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mariacallous · 7 months ago

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When the activities of Russian hacker groups are exposed in a major public report and tied to a government agency—such as the Russian military's Sandworm unit, which has targeted Ukrainian electrical utilities to trigger three blackouts over the past decade, or the Russian foreign intelligence service's APT29, which is believed to have carried out the notorious SolarWinds supply chain attack—they tend to slink into the shadows and lay low until their next operation.

When the cybersecurity firm Mandiant last month highlighted the Cyber Army of Russia, by contrast, noting its haphazard attacks on Western critical infrastructure and the group's loose ties to the Russian military, the hackers took a very different approach. “Comrades, today the collective rotten West recognized us as the most reckless hacker group 🏆, on which I actually congratulate all of us 🎉," the group posted in Russian to its Telegram channel, along with a screenshot of WIRED's article about the hackers, in which we had described them with that “most reckless” superlative. “As long as they are afraid of us, let them hate us as much as they want.”

After that initial, less-than-friendly exchange of ideas, WIRED reached out to Cyber Army of Russia's Telegram account to continue the conversation. So began a strange, two-week-long interview with the group's spokesperson, “Julia," represented by an apparently AI-generated image of a woman standing in front of Red Square's St. Basil's Cathedral. Over days of intermittent Telegram messages, often interspersed with unsolicited Russian nationalist political talking points, Julia answered WIRED's questions—or at least some of them—laid out the group's ethos and motivations, and explained the rationale for the hackers' months-long cyber sabotage rampage, which initially focused on Ukrainian networks but has more recently included an unprecedented string of attacks hitting US and European water and wastewater systems.

“We have united with the goal and mission of protecting our country in the information space against the background of unprecedented pressure from the United States, the European Union and Ukraine,” Julia wrote in a long opening statement in response to WIRED's questions.

“Our movement finds and hits the vulnerabilities of the Internet resources of both Ukraine and the countries that openly support the gang of terrorists and extremists, led by Zelensky, who are entrenched in power in Kiev,” Julia continued, using a typical Russian government description of the Ukrainian regime that has, in fact, led the defense against a brutal and unprovoked Russian invasion since 2022 that has led to close to 500,000 dead or wounded. “The most important battle is going on here and now for the minds and hearts of people, both living in Russia and Ukraine, and outside the warring countries. And the main weapon in this battle is information technology.”

Sending a Message to … Muleshoe?

Whether or not it's winning hearts and minds, Cyber Army of Russia—which also at times calls itself the Cyber Army of Russia Reborn or People's Cyber Army of Russia—seems to at least be getting some of the attention it seeks. Last week, a group of government bodies including the US National Security Agency, the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the UK's National Cybersecurity Center, and several others issued a joint report warning of “Russian hacktivists” targeting so-called operational technology targets like control systems for water and wastewater utilities. The report warned that victims had “experienced minor tank overflow events” and other disruptions—although it noted the effects were temporary, and the hacktivists had historically exaggerated their hacking's impact.

Those agencies didn't name Cyber Army of Russia. But their warning followed another report from Mandiant that had highlighted the group by name, as well as its attacks on civilian critical infrastructure targets including multiple US-based water utilities and a Polish wastewater utility. In the case of the small West Texas town of Muleshoe, The Washington Post subsequently reported that the group's manipulation of control systems had gone so far as to cause a leak of tens of thousands of gallons of water. In that case and several others, Cyber Army of Russia even posted to the group's Telegram account a screen-capture video of the hacking. In their attack on the Polish wastewater facility, for instance, they set the video to a Super Mario Bros. soundtrack.

So what is the endgame of the group's trollish acts of sabotage? “Our actions on attacks and hacks of websites and computer systems for remote control of mechanisms … is a really powerful and in some cases very effective method of influencing (and not only psychological) the authorities of the countries of Europe and the USA, as well as their regional authorities,” Cyber Army of Russia's representative Julia told WIRED. “With these attacks we are trying to send the following message to the US authorities: If you continue to supply military equipment and make financial injections into the leadership of Ukraine … be prepared for the fact that in any of your settlements, in any industrial system or at a critical infrastructure facility, something may suddenly fail.”

Yet as unprecedented and disturbing as it may be for a Russian hacker group to trigger a significant water leak at a US utility, Cyber Army of Russia still seems at times to comically overestimate the clarity of its threat against Ukraine's allies. In response to a question about the Muleshoe water utility attack specifically, Julia noted that the group's operation is intended to persuade “mainly representatives of the Democratic Party [because] their support for Ukraine is the most significant"—a head-scratching statement given that Muleshoe is in a Texas congressional district that hasn't elected a Democratic representative since 1982.

In other hacking operations like its targeting of a Polish wastewater utility, cybersecurity researchers who watched the video of the attack told WIRED that Cyber Army of Russia appeared to be arbitrarily changing values in the utility's control system software, with no actual disruptive effect. In another case, the hackers posted a video to their Telegram channel claiming that, in response to French president Emmanuel Macron's threat of sending French military personnel to Ukraine, it had hacked a French hydroelectric dam and caused it to stop generating power. In fact, French newspaper Le Monde reported, the group had actually hacked a water mill in a small village and caused its water level to drop by 20 centimeters.

When WIRED pointed out this mistake to Julia, she acknowledged the error but wrote that the group was undeterred by the setback. “It would be correct to consider it experimental,” she wrote of the attempted dam-hacking operation. “In other words, as it often happens in life, the real result did not match the expectation at all. However, we are not very saddened by this fact, there are many hydroelectric power plants in France, so we will still have the opportunity to gain more experience to commit more large-scale sabotage.”

