Month: December 2019

Tory minister says 'we should be concerned' about Russian election interference, but report on Russian interference cannot be published before election

A Tory minister has said “we obviously should be concerned” over Russian interference in the general election, despite Boris Johnson’s government blocking a report into the state’s alleged involvement in British politics ahead of next week’s poll. It comes in light of claims that official UK government documents leaked online – detailing plans for a…

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Reddit has said that Russia likely posted leaked UK trade documents as part of a vast covert influence campaign

Reddit has said that leaked documents on US-UK trade deal discussions were likely posted on the site as part of a Russian influence campaign.  The documents were cited by Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the UK’s opposition Labour party, as evidence that his opponent in the UK general election, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, was poised to…

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Report: Officer recorded kissing Chicago chief reassigned

CHICAGO (AP) — A female officer who was reportedly caught on video kissing then-Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson at a popular restaurant in October was transferred weeks later from his personal security detail to another role on the police force, a department spokesman said. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi confirmed to WBEZ that the officer, who…

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USDA says strong jobs report supports cutting food stamps

As the U.S. economy added far more jobs than expected in November and the unemployment rate fell to 3.5%, a 50-year low, the head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) used the blockbuster jobs report to push Trump administration’s controversial plan to cut food stamp benefits.  “Today’s jobs report is further proof that now in the…

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US and UK bust one of the worst cyber banking hacks in a decade, charging Russians in multi-million dollar scheme

Click:high temperature gate valves   The group of Russian hackers allegedly behind one of the worst cyber bank frauds of the last decade was unmasked on Thursday, with its leader indicted in America and the full scale of purported crimes revealed in remarkable detail. The Moscow-based unit was identified as Evil Corp and dubbed “the…

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