biggest Meat Supplier Under Cyber Attack
June 1st, 2021Via: Bloomberg: The world’s biggest meat supplier has become the latest casualty of a cybersecurity attack, posing a fresh threat to global food security already rattled by the Covid-19 pandemic. JBS SA shut its North American and Australian computer networks after an organized assault on Sunday on some of its servers, the company said by […]
Killer Drones Operate in Autonomous Mode for First Time
May 30th, 2021Via: New York Post: After a United Nations commission to block killer robots was shut down in 2018, a new report from the international body now says the Terminator-like drones are now here. Last year “an autonomous weaponized drone hunted down a human target last year” and attacked them without being specifically ordered to, according […]