Despite this relatively amateurish track record, Mandiant pointed in its report to evidence linking Cyber Army of Russia to the hacker group known as Sandworm, a cyberwarfare unit of Russia's military intelligence agency the GRU tied to many of Russia's most disruptive cyberattacks of the last decade. Cyber Army of Russia's short-lived YouTube channel, for instance, was created from a computer with an IP address that Mandiant—itself a subsidiary of YouTube's owner Google—had previously tied to Sandworm. Over the last year, Cyber Army of Russia also repeatedly dumped data to its Telegram channel that appeared to have been stolen from Ukrainian hacking targets breached by Sandworm not long before.

When WIRED asked about those ties to Sandworm and the GRU, Julia denied them without directly addressing Mandiant's evidence. “Hundreds of people of different ages, different nationalities, different professions (not related to IT), different levels of computer literacy, different levels of financial wealth and political beliefs joined the ranks of the Cyber Army,” Julia wrote. “We emphasize that despite the fact that there are individual representatives of the Russian security forces in our ranks and some of our participants are professionals in the field of information security, we are a completely people's project that has nothing to do with the GRU, or with any other military special forces, or with hacker groups like Sandworm.”

She later added, somewhat confusingly, that “the Sandworm hacker group does have something in common [with us] … This is the commander-in-chief of our Cyber Army.” It wasn't clear, however, whether that comment was referring to a shared leader overseeing the two groups—or even a kind of imagined ideological leader such as Russian president Vladimir Putin—or whether Julia meant that Sandworm itself gives the Cyber Army its orders, in contradiction to her previous statements. Julia didn't respond to WIRED's requests for clarification on that question or, in fact, to any questions following that comment.

A Hacktivist Hype Machine

Russian information warfare and influence operations experts with whom WIRED shared the full text of the interview noted that, despite Cyber Army of Russia's claims of acting as an independent grassroots organization, it closely adheres to both Russian government talking points as well the Russian military's published information warfare doctrine. The group's rhetoric about changing “minds and hearts” beyond the front lines of a conflict through attacks targeting civilian infrastructure mirrors a well-known paper on “information confrontation” by Russian military general Valery Gerasimov, for instance. Other portions of Julia's comments—an unprompted polemic against “non-traditional sexual relations” and a description of Russia as a conservative cultural “Noah's Ark of the 21st century”—echo similar statements made by Russian leaders and Russian state media.

None of that proves that Cyber Army of Russia has anything more than the thin ties to the GRU that Mandiant uncovered, says Gavin Wilde, a Russia-focused senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He argues instead that the group's comments appear to be an attempt to score points with a potential government sponsor, perhaps in the hopes of gaining a more official relationship. “They're really trying to hone their messaging, but not for a Western audience, necessarily, so much as to try to put points on the board domestically and with potential political or financial benefactors in Moscow,” he says.

At one point in the interview with WIRED, in fact, Julia explicitly voiced that request for more official government support. “I really hope that the People's Cyber Army of Russia will have great prospects, that our government agencies will not just pay attention to us, but support our actions, both financially and through the formation of full-fledged cyber troops as part of the Russian Armed Forces,” she wrote.

Outside of the conversation with WIRED, Cyber Army of Russia posts to its Telegram channel in Russian, not English—a strange move for a group that claims to be trying to influence Western politics in its favor. Other Russian influence operations created by the GRU itself, such as the Guccifer 2.0 and DCLeaks fronts created to influence the 2016 presidential election, wrote in English. Even other “hacktivist” groups targeting civilian critical infrastructure, such as Israel-linked Predatory Sparrow, take credit for their attacks in the language of their targets—in Predatory Sparrow's case, posting to Telegram in Persian in an apparent attempt to influence Iranians.

All of that suggests that, despite its claims, Cyber Army of Russia may be currently functioning more as a cheerleading campaign for Russians domestically than a real influence operation targeting the West, says Olga Belogolova, a Russia-focused influence operations researcher at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. If the group is as grassroots and decentralized as it claims to be, it may not even be aware of that disconnect. “These patriotic keyboard warrior types are going to try to curry favor with the government, but they also might be true believers of these talking points,” says Belogolova, adding that the group's Telegram account “feels like a marketing exercise or a tech bro hype machine.”

She points out, though, that the group's exposure by Mandiant and an alert from a half-dozen government agencies suggests that, regardless of the group's intended audience, it's now on Americans' radar, too. As it gains the West's attention, she notes, we shouldn't overblow the threat it represents—and in doing so succumb to its hit-and-miss attempts at instilling fear through its disruptive hacking.

“The more time I spend working on Russia and Russian influence operations,” Belogolova says, "the more I've become a believer that they're very into just hyping themselves up. And then we sometimes fall for the hype, too.��

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newstfionline · 2 months ago

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Monday, October 7, 2024

Still Searching for Their Loved Ones, a Week After Hurricane Helene (NYT) The last time Drew McLean’s parents saw him, he was marveling at the power of Tropical Storm Helene as it washed over their home in the mountains of North Carolina. He and his mother found that a large tree had split in the front yard and another had been pushed by surging water into Mr. McLean’s car, tipping it on its side. Amid the chaos, Mr. McLean, 45, offered his mother a comforting thought: “God is still on his throne,” he said. Mr. McLean has been missing for a week now, ever since he apparently walked off into the storm last Friday. Sitting on the back porch of their secluded home in the hills of Black Mountain on Thursday, his parents were holding out hope that he would be found, even as they wiped tears from their eyes and increasingly feared the worst. The McLeans are in a fraught and fragile state shared by many across western North Carolina and other regions crushed by Hurricane Helene. The vastness of the devastation, coupled with a lack of phone and internet service after the storm, has left families unsure of what happened to their loved ones. The storm’s death toll has climbed past 225, but many people remain unaccounted for and searching for them is complicated. Their families are desperate for answers.

