FBI director: Protecting 2018 election was a 'dress rehearsal' for 2020

Protecting the 2018 U.S. midterm elections from foreign meddling was a “dress rehearsal for the big show” of the 2020 presidential elections, which adversaries are expected to target, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Friday.

“Our adversaries are going to keep adapting and upping their game,” Wray said in a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations, adding that multiple nation-states have learned from Russia’s influence operations in the 2016 presidential election.

https://www.cyberscoop.com/fbi-christopher-wray-2020-election-dress-rehearsal/

Embassies targeted in ongoing spearphishing campaign that weaponized Microsoft Excel files

Embassies around the world have been targeted in a recent spate of spearphishing email attacks from Russian hackers, according to a new report from researchers at Check Point Technologies.

The emails, which the hackers filled with U.S. State Department logos and “Top Secret” labels to trick victims into believing they were legitimate, were actually laced with malicious Microsoft Excel files. The documents were capable of leveraging a trojanized version of remote access software, TeamViewer, to gain control of infected computers.

After gaining access and control, the hackers’ code allowed them to take screenshots of the victims’ PCs, allowing the hackers to steal victims’ usernames and login credentials.

https://www.cyberscoop.com/microsoft-excel-check-point-technologies-russia/

>>6357236

Exactly… Sounds like bullshit to me just like obama saying

No, the presidential election can't be hacked

https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/19/politics/election-day-russia-hacking-explained/index.html

This song needs to make a comeback given what's going on in the world today.

Three Dog Night "Easy to be Hard" OnTV

Why bug bounty firms want to be penetration testing companies

https://www.cyberscoop.com/bug-bounty-pen-testing-hackerone-synack-bugcrowd/

>>6357268

Your PussyAss Crybaby Shut the FK Up

US investors ‘confidently’ pouring money into China despite trade war, says commerce minister

Direct foreign investment into China from the United States increased by 65.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2019, total foreign investment up 6.5 per cent

Trade negotiations led by China’s Liu He and Wang Shouwen and US counterparts Robert Lighthizer and Steven Mnuchin to take place this week in Beijing

China’s Vice-Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen (seated, far right) is part of China’s trade negotiations with the United States. Photo: XinhuaChina’s Vice-Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen (seated, far right) is part of China’s trade negotiations with the United States. Photo: Xinhua

China’s Vice-Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen (seated, far right) is part of China’s trade negotiations with the United States. Photo: Xinhua

Increasing investment from the United States highlights a “confidence in China’s economic growth”, said vice-commerce minister Wang Shouwen, after final data showed that US capital inflows increased by 65.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2019 despite the ongoing trade war.

Total foreign investment in the world’s second largest economy hit 242.28 billion yuan (US$36 billion) in the first three months of 2019, an increase of 6.5 per cent compared with the same period last year. Foreign investment in the manufacturing industry reached 75.36 billion yuan (US$11.2 billion), a rise of 12.3 per cent year-on-year, the ministry data showed.

https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3008136/us-investors-confidently-pouring-money-china-despite-trade

Nato-led forces have killed more civilians in Afghanistan than Taliban so far in 2019

For years, Kabul and its allies were able to point at the UN statistics, which had shown that insurgents were the biggest killers of Afghan civilians

The Afghan government and its international backers killed more civilians in the first three months of 2019 than the Taliban and other insurgent groups, the United Nations said.

It was the first time since the UN began tracking civilian casualties in Afghanistan

over a decade ago that pro-government forces have caused the most deaths.

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3007801/nato-led-forces-have-killed-more-civilians

>>6357300

What!!! did you run out of soap pods to eat… FKing idiot

Teens are eating laundry detergent pods in hazardous internet challenge

https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/01/13/teens-are-eating-laundry-detergent-pods-in-hazardous-internet-challenge

Fire rages through 21-storey Manila building, 1 dead

MANILA: A fire raged through the top floors of a 21-storey residential building in the Philippine capital on Monday, in the middle of a scorching summer. Officials said firefighters managed to guide most residents to safety, but at least one person, a woman, was killed.

