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GeoSouthern Energy Corporation Confirms Employee Data Breach Leaked Over 21k SSNs
On June 23, 2023, GeoSouthern Energy Corporation and GEP Haynesville II, LLC (collectively, “GeoSouthern”) filed a notice of data breach with the Maine Attorney General after learning that a recent cyberattack compromised confidential information belonging to current and former employees as well as their dependents. Based on the company’s official filing, the incident resulted in…
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Oregon Department of Transportation Confirms an Estimated 3.5 Million Affected by MOVEit Data Breach
On June 15, 2023, the Oregon Department of Transportation (“ODOT”) posted a public notice on its website announcing a massive data breach. Evidently, the ODOT data breach was caused by a vulnerability in the MOVEit file-transfer tool used by ODOT. Based on ODOT’s notice, the incident resulted in an unauthorized party gaining access to consumers’…
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A Visibly Angry Putin Stresses Failure of Wagner Revolt
The Russian president made brief public remarks on Monday, his first since the end of the short-lived rebellion by the Wagner mercenary group and its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin.
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Why Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Is Off to a Slow, Bloody Start
The Ukrainian Army is encountering an array of challenges that has complicated the early stages of its counteroffensive, especially the large swaths of minefields. But its leaders are urging patience, insisting the main push is yet to come.
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A Rodeo Festival in the Philippines Celebrates Cowboy Culture
In the Philippines, men and women compete in an annual rodeo that celebrates a thriving cowboy culture with roots in the Spanish and American colonial eras.
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5 Takeaways From the Greek Election
Voters seemed to embrace Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s approach to the economy and tough stance on migration, and were less concerned about revelations of spying on the opposition.
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Pakistan’s Military Fires Top Commanders Over Imran Khan Protests
They were among 18 officers disciplined for their handling of protests by supporters of Imran Khan, a former prime minister, sending a message that support for him would not be tolerated in the ranks.
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A Critical Look at The Color of Money
With the possible exception of the third Godfather entry, I‘ve never had higher expectations for a sequel than for Martin Scorsese’s “The Color of Money” (1986). After all, it took Hollywood twenty-five years to come up with a follow-up to “The Hustler” (1961), one of the greatest films ever made. When they finally decided to…
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Must-See Jean Eustache Film Series Led by 4K Restoration of The Mother and the Whore
Jean Eustache’s “The Mother and the Whore,” a 1973 French film that is now being revived in a new 4K restoration, is a work of strange, ineffable power, a power unlike that of any other film I know. One can emerge from other masterpieces dazzled, intellectually or emotionally ravished, but this legendary cinematic landmark is…
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UK hacker busted in Spain gets 5 years over Twitter hack and more
Not just that infamous Twitter hack, but SIM-swapping, stalking and swatting too…