BERLIN -The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is involved in an investigation of a recent cyberattack on German automotive supplier Continental, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. The FBI was brought on board by German security authorities, the person said, confirming an earlier Handelsblatt report. Continental declined to comment, and…
An explosion carried out by Israel in Syria has killed an official with Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, the force said on its website Wednesday. The force identified the officer killed as Col. Davoud Jafari, who it said was working for the Guard. He was allegedly killed by an explosive device that hit his vehicle on…
The Israeli-Druze teenager whose body was kidnapped by Palestinian gunmen was still alive when he was taken from hospital in Jenin, his family members claim. According to the father of 18-year-old Tiran Ferro, he had been connected to a ventilator and had a pulse when a group of 20 armed men stormed into the hospital…
The Israeli firm Cellebrite offers tools that unlock data, trawl search histories, and perform facial recognition. The New York State Police are in the market. TEXTS, EMAILS, PHOTOS, social media activity and messages, contact lists, phone logs, and minute-by-minute location data — the State Police want it all. The New York State Police use powerful…
The former co-CEO of Alameda Research, the firm whose risky bets led to the implosion of its sister company FTX, used poker and blackjack card-counting tricks as strategies in trading cryptocurrency, according to a report. Sam Trabucco, the 30-year-old executive who ran Alameda alongside Caroline Ellison before resigning in August, has tweeted in the past…
A wealthy New York socialite who once compared herself to Princess Diana was arrested Tuesday for allegedly attacking her former housekeeper, police said. Libbie Mugrabi, 43 — the ex-wife of billionaire Andy Warhol art collector David Mugrabi — is accused of breaking her ex-employee’s cellphone and threatening her with a knife and mop handle over…
Armie Hammer’s father, Michael Armand Hammer, has died at age 67. Sources connected to the family told TMZ on Tuesday that Michael had been ill and faced a yearslong battle with cancer. The businessman climbed the latter within Occidental Petroleum, the company once run by his grandfather, industrialist Armand Hammer. He also oversaw the Armand…
Two explosions at two bus stops near entrances to Jerusalem on Wednesday morning killed one person and left another 22 people injured, police and medics said. Police described the explosions as a terror bombing attack. The first explosion occurred close to the main entrance of Jerusalem in Givat Shaul, shortly after 7 a.m., peak commuter…
BAGHDAD — Auditors in Iraq have uncovered a massive scheme in which a network of businesses and officials embezzled some $2.5 billion from the country’s tax authority, despite layers of safeguards. The scandal poses an early test for Iraq’s new government, which was formed late last month after a prolonged political crisis. Prime Minister Mohammed…
London, Paris and Berlin are condemning Iran’s expansion of its nuclear program, saying it had “no credible civilian justification” and was a “challenge to the global non-proliferation system.” By starting enriching uranium up to 60 percent at its Fordo plant, “Iran has taken further significant steps in hollowing out the JCPoA,” the so-called “E3” governments…