A number of elected officials, including New York City Mayor Eric Adams, law enforcement officers, right-wing media outlets, and far-right extremists have boosted a baseless conspiracy theory that Jewish Hungarian billionaire George Soros or some nefarious shadowy organization is helping to fund the pro-Palestinian student protests at universities across the US. They are promoting the […]
Enlarge / Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, which is part of Jackson County. Eric Rogers Jackson County, Missouri, has declared a state of emergency and closed key offices indefinitely as it responds to what officials believe is a ransomware attack that has made some of its IT systems inoperable. “Jackson County has identified significant disruptions within […]
Leicester City Council’s IT systems and phone lines are expected to remain out of service until “at least midweek” following a cyber attack. Systems have been down since Thursday, March 7. The local authority said it was working with “cyber security and law enforcement partners” to try to get them up and running again. It […]
The city of Hamilton, Canada, is recovering from a ransomware attack that has disrupted online government services, forcing residents to use cash transactions and manual methods for payments.
Sultry grooves from the Motor City veteran Alton Miller is a genuine Detroit pioneer who played the city’s earliest house parties – and decades later he is still turning out authentic and emotive deep house. ‘Am Forplay’ is the lead track of his latest three track EP for a new label out of Berlin called […]
The mayor of Calvià, a municipality on the Spanish island of Majorca, has said the city council will not be paying an approximately €10 million extortion fee demanded by criminals following a ransomware attack. Calvià, a region on the southwestern part of the resort island, has around 50,000 residents who have been informed that the […]
A coalition of rebel groups in Myanmar is now in control of the city of Laukkaing — a notorious hub of online scamming operations near the border with China. Late on Thursday, Myanmar’s military government relinquished control of the city to the Three Brotherhood Alliance, which launched a surprise operation in Shan state, along the […]
The city of Beckley, West Virginia is dealing with a cyberattack, it announced Thursday in a notice posted on social media. City officials said they recently discovered issues with their computer network and apologized for any inconveniences. “We are working diligently to investigate the source of the incident, confirm the incident’s full scope and impact, […]
A hospital near Kansas City, Missouri, is struggling to provide care to patients this week after a cyberattack limited its systems. In an update on Wednesday, Liberty Hospital said it was still dealing with disruptions to its computer systems that began on Tuesday. The facility initially had to transfer some patients to other hospitals, but […]
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