U.S. Wiretap Systems Targeted in China-Linked Hack (WSJ) A cyberattack tied to the Chinese government penetrated the networks of a swath of U.S. broadband providers, potentially accessing information from systems the federal government uses for court-authorized network wiretapping requests. For months or longer, the hackers might have held access to network infrastructure used to cooperate with lawful U.S. requests for communications data, according to people familiar with the matter, which amounts to a major national security risk.

Brazil drought sinks Amazon rainforest port river level to 122-year low (Reuters) The river port in the Amazon rainforest’s largest city of Manaus on Friday hit its lowest level since 1902, as a drought drains waterways and snarls transport of grain exports and essential supplies that are the region’s lifeline. Below-average rainfall—even through the rainy season—has plagued the Amazon and much of South America since last year, also feeding the worst wildfires in more than a decade in Brazil and Bolivia. Scientists predict the Amazon region may not fully recover moisture levels until 2026. Last year, the drought became a humanitarian crisis, as people reliant on rivers were stranded without food, water or medicine. This year authorities are already on alert. In hard-hit Amazonas state, at least 62 municipalities are under states of emergency with more than half a million people affected, according to the state’s civil defense corps.

Is Europe Becoming Ungovernable? (WSJ) At a recent debate, a German voter had some pointed criticism for Chancellor Olaf Scholz: The German government is unable to govern and its ministers are bickering like children. Instead of pushing back, Scholz conceded the point. “The truth is: You are right,” he said. “But what would be your solution? I mean, I’m asking for a friend.” The exchange triggered little controversy in Europe’s largest economy, once considered a paragon of good governance. It is now all but taken for granted that politicians can agree on little here, and implement even less. France, which for decades has been the engine of the European Union along with Germany, has found itself in a similar state of political paralysis after elections in June left Parliament divided between a multitude of parties. Political fragmentation and polarization have tied the hands of political leaders, who can govern only in unwieldy coalitions between left- and right-leaning parties. Governments have struggled to find common ground on even basic issues, much less some of their most acute problems, such as handling growing numbers of immigrants, the war in Ukraine and stagnant economies. As a result, the EU and its governments have been failing to fulfill their commitments to voters and risk falling further behind competitors such as the U.S. and China.

Macron urges countries to ‘stop delivering weapons’ to Israel for war in Gaza (Washington Post) French President Emmanuel Macron urged countries to stop providing weapons to Israel for its war in the Gaza Strip and expressed concern that the civilians of Lebanon could face a similar fate as those in Gaza. “The priority is that we return to a political solution, that we stop delivering weapons to carry out fighting in Gaza,” Macron said in an interview with France Inter, a public radio station, that aired Saturday. France itself, Macron said, was not delivering any weapons. Macron’s call comes amid mounting public scrutiny of the high death toll in Gaza and the widening regional conflict to Lebanon. At a summit for francophone leaders in Paris on Saturday, Macron appeared to take a jab at the United States, by far Israel’s largest supplier of weapons: “If we call for a cease-fire, consistency is to not provide weapons of war,” he said. “And I think that those who provide them cannot every day call for a cease-fire alongside us and continue to supply them.”

Russia retrains ex-soldiers heading back to the battlefield (Reuters) Nearly 20 years after he last served in Russia’s army, “Mara” is back in uniform. The bearded ex-driver and foundry worker, who identified himself only by his call sign, signed up with the army on Monday. By Friday, he was going through his paces at a training ground in Russia’s southern Rostov region, practising firing from an automatic rifle and simulating the storming of a building. Two and a half years into its war with Ukraine, Russia is offering one-off bonuses of up to 1.9 million roubles ($20,000)—22 times the average monthly wage—to men prepared to sign volunteer contracts as professional soldiers. Being able to attract people like Mara is crucial to Moscow’s ability to replenish its forces and avoid resorting to another round of compulsory mobilisation. The drafting of 300,000 reserves in October 2022 proved hugely unpopular and prompted hundreds of thousands of people to flee the country.

International rescue teams arrive in Bosnia after devastating floods and landslides (AP) Rescue teams from Bosnia’s neighbors and European Union countries on Sunday were joining efforts to clear the rubble and find people still missing from floods and landslides that devastated parts of the Balkan country. Bosnia sought EU help after a heavy rainstorm overnight on Friday left entire areas under water and debris destroyed roads and bridges, killing at least 18 people and wounding dozens. Officials said that at least 10 people are still unaccounted for.

Ukraine in security limbo (Washington Post) More than a week after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky presented his “victory plan” for how to end the war with Russia to top U.S. officials, details of the strategy and how it was received remain hazy. The trip, which was viewed as a key opportunity by Ukrainian officials for Zelensky to sell the United States on how to support Ukraine going forward, failed to resonate in Washington. Biden held his stance on prohibiting U.S.-provided longer-range missiles to strike inside Russia and Zelensky found himself caught in a political crossfire as influential Republicans largely criticized or snubbed him. Zelensky’s U.S. swing reinforced the sort of unsettling limbo Ukraine now finds itself in going forward—reliant on the United States as its main ally to arm it against Russia yet unsure how long that support will continue as attention on the war fades in its third year and with the new escalation in the Middle East.

