Airstrike neutralises bandits in Kaduna
Published by Business Day The Kaduna State government says the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) airstrike has neutralised bandits in aerial missions in Chikun, Birnin Gwari Local Government Areas of Kaduna. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed…
Bitcoin price lower after Musk tweet
Published by Reuters (Reuters) – The price of Bitcoin traded below $45,000 on Sunday after a tweet by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, an outspoken supporter of cryptocurrency, suggested Tesla may be considering or may have sold off its bitcoin holdings….
Asia shares left listless by mixed China data
Published by Reuters By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian share markets turned mixed on Monday as data on Chinese retail sales missed expectations though industrial output stayed solid, while more evidence of global inflation pressures helped gold to a…
Hackers threaten to release police records, knock 911 offline
Published by Stateline.org A cybercriminal gang that breached the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department’s computer network in a ransomware attack published detailed information last week about nearly two dozen officers, including Social Security numbers and psychological assessments. The group, Babuk,…
Flared natural gas latest prize in bitcoin miners’ energy quest
Published by The Bangkok Post WASHINGTON: As the value of bitcoin soars and concerns rise about the energy-intensive process needed to obtain it, cryptocurrency entrepreneurs in the United States believe they have found a solution in flared natural gas. Profitably…
Flared natural gas latest prize in bitcoin miners’ energy quest
Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – As the value of bitcoin soars and concerns rise about the energy-intensive process needed to obtain it, cryptocurrency entrepreneurs in the United States believe they have found a solution in flared natural gas. Profitably…
News Roundup: Tesla drops bitcoin, Binance under investigation, Seychelles record COVID-19 surge, Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza…
Published by Business Day Nigeria records 27% decline in remittance in 2020Diaspora remittances to Sub-Saharan Africa declined by an estimated 12.5 per cent in 2020 to $42 billion, almost entirely due to a 27.7 per cent decline to Nigeria, which…
Ex-Florida tax collector Joel Greenberg to plead guilty to 6 counts, cooperate with federal investigators in plea agreement
Published by Orlando Sentinel ORLANDO, Fla. — Days before he was first arrested for stalking a political rival, Joel Greenberg was in the midst of preparing a fraudulent application for a COVID-19 relief loan, with the help of a government…
US pipeline hacker Darkside shut down
Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – Russia-based cyber-extortionist Darkside appeared out of business Friday after unknown actors shut down the servers of the group, which had forced the closure of a large US oil pipeline in a multi-million dollar ransomware…
Ex-Florida tax collector Joel Greenberg to plead guilty to 6 counts, cooperate with federal investigators in plea agreement
Published by Orlando Sentinel ORLANDO, Fla. — Joel Greenberg, Seminole County’s disgraced former tax collector, has agreed to plead guilty to six federal crimes — including sex trafficking of a child — in a deal that calls for him to…