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EMS Management and Consultants Inc. Reports MOVEit Data Breach Compromising Info Belonging to 223,598
On August 9, 2023, EMS Management and Consultants Inc. (“EMS|MC”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Maine after discovering that a vulnerability in the MOVEit file transfer system used by EMS|MC allowed an unauthorized party to access consumer information. In this notice, EMS|MC explains that the incident resulted in an…
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Russia Fires Warning Shots and Boards a Freighter in the Black Sea
Russia’s military made good on its threats to enforce its blockade of Ukraine, adding to the tensions in an increasingly active theater of war.
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Taliban Fighters, Unsettled by Peace, Seek New Battles Abroad
The outflow of young Talibs has renewed fears of violent extremism spilling across Afghanistan’s borders since the U.S.-backed government collapsed.
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Far-Right Libertarian Wins Argentina’s Presidential Primary
Javier Milei, who wants to abolish the central bank and adopt the U.S. dollar as Argentina’s currency, is now the front-runner in the fall general election.
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Niger Junta Says It Will Prosecute Deposed President for Treason
Coup leaders also signaled they would be open to dialogue with West African nations, the first sign of a thaw after weeks of rising tensions.
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Russian Forces Board Civilian Ship in Black Sea
The Russian defense ministry confirmed that it had intercepted a commercial vessel, an escalation that Russia had promised would happen after backing out of a trade deal with Ukraine.
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Empathy Comes With Maturity: Ira Sachs on Passages
With his new film “Passages,” writer/director Ira Sachs forges a scorchingly sensual, exhilaratingly free, and brutally honest vision of romantic desire in all its raw, violent collisions. Tracing the combustible relationships between filmmaker Tomas (Franz Rogowski), his longtime partner Martin (Ben Whishaw), and schoolteacher Agathe (Adèle Exarchopoulos), with whom Tomas begins an affair after wrapping…
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Telemarketers
“Telemarketers” deserves your time for being that rare bird of documentaries: a filmmaker’s personal story captured over many years (in this case, 22), fueled by the need to get a bizarre experience on camera. The footage can be molded into a narrative later. Years before he was a documentarian, Sam Lipman-Stern recorded his time working for…
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“Grab hold and give it a wiggle” – ATM card skimming is still a thing
The rise of tap-to-pay and chip-and-PIN hasn’t rid the world of ATM card skimming criminals…
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Crimeware server used by NetWalker ransomware seized and shut down
The site was running from 2014 and allegedly raked in more than $20m, which the DOJ is seeking to claw back…