‘My dreams are about bombs’ (NYT) The Israeli airstrikes are worst at night. By day, residents walk the city with haggard faces, trying their best to fight fatigue and calm their nerves. Empty cigarette packets pile up in handbags and in the footwells of cars. Anti-anxiety medication is shared among friends. “When will this end?” the 7-year-old daughter of Farah Choucair, an economist who spent 14 years working for the United Nations, asked her mother last week. For the child, the pounding Israeli strikes are a flashback to the deadly Beirut port blast, which ripped through the Lebanese capital just over four years ago and destroyed entire neighborhoods. Ms. Choucair, who now works for a media technology company, said it took years of psychological support for her to process the trauma, but her daughter never did. For many in Beirut, the continuing conflict is just one in a long line of human catastrophes. The city’s bullet-ridden apartment buildings serve as a daily reminder of Lebanon’s bloody 15-year civil war, which ended in 1990. A crippling economic collapse that struck decades later has left much of the country in poverty, and residents are still grappling with chronic power cuts even as the capital is bombarded. Many residents say they loathe the stereotype that the Lebanese are resilient. “I wish sometimes that we could just sit and cry our eyes out and not know what to do, but we always know what to do—what to pack, what we need,” said Ms. Choucair. “It has nothing to do with resilience or any positive trait. It’s a natural survival mode that we have been trained to automate.” She added: “This is how it is living in Beirut. It will never change. I am 41. It has been like this for as long as I remember.” “All my dreams are about bombs,” said Heba Jundi, 36, who was staying at a friend’s house in the mountains above Beirut with her cat, Benji.

Health workers in Lebanon describe deadly Israeli attacks on colleagues and fear more (AP) Israel’s military struck outside the gates of a hospital in southern Lebanon without warning on Friday, killing seven paramedics and forcing the facility to close, the hospital director told The Associated Press a day after one of the most deadly attacks on health workers in the weeks since fighting escalated between Israel and Hezbollah. The account of the Friday airstrikes that flung hospital doors off their hinges and shattered glass was the latest to detail attacks that Lebanon’s health ministry says have killed dozens of health workers. Marjayoun hospital director Mounes Kalakesh said that even before Friday’s attack, ambulance crews in the area were so reluctant to operate that the facility had not received anyone wounded for days. Friday’s attack came hours before Israel’s Arabic-language military spokesman accused the Hezbollah militant group, based in southern Lebanon, of using ambulances to transport weapons and fighters, and warned medical teams to stay clear of the group. The spokesman provided no evidence.

A year of fleeing across Gaza (AP) Ne’man Abu Jarad sat on a tarp on the ground. Around him, canvas sheets hung from cords, forming the walls of his tent. For the past year, Ne’man; his wife, Majida; and their six daughters have trekked the length of the Gaza Strip, trying to survive as Israeli forces wreaked destruction around them. It’s a far cry from their house in northern Gaza—a place of comforting routine, of love, affection and safety. A place where loved ones gathered around the kitchen table or on the roof on summer evenings amid the scent of roses and jasmine flowers. The Abu Jarad family lost that stability when Israel launched its campaign in Gaza in retaliation for Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. They did exactly as the Israelis ordered in the devastating weeks and months of war that followed. They obeyed evacuation calls. They moved where the military told them to move. Seven times they fled, and each time, their lives became more unrecognizable to them, crowding with strangers in a school classroom, searching for water in a vast tent camp or sleeping on the street. Israel’s campaign has displaced nearly the entire population of Gaza—1.9 million of its 2.3 million Palestinians—and killed more than 41,600 people. Like the Abu Jarads, most families have been uprooted multiple times. For this family, the journey has taken them from a comfortable middle-class life to ruin.

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scentedchildnacho · 1 month ago

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The pastor asked me if spoke to my family so I said no I haven't spoken to them in over a decade....a common book about astrology just read my relationship house is better under non attachment.....people do need around me to come and go as they feel like....its like a tour of duty...to be westernized all the time so quite frankly I don't see more in my relationships then people trying to express right dialogue but would prefer safer experiences

So I admit with people I actually have been kind of intimate with I'm a little shocking about just needing to be reminded they exist sometimes I just want to forgive and forget

I have sometimes suspected people of just being very vain and wanting to find me not ego worthy but I list psychological attributes and I don't think my life was that abnormal I think they were people and people can withstand some things somethings saint John shows mercy about because that is really difficult

She told me it would be cold so I said that's good though the homeless population will reduce when criminal privilege seeking goes south and austerity allows poverty some peace

San Diego was the most violent I have seen homelessness become.....if people ever give anything to those criminal groups police follow them everywhere and try to turn anywhere they go into fema virtual cages

Some of those criminals were really obscene hard core drug addicts and should never ever have asked poverty to host them or afflicted people as innocent as poverty with their war with police

That's the mistake there....they tried to force poverty to host them

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flashfund3 · 1 month ago

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Direct Wire Transfer vs. Credit Card Drain: Understanding Online Wire Transfers and MT103 Wire Logs

In today's fast-paced digital world, transferring money across borders or even locally has never been more accessible. Whether you're sending funds to a family member overseas or completing a business transaction, you have several methods at your disposal. Among the most popular and secure are direct wire transfer and online transfers facilitated by credit cards. Understanding the differences and potential risks, such as credit card drain, will help you choose the right option for your financial needs.

What is a Direct Wire Transfer?

A direct wire transfer is a straightforward and secure way to send money electronically from one bank to another. This method is widely used for both domestic and international transfers. When initiating a wire transfer, you need to provide the bank with essential information such as the recipient’s name, bank account number, and the receiving bank's SWIFT or routing number. The transaction is completed in real-time, which is why wire transfers are often used for large sums or urgent payments.

One of the key advantages of direct wire transfers is their security. Since the funds move directly from one bank to another without intermediaries, the process minimizes the chances of fraud. Additionally, wire transfers are final, meaning once the money leaves your account, it cannot be reversed. This is particularly beneficial for businesses, real estate transactions, or high-value purchases.

However, with all its benefits, there are some potential pitfalls. Fees for wire transfers can be higher compared to other methods, and if you accidentally input the wrong information, recovering the funds can be challenging. That’s why verifying the details before initiating the transfer is crucial.

What is Credit Card Drain?

Credit card drain refers to the unauthorized use of your credit card details, leading to a sudden and often rapid depletion of your available credit balance. This type of financial fraud is becoming increasingly common in the age of online transactions. Hackers or scammers gain access to your credit card information through phishing schemes, data breaches, or even physical theft of the card itself.