Mayor Edwin Olivarez said by telephone that more than 100 fire engines battled the blaze at the Pacific Coast Plaza condominium in Paranaque city, where one lane of a coastal road along Manila Bay was closed due to falling debris. At least one woman was found dead in the upper floors, radio DZMM reported.

A firefighter was given first aid due to fatigue.

Investigators will inspect the floors gutted by the fire, which was put under control about three hours after it started. The fire apparently started in or near the garbage chute that runs from the top to the ground floor, Olivarez said.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asean/1669088/fire-rages-through-21-storey-manila-building-1-dead

UPS eyes U.S. project with Merck & Co for in-home vaccinations

United Parcel Service Inc wants to get beyond U.S. doorsteps with a new push into healthcare.

The world’s largest package delivery firm is preparing to test a U.S. service that dispatches nurses to vaccinate adults in their homes, Reuters has learned, as the company and its healthcare clients work to fend off cost pressures and competitive threats from Amazon.com.

UPS did not disclose which vaccines it would be using in the project, but drug and vaccine maker Merck & Co told Reuters it is looking at partnering with the company for the initiative.

The project, previously unreported, shows how UPS is targeting a larger slice of the $85 billion outsourced healthcare logistics market. Deutsche Post’s DHL Group dominates the market, which is expected to grow to $105 billion by 2021

https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/72350/ups-eyes-us-project-with-merck-amp-co-for-inhome.html

Putin considers building bridge from Russia to North Korea

Russian President Vladimir Putin has tasked the Ministry for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic to study the project of a car bridge connecting Russia’s Primorsky Region and North Korea, the president’s envoy to the Far Eastern federal district said on Monday.

“This question was discussed during Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin’s meeting with the North Korean leader. The head of the state resolved to take the Far Eastern development ministry with analyzing this project,” Yuri Trutnev said.

He did not elaborate on when the project may be designed.

The 39.4-km border with North Korea (of which about 22 km are maritime boundaries) is the shortest of Russia’s international borders. It runs largely along the Tumen River. The two states are connected by air and the railway-only Friendship Bridge over the Tumen River.

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/putin-considers-building-bridge-from-russia-to-north-korea/

This is the intellect of modern day college professors and then they call us stupid..Soon we will have a nation people just as ignorant as AOC running the country kek

Oxford Professor: Aliens are Interbreeding with Humans Because of Climate Change (VIDEO)

Oxford Professor Dr. Yun-hae Chi believes there is a strong correlation between climate change and alien abductions.

He has been pushing this theory for several years now.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/04/oxford-professor-aliens-are-breeding-with-humans-because-of-climate-change-video/

Sri Lanka Bans Burqas and Niqabs One Week After Easter Bombings

One week after the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka that killed over 250 people, the government has banned all face coverings including burqas and niqabs.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena announced on Sunday that the ban will go into effect the following day.

“Any form of face covering that will hinder the identification of a person is banned under emergency regulations,” the announcement from President Sirisena’s office said.

The ban comes as an investigation into the attacks found that a large number of women were involved, though Sri Lanka’s Justice Ministry had already been considering the ban.

The Sri Lankan military has also announced that at least 15 people were killed during a fierce gun battle with militants on the east coast on Friday, including six children, The Herald reports.

“If Sri Lanka adopts the burqa ban, it would join the group of nations in Asia, Africa, and Europe that have done so in the interest of preventing terrorists from using the burqa to evade police or hide explosives,” India Today reports. “Among the nations that have enacted a ban on the item are Chad, Cameroon, Gabon, Morocco, Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Belgium, and Xinjiang, a Muslim-majority province in northwestern China.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/04/sri-lanka-bans-burqas-and-niqabs-one-week-after-easter-bombings/

>>6357415

A system of morality which is based

on relative emotional values

is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception

which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.- Socrates

Man accused of being UAE spy ‘commits suicide’ in Turkish jail

A suspected United Arab Emirates spy who was detained by Turkish authorities 10 days ago has committed suicide in prison, a Turkish government source and state media said on Monday.

