Depending on which source you believe, there are between 20 and 30 billionaires worldwide who have made their money primarily in cryptocurrency trading. Last fall, in less than 30 days, four of that elite number died under unusual circumstances. Given that all four were relatively young and in good health, the actuarial odds against this…
For at least eight years, the New York State Police have bought an array of programs that sift through mass quantities of social media information — including from companies with access to Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram’s internal data — contracts obtained by New York Focus show. The documents shed new light on the state police’s…
Tel Aviv-based newspaper Haaretz has revealed how Toka, a company founded by the former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and the Israeli military’s cyber chief Yaron Rosen, has mastered terrifying technology capable of locating security cameras or webcams, hacking into them, monitoring their live feeds, and altering them without a trace. Regulated by the Israeli…
The Personal Data Protection Authority in Greece issued on Monday a 50,000 euro fine to Israeli-owned spyware company Intellexa. The company, owned by former Israeli intelligence officer Tal Dilian, is accused of failing to cooperate with an ongoing investigation into the use of spyware in Greece. According to Greek media, the Data Protection Authority launched…
Gary Barnett, an American-Jewish land developer, has dived headfirst into the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate land controversy in Jerusalem by purchasing the land for NIS 750 million from its current owners, Nayot Komemiyut Investments. About 1,000 housing units, and the five-star Inbal Hotel, stand on the land in the neighborhoods of Talbiyeh, Rehavia and Nayot. The…
An Orthodox Jewish woman was flashed while she was on her Instagram livestream on Saturday night. The story went viral after a Jewish podcast Mislaibeled spoke about it on their Instagram, turning it into a joke. “Someone jumped onto Flatbush Girl’s [Instagram] live last night, just absolutely waving his shlong for the entire world to…
Over 700 women attended an Orthodox concert in Hackney this weekend, despite the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations urging women not to go. A full-time nurse and mother of five had her performance forbidden from attending for fear of bringing “spiritual harm” to its audience. Bracha Jaffe is an Orthodox Jewish female musician who covers…