As Russia’s ruling elite one-by-one fall down stairs or out windows, another star is rising. Now speculation is mounting that “Putin’s Chef” is preparing to step out of the kitchen. He started out with a catering business. He quickly became part of President Vladimir Putin’s inner sanctum. He’s now behind Russia’s cyber warriors and a…
As experienced operators in the U.S. defense industry are keenly aware, the U.S. government has taken several actions in recent years to counter the threat posed by adoption of Chinese technology and the impact on U.S. defense capability. These actions include the prohibition on defense contractors utilizing telecommunications equipment or services produced by Huawei Technologies…
According to CoinDesk, the FBI is looking into the 3Commas data leak. Users of the Estonia-based crypto trading service have been critical of the company’s CEO for weeks, claiming that he ignored repeated warnings that the platform was leaking customer data. This has prompted the inquiry. This week, an unknown source exposed API keys for…
Wickr Me, an Amazon-owned encrypted chat platform, stopped accepting new users after Saturday and will shut down completely on Dec. 31 of this year, the company announced. The decision, first announced in November, follows several controversies surrounding the ultra-secure chat app, which allowed users to sign up without a phone number or other potentially identifying…
A methamphetamine and cocaine gang operating across the U.S., Mexico, Europe and Australia used the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange Binance to launder tens of millions in drug proceeds, according to an ongoing investigation by the US Drug Enforcement Administration. Between $15 and $40 million in illicit proceeds may have been funneled through Binance, the DEA…
The Drug Enforcement Administration on Tuesday said it has seized more than 379 million deadly doses of fentanyl this year, as the country continues to struggle with an epidemic of drug overdose deaths. The seizures include 50.6 million pills laced with the ultra-deadly synthetic opioid and 10,000 pounds of fentanyl powder, the DEA said. “These…
Cryptocurrency analyst Dave the Wave predicted the Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) price collapse, which took place in 2022. Now he’s anticipating a massive surge for the apex crypto. Based on his logarithmic growth curve (LGC), the analyst predicts that Bitcoin could ascend to $160,000 by January 2025. He went on Twitter to share his thought about…
Billionaire Elon Musk, formerly the richest man in the world, has broken a new record. The Tesla founder and Twitter owner has become the first person in history to lose $200 billion off his net worth, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire’s Index. The multi-billion dollar bloodbath comes after Musk, 51, in 2021 became only the…
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah was rushed to intensive care after suffering a stroke, according to reports from Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. The reports came after Nasrallah canceled a planned Friday speech, with the Lebanese terrorist organization announcing through its affiliated media he had fallen ill with influenza and was unable to speak well. Saudi journalist…
Prince Andrew’s sex abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre could return to the public eye next month as her gagging clause is lifted. Ms Giuffre, who now lives in Australia, had alleged that she was forced to have sex with the Duke three times when she was 17 under the orders of the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.…