The suspect was found dead in Silivri prison, on the outskirts of Istanbul, state news agency Anadolu reported. A Turkish justice ministry source confirmed the report to AFP.

The man was taken into custody with another alleged spy as authorities probed whether they were tied to the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi last October in Istanbul.

The suspect was later formally charged with "military and political" and "international espionage", according to Anadolu.

https://www.france24.com/en/20190429-suspected-uae-spy-commits-suicide-turkey-jail-khashoggi

>>6357451

And yet it has taught in the schools for the last 50 or so years as if it were Gospel Truth

>>6357486

Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance.-Isaac Watts

One of the ultimate protest songs about Vietnam (RIP my brothers and sisters–and thank you for your service)…

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (Original Single Version).

Algeria's finance minister, ex police chief in court amid graft investigations

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria’s finance minister and ex police chief appeared in court on Monday, joining a list of powerful figures to face judicial investigations since mass protests forced the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika this month.

Finance Minister Mohamed Loukal - a former central bank governor who only got the job from Bouteflika last month - appeared in Algiers as part of an investigation into suspected misuse of public funds, state TV reported.

Former police chief Abdelghani Hamel - who was sacked last year by Bouteflika for undisclosed reasons - and his son appeared in Tipaza, west of the capital, as part of an investigation into “illegal activities, influence peddling, misappropriation of land and abuse of office”, state TV said.

https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKCN1S50OG-OZATP

>>6357546

‘Nobody Will Go Back’: Christians Flee Middle East After Fall of Islamic State

The number of Christians in the birthplace of their faith, the greater Middle East, continues to plummet months after the Islamic State, which waged a genocidal campaign against Christians, lost its “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria, Breitbart News learned from various experts, including an archbishop.

“Unfortunately, it can be stated that the Islamic State group’s anti-Christian campaign was very successful in Iraq, and to a certain extent, successful in Syria,” John Hajjar, the co-chair of the American Mideast Coalition for Democracy (AMCD) and co-director of the Middle East Christian Committee (MECHRIC), told Breitbart News.

“I think we have no more hope,” Archbishop Vicken Aykazian, the diocesan legate in America’s capital and ecumenical director for the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Orthodox Church of America, also told Breitbart News, referring to the future of Christianity in its Middle East cradle. “Middle East Christians have no nation that protects them openly.”

https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/04/28/christians-flee-middle-east-fall-isis/

Austria: Asylum seekers make death threats against asylum centre employees

Information from the Austrian Interior Ministry has revealed that asylum home staff members have faced numerous threats on their lives from resentful asylum seekers. According to the ministry, no less than 15 serious incidents have occurred in the last year.

As reported by Kronen Zeitung, the information came about in response to a question posed to Austria’s Interior Minister Herbert Kickl of the national populist Freedom Party.

According to the report, many of those seeking asylum have made violent threats against asylum centre employees in order to be transferred to different facilities. In Maria Enzerdorf, a small Austrian town of 8,000 people, an asylum seeker intimated an employee with an iron bar simply because he felt like he should be moved to another location.

Varying motivations have acted as catalysts for additional incidents of death threats made against public employees.

In Salzburg, a migrant threatened to murder an employee over food.

In Bergheim, due to a lack of internet access, two migrants became so incensed that they threaten to kill one of the care workers.

A similar case occurred in Italy last year when a 26-year-old Senegalese migrant physically assaulted an asylum home worker because the home hadn’t apparently attended to his requests to set up wireless internet.

Several cases in Austrian asylum homes have also turned physical with a number of employees asserting that migrants have attempted to intimate workers by puffing their chests out at them as well as at staff security guards. In another instance, a conflict with one of the migrants resulted in a worker being injured.

https://voiceofeurope.com/2019/04/austria-asylum-seekers-make-death-threats-against-asylum-centre-employees/

>>6357685

Going through tide pod withdrawals.. again .. are ya

>>6357846