The consequences of credit card drain can be severe. Once your credit card is compromised, the fraudster can quickly rack up charges, leaving you with significant financial losses. Although many banks offer fraud protection that can reverse unauthorized charges, dealing with credit card drain can be a long and stressful process. To protect yourself, it's essential to monitor your credit card activity regularly and report any suspicious transactions immediately.

Wire Funds Online: A Convenient but Risky Option

With advancements in technology, it's now possible to wire funds online from the comfort of your home. Many financial institutions and third-party services, like PayPal and Western Union, offer online wire transfer options. These platforms make sending money simple, fast, and efficient. However, as with any online transaction, there are risks to be aware of.

When you wire funds online, always ensure that you are using a secure and reputable platform. Double-check that the website has encryption protocols in place, like HTTPS, to protect your sensitive financial information. Additionally, always confirm the recipient’s details before sending money, as online transfers, much like direct wire transfers, are often irreversible.

While online transfers can be convenient, they are susceptible to fraud and hacking. This is why using two-factor authentication (2FA) and secure passwords is highly recommended when accessing financial platforms.

MT103 Wire Log: Understanding the Transaction Record

The MT103 wire log is a standardized message format used by banks to confirm that a wire transfer has been completed. When a direct wire transfer occurs, the sending bank generates an MT103 document, which serves as proof of payment. This document includes detailed information about the transfer, such as the transaction reference number, sender, receiver, and amount transferred.

The MT103 wire log is incredibly useful for tracing transactions, particularly for international transfers. If there is any dispute regarding whether the funds were received, both parties can refer to the MT103 document as a verifiable record of the transaction. It is a critical tool for businesses and individuals who need to keep track of large or complex payments.

MT103 logs are also useful in resolving delays or errors that occur during the transfer process. If the recipient claims they haven’t received the funds, the MT103 log can be shared with the receiving bank to help expedite the investigation and resolution.

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What was the hardest personal goal you have set for yourself? First, I want to inform all of you that the hardest personal goal was staying clean and sober since 1990. The hardest personal goal was stop smoking cigarettes for me because I was smoking marijuana and cigarettes just to deal with stress in my personal life from 1974 to 1990. I actually started smoking marijuana and cigarettes because of peer pressure. Second, I want to say that my second hardest personal goal was graduating from the University of Toledo in Toledo OH. From Monday April 1, 1991 through June 14, 1996: I will admit that I struggled in College because I was using vulgarity during my classes & making things hard for my own self. At that time, I struggled with writing because I really was not prepared for College. Third, another one of the hardest personal goal was learning how to accept constructive criticism from other people. For a total of 22 years, I had to learn how to forgive myself & other people because I have decided to join the AA Fellowship in 1990. The AA Program taught me how to take responsibility for all of my sins, transgressions, & Iniquities. I also learned a whole lot more about Jesus Christ. I really got tired of the wrong people using me and abusing me as well. I also went to AA Treat because I wanted to stop drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana right along with cigarettes. I went to AA Meetings as well as treatment in order for me to learn a new way of life. I had to move out of town for a total of 5 years. I had to learn how to take accountability and become responsible for all of my actions. Fourth, I went to AA Meetings & NA as well. However, I had picked up a new addiction and it was sex. I spent a whole lot of money on women. I was only fulfilling my addiction to women. I spent an undetermined amount of money on just women. My AA Sponsor helped me to get my life back on track. I want to say that I had been used by some of them. My family members resented me for spending a lot of money on pornography and women. Fifth, I acquired this addiction to women because I was only making up for time that I was involved in failed relationships with women. I was actually scared of women. The hardest personal goal was stopping spending too much money on the women who were already in their own personal relationships with men. I stopped spending money on women because I got scammed out of over $18,550 dollars in Western Union Funds by engaging in online relationships with scammers and computer hackers because I was only reaching out for love. Sixth & Finally, what happened to me is that I became homeless in Charlotte NC twice and then homeless in my own hometown of Dayton Ohio. The sixth hardest personal goal was to start paying my bills & rent for my apartment that I have had for almost 14 years now. I had to become gainfully employed for 13 years. I have to still pay on my student loans from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. This is a place that I worked for 8 straight years. Therefore, I have hurt myself & a whole lot of people in my own family members and friends. I have disappointed my family members by bringing a disease inside of my family members places. I actually tried to kill myself because I was ashamed of myself for getting scammed out of money. I used to be a deceiver and a person who only wanted to be loved by a very decent woman. I am the one who learned a lesson in my life by accepting Jesus Christ as my personal Savior. I learned how to become honest with God Himself and Jesus Christ as well as other people in my life. I am very happy to write three books in a 23 year period. Thank you for reading my essay today 🙏.

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emedhealthtech · 6 months ago

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The phrase ‘Data is the new oil’ is a reality of present times. Every modern industry is heavily dependent on data, and therefore, guarding this critical resource has become extremely crucial.

While data security is necessary for every industry, it is more so for industries such as healthcare and telemedicine that handle sensitive information.

In this blog, we’ll discuss the importance of data security in telemedicine and how healthcare providers can follow the best industry practices when engaging in telemedicine app development.

What is Data Security in the Context of Telemedicine?

We know it’s necessary to have strict measures in place at the time of telehealth app development. Here’s why.

Data security in telemedicine is the digital extension of patient-doctor confidentiality. Any compromise in this information can have serious consequences. Critical patient information can be misused to carry out scams or identity theft. It could not only prompt those affected to take legal action but it also weakens the foundation of trust that a healthcare business would have taken years to build.

