“Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22
North and South Korea are reportedly set to announce an official end to the 1950-1953 Korean War that technically finished with a truce — and not a peace treaty, according to South Korea’s daily newspaper Munhwa Ilbo.
Source: North and South Korea reportedly set to announce end to Korean War
Since at least March 2016, Russian hackers attempted to infiltrate numerous sectors of American infrastructure, including energy, nuclear, commercial facilities, water, aviation and manufacturing, according to a Department of Homeland Security report published on Thursday.
Source: Report: Russian Hackers Had The Ability To Shut Down U.S. Power Plants : NPR
The Environmental Protection Agency violated the law when it installed a soundproof phone booth for the administrator, Scott Pruitt, at a cost of roughly $43,000, a congressional watchdog agency ruled on Monday.
Source: E.P.A. Chief’s $43,000 Phone Booth Broke the Law, Congressional Auditors Say – The New York Times
Global soccer body FIFA has applied to US authorities for tens of millions of dollars in damages from ex-officials indicted there for graft and recognized for the first time executives had in the past ‘sold’ votes in World Cup hosting contests.
Source: FIFA files for compensation in U.S. as victim of corruption | Daily Mail Online
A study published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine on Monday now reveals just how much of an increase there has been in the number of overdose-death donors, from being only 1.1% of all donors in 2000 to 13.4% in 2017.
Source: Drug overdoses tied to 24-fold rise in organ transplants | WTVR.com
Fingerprinting text is really very nifty; the ability to encode hidden data within a string of characters opens up a large number of opportunities. For example, someone within your team is leaking …
Source: Hide Secret Messages In Plain Sight With Zero-Width Characters
After investigating, the El Valle Wildlife Rescue Center determined that the sperm whale was killed by gastric shock to its stomach and intestines after ingesting 64 pounds of plastic. The autopsy found plastic bags, nets, ropes, plastic sacks, and even a plastic jerrycan in the whale’s stomach and intestines.
Source: Yet Another Dead Whale Is Grave Reminder Of Our Massive Plastic Problem
A video published by sports news site Deadspin over the weekend revealed dozens of TV anchors from Sinclair Broadcast Group reciting the same speech warning against “biased and false news.”
Source: Video Reveals Power Of Sinclair, As Local News Anchors Recite Script In Unison : The Two-Way : NPR
Facebook employees think the real problem is leakers, according to posts leaked to The Verge.
Some U.S. intelligence officials fear that the Chinese government is conducting sophisticated “kidnapping” programs in the United States in order to spirit their nationals back to the mainland, where they face arrest and imprisonment on political and corruption charges.
Source: Intelligence officials fear China’s global ‘kidnapping’ program has reached America