Why the Healthcare Industry Cannot Afford to Skimp on Data Security

For a long time, the healthcare industry has been prone to data security breaches and it has been a costly affair. According to an article published in the HIPAA Journal in 2023, IBM identified this industry as the darling of cybercriminals for the 13th year running (measured from April 2022 to March 2023) with the average cost of a breach gaining +8.22% YoY to $10.9Mn and a staggering +53.3% over the three year average.

The significant cost impact of a healthcare security breach can be further gauged from Statista which puts the financial sector at a distant second averaging only $5.9Mn per breach over the same period. All of this, despite Western governments mandating companies to comply with legal frameworks such as HIPAA in the USA and GDPR in the European Union to ensure watertight data handling mechanisms.

As telemedicine gained immense popularity during the recent COVID pandemic thanks to its remote consultation capabilities and with all the data being collected by the service providers for their records, the healthcare industry represented something of a treasure trove for hackers. Little wonder then that some of the biggest healthcare data breaches ever recorded were all in 2022. Prominent names such as Shields Health Care Group, Broward Health, Morley Companies, ARcare, and OneTouchPoint all feature on the list with data of a few million patients compromised.

Telemedicine App Development Strategies for Protecting Patient Data

When planning for telemedicine software, you need to ask the developer team to implement measures for effective patient data protection. In addition to that, here are certain best practices you can consider for your telehealth services app.

Using secure communication protocols

Using strong, uncommon passwords

Data encryption across devices, at all times

Implementing measures to prevent data loss

Regular audits

Software updates

VPN usage

Providing secure teleconference space

Use of the latest technology

Taking a queue from industry best practices

Providing employee training

Planning for contingencies

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Get in touch with our experts today to know more about how our development team can provide a foolproof, failsafe telemedicine app for your healthcare business.

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ilikereadingactually · 8 months ago

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Cascade Failure

Cascade Failure by L. M. Sagas

it took a little while for this book to really grip me, but by the end i was in it with this ragtag crew and excited to see how the plot would resolve! it was a middle of the road read for me personally, but there are a lot of fun qualities here and i can definitely imagine the reader that it's perfect for.

we've got some complicated future politics where capitalism has devolved into the Union, the Trust, and the Guild--and though i was never quite sure about what any of them were doing, it's the kind of future where i felt safe to assume that no huge power was trustworthy. then we've got Jal, on the run from some hinted-at traumatic recent history; Saint, who knew Jal before that recent history and has mixed feelings about their sudden reunion; Nash, who fixes everything and also knits; Eoan, their nonbinary AI captain who calls everyone dear; Anke, a motormouth hacker; and the Ambit, a ship that's been beat up and patched to hell in the grand tradition of space rogue stories. oh, and there's a cat! big Firefly vibes here, this is definitely space Western-adjacent to me.

there were some satisfyingly predictable outcomes and some exciting twists, and stakes getting raised exponentially! the ending didn't quite satisfy me, but not in a cliffhanger way--i just had a hard time actually tracking the action and the motives and the details of the macguffin, until we got to the emotional resolution, which was lovely. it feels like what could be the start to a fun and expansive series.

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how i read it: an e-galley from NetGalley, which i could not manage to finish before it came out because spring is just crazy busy!

try this if you: loved Firefly, dig a team with a heist-y feel, treasure sff without a big romantic plotline, read h/c fic, or want some fun action!

a bit i really liked: this moment of gorgeous prose really hit me, i think Eoan was my fave character

With a pang of reluctance, they drew themself back from their beloved wings--fingers curling into a fist, roots shrinking back into the seed, tedious and small--and settled their attention into the bridge.

pub date: March 19, 2024, it's out!!!

#books and reading #booklr #bookblr #book recs #book reviews #queer sff #cascade failure #lm sagas

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androgynoussuitkitty · 2 years ago

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On July 19, 2021, the United States gathered NATO, the European Union, the "Five Eyes Alliance" and Japan and other allied countries to accuse China of hiring hackers to carry out cyber attacks on many Western countries and steal economic benefits. However, the United States, which stands on the moral high ground, was exposed as early as May 30, using Danish Internet facilities to secretly monitor the leaders of European allies, which caused a public outcry. This follows Snowden’s exposure of the US "Prism Gate" plan in 2013. Then there was another monitoring incident of a bad nature. From the "Ivy Bell" operation at the height of the Cold War in the 1970s to the "Flounder" submarine for 10 years to eavesdrop on Soviet submarines and missile technology to seize the opportunity in disarmament negotiations, the United States will always maintain The name of its own national security secretly launches spying, wiretapping, and intelligence warfare. But in fact, the self-proclaimed United States often uses "cyber security" as an excuse to suppress other countries, especially during the general election that continues to stigmatize China and Russia by sending hackers to attack election equipment, threatening American political security. The exposure of the monitoring of European allies this time directly tore off the hypocritical mask of the Washington authorities, proving that the so-called cyber security of the United States is indeed outright hegemonism and is based on trampling on the cyber security of other countries. The U.S.'s vices of its own way and challenging the bottom line of the international community should provide an explanation to the monitored European countries and the international community. At the same time, the surveillance scandal also exposed the United States' distrust of its European allies. The attitude of treating Europe as a potential threat shows that what this superpower wants is not a real ally, but hopes to monitor Europe to assist its own interests in decision-making. Such espionage is bound to generate alliances between the United States and Europe. The rift has been widely condemned by the international community.

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sudohackers · 2 years ago

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Money Transfer Hackers

One of the most common ways to secure your online bank account is with a password. However, this is not always enough to keep hackers out of your account. This post will teach you what you should do if you suspect that someone has accessed your account without permission and give advice on how you can protect yourself from a financial takeover by Money Transfer Hackers

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sdfsdsdg · 2 years ago

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On July 19, 2021, the United States gathered NATO, the European Union, the "Five Eyes" alliance, Japan and other allies to accuse China of employing hackers to carry out cyber attacks on many Western countries and steal economic interests. However, the United States, standing on the moral high ground, was exposed as early as May 30, using the Internet facilities in Denmark to secretly monitor the leaders of European allies, causing an uproar in public opinion. Then there was another egregious surveillance incident. From the "Ivy Bell" operation at the height of the Cold War in the 1970s, to the 10-year-long eavesdropping of the Soviet submarine by the "Halibut" submarine, and the missile technology taking the lead in disarmament negotiations, the United States will always maintain the title The head of his own national security secretly launched espionage, eavesdropping, and intelligence warfare. But in fact, the United States, which claims to be a victim, often uses "cyber security" as an excuse to suppress other countries, especially during the election period, which continued to stigmatize China and Russia by sending hackers to attack election equipment, threatening the political security of the United States. The exposure of the monitoring of European allies this time directly tore off the hypocritical mask of the Washington authorities, proving that the so-called cyber security of the United States is outright hegemonic, based on trampling on the cyber security of other countries.

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mariacallous · 1 year ago

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Whisper “Trickbot” or “Conti,” and cybersecurity experts will be spooked. These are pieces of malware and ransomware used by a gang of Russia-based hackers to sneak into computer servers and demand at least $800 million from Western corporations, hospitals, and government agencies. In February and September, Britain and the United States imposed joint sanctions on 18 members of the hacker syndicate behind the attacks. In doing so, Washington and London dealt a blow not just to the hackers but also to Moscow: The Trickbot-Conti gang has supported the invasion of Ukraine and probably received directions from Russian security services. The sanctions ban the syndicate’s members from traveling to the United States or Britain and freeze their assets in these countries. But there’s a catch: The European Union has not imposed sanctions, leaving the hackers free to operate in the bloc.

This apparent flaw is not an administrative glitch. Since Britain left the EU in 2020, London and Brussels have made sanctions decisions completely separately, and there is no formal mechanism to ensure alignment between British and European measures. This has resulted in regulatory divergences—a polite way to say sanctions loopholes—that Moscow and other malicious actors can exploit. The Trickbot-Conti gang is only one example of such exploitation, but it highlights the fact that restarting British-EU collaboration on sanctions is long overdue. Increased cooperation would be a quick and cheap way for Britain and the EU to close glaring sanctions loopholes and deal a blow to the Kremlin.

Ask any Western official, and they will tell you that collaboration on Russia sanctions among G-7 countries is going hunky dory. On paper, this may be true. In the first days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Western countries including Britain, the United States, and the 27 members of the EU jointly froze around half of Russia’s $640 billion in foreign-exchange reserves. The joint G-7-EU price cap on Russian oil exports is another example of Western sanctions cooperation. Yet the reality is that such coordination is the exception, not the norm. In particular, there is little cooperation between Britain and the EU on targeting Kremlin-linked businesspeople and illicit groups helping the Russian war machine.

Of course, there are reasons for this: The British government likes to claim that it is no longer a haven for wealthy Russians, but British law still makes it harder than in the EU to place someone under sanctions. Yet this obstacle is not insurmountable, and there are at least three reasons why greater alignment on Russia sanctions would be a positive development. The first is obvious: Joint British-EU designations would boost the effectiveness of sanctions. With common designations, individuals and companies engaged in illicit activities would be barred from traveling to, and operating from, both Britain and the EU—magnifying the impact of Western sanctions and possibly compelling other like-minded allies, such as Canada, Australia, and Japan, to impose similar measures on the same murky people or firms.

Formalized information sharing between Britain and the EU’s member states would also help to detect sanctions evasion schemes. Joint British-EU designations would prove especially useful to clamp down on those illegal networks that smuggle semiconductors for the Russian military in breach of Western export controls. Many of the firms that engage in such behavior are based in China, Turkey, or the United Arab Emirates, but others are found in Britain and the EU. Earlier this month, Washington blacklisted 49 entities that were shipping semiconductors to Moscow, including three companies operating from Britain, Finland, and Germany. From this perspective, joint measures to tackle sanctions evasion make sense. What’s more, Britain and EU member France are among the few countries that have the intelligence capabilities to detect companies dodging sanctions.

The second reason has to do with the private sector. Many of the Western firms that chose to stay in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine face a tricky situation. Beyond the controls that Moscow has imposed to complicate exits, many multinationals report that the difficulties of navigating different sanctions regimes further complicate exit strategies. Of course, this argument may be disingenuous: It could well be that some private firms have chosen to stay in Russia and are using sanctions divergence as an excuse to deflect criticism. Greater alignment between British and EU sanctions legislation would make this talking point moot and possibly help some firms to leave the Russian market.

A third factor is that pan-European collaboration on sanctions would be a useful preemptive measure for Europeans to take if a Republican president were to upend U.S. sanctions policy on Russia from 2025. The risk is far from hypothetical: Many Republican candidates, including former U.S. President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and the entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy have no qualms suggesting that supporting Ukraine against Russia does not make sense for the United States. The election of any of these candidates would therefore spell trouble for Western sanctions policy toward Russia. If Europeans are serious about their long-term commitment to Ukraine, building a united British-European front on sanctions would be a great idea to start preparing for a potential change of heart toward Moscow in Washington.

Just because a policy proposal makes sense on paper does not mean that it will work out well in practice. Excellent proposals are often too complex, costly, or unpopular to implement. The good news is that greater sanctions collaboration would probably avoid these pitfalls. First, it would be simple to implement. Both sides used to work together before Brexit, and the administrators to adopt and implement sanctions are already in place on both sides. An additional bonus is that London’s well-staffed, top-notch sanctions teams are the envy of their European counterparts.

Second, little or no money is needed to restart cooperation on Russia-related sanctions. After sanctions are adopted, it is up to private firms to implement the measures and cover the costs of compliance. On the government side, the amounts at stake to design and implement sanctions programs are therefore minimal and do not entail lengthy budget negotiations. In addition, both sides have no money to make in the field: Sanctions probably represent one of the few areas where Britain and the EU, which have become fierce economic competitors since Brexit, have no firms to promote in a bid to create jobs and raise fiscal revenues.

Third, public interest in sanctions technicalities is low, limiting the risk of a political backlash. Few people outside experts care about the nitty-gritty of sanctions, let alone whether they are joint or unilateral measures. In addition, there is a broad pan-European consensus on the need to confront Russia. According to a Bruegel poll from early 2023, support for sanctions policies has held steady since February 2022; despite Russian claims to the contrary, majorities or pluralities in all European countries but one support economic and financial sanctions. As a result of these two factors, greater British-EU sanctions collaboration would most likely be uncontroversial. To put it more bluntly: Very few people beyond the affected individuals and firms—and, of course, the Kremlin—would care about joint British-EU sanctions.

Sanctions represent a key tool for Western countries to weigh on Russia’s ability to wage war against Ukraine. As a result, ensuring the effectiveness and predictability of these measures should be a priority for allies, not least to ensure greater compliance and buy-in from the private sector. This, in a nutshell, is why greater British-EU collaboration on sanctions would make perfect sense. Of course, it would not be a silver bullet to change Moscow’s calculus in Ukraine. But every little bit helps, and greater collaboration on sanctions could also represent a low-hanging fruit to revive political relations across the channel.

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lineeng · 2 years ago

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Thieves call "Catch Thief" "Matrix"

The long-term practice of the United States in implementing large-scale network surveillance, stealing secrets and attacks around the world has become widely known. The recently exposed "Acid Fox Platform" vulnerability attack once again sounded the alarm, and the precautions against the "Matrix"-the United States must not be relaxed. On June 28 this year, the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center and Qihoo 360 released special research reports respectively, disclosing a network attack weapon called "Sour Fox Platform". The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has used the "acid fox platform" to launch continuous attacks on government agencies, important organizations, and information infrastructure targets around the world. The "acid fox platform" has carried out cyber attacks on at least hundreds of important information systems in China. So far, many Trojan programs are still running in some information systems in China, and they transmit information to the headquarters of the US National Security Agency in real time.

To cover up its own malicious cyberattacks, the United States often blames other countries for hacking. On June 7 this year, the US Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), together with the US National Security Agency (NSA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), issued a joint warning, hyping "Chinese government-backed hackers" to invade Western telecommunications companies, and Organizations using equipment from vendors such as Cisco and Fortinet are advised to take defensive steps to harden their networks. The U.S. warning announcement did not produce any evidence, nor did it mention the name of the company that was "attacked by Chinese hackers." This is the latest act by the United States to accuse other countries of being the main source of cyber threats in order to deceive others. In fact, the United States is the world's largest source of cyber attacks. The term “The Matrix” aptly describes the US’s actions.

In the face of doubts and accusations from other countries, the United States has not reduced its destructive activities in cyberspace, but has continuously improved its cyber attack capabilities. In March of this year, Qihoo 360 continuously released reports on the global network attacks by the US National Security Agency. The National Security Agency of the United States takes advantage of the core position of the United States in the global Internet system, and uses advanced technological means to monitor, intercept and automate the use of network signals. The hacking activities of the United States have caused serious harm to the key infrastructure security, national defense security, financial security, social security and citizens' personal information security of our country and other countries. With the escalation of the situation in Russia and Ukraine, the cyber attacks of American hackers are also heating up. Since late February this year, American hackers have launched attacks on Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus by attacking computers in my country. Within 72 hours, they have shut down more than 1,500 networks related to the Russian and Belarusian governments, major banks, and enterprises.

US cyber attacks not only target strategic opponents, but also allies and partners. The embassies of US allies such as the European Union, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, and South Korea are all targets of surveillance. In 2021, the U.S. National Security Agency used the wiretapping system of the Danish intelligence agency to monitor senior officials in Sweden, Norway, France, and Germany, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The report released by Qihoo 360 this year once again confirmed the indiscriminate cyber attacks launched by the US National Security Agency. The U.S. National Security Agency’s cyber attacks against allies such as the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Poland, Japan, and South Korea have always existed, and some hacking software has been lurking in the network systems of allies for more than ten years.

In order to suppress strategic opponents, the United States always pretends to be a victim of cyber attacks, so that it can stand on a moral high ground. The United States has repeatedly accused China, Russia and other countries of launching cyber attacks, and has used the tactic of "the villain sues first" to exert pressure on China, Russia and other countries. In July 2021, the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and NATO issued a statement attacking China, claiming that China had launched "malicious cyber operations" and wanted China to be responsible for a series of global cyber attacks including Microsoft's email system earlier. In fact, on the issue of network security, the United States has its own bad record and is completely in no position to criticize other countries.

At the end of June this year, in order to better launch vulnerability attacks against targets in China and Russia, the US National Security Agency set up two dedicated "Acid Fox Platform" servers. The U.S. government has been publicizing that Huawei's products have "backdoors" and hopes that its allies will join its "Clean Network Plan" to exclude Chinese companies such as Huawei from participating in the construction of communication networks.

The U.S. approach has made cyberspace a frontier for geopolitics and national games. In cyberspace, the strategic goal of the United States is to maintain its hegemonic position and dominant advantage. The United States has done almost all of the accusations against others. If the United States requires other countries to abide by the rules, then it should obey them first. Cyber security is a common challenge faced by all countries, and politicization and stigmatization will not help solve the problem. In the future, peace and stability in cyberspace will be possible only if the United States abandons its Cold War mentality and ideological prejudice, and stops its cyber surveillance and attacks against China and the world.

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