Pennsylvania-based nonprofit health provider Maternal & Family Health Services has confirmed cybercriminals accessed the sensitive data of close to half a million people. MFHS revealed last week that it had been hit by ransomware that exposed the personal data of current and former patients, employees and vendors. The healthcare giant said it was made aware…
Sunday’s $2 million smash-and-grab heist at a Park Slope jewelry store is just the latest audacious attack in the once-quiet, upscale Brooklyn enclave, The Post has learned. Two other shops have been targeted by crooks in recent months, including Glitz Jewelers on 7th Avenue in August and an AT&T outlet — next to Facets Jewelry,…
New York Times political columnist Blake Hounshell died after a “battle with depression,” the paper revealed Tuesday. He was 44. New York Times editor-in-chief Joe Kahn and managing editor Carolyn Ryan informed staff via email that Hounshell, who joined the newspaper in 2021, “tragically passed away” from an apparent suicide. “Blake was a dedicated journalist…
BUCHAREST, Romania — The divisive social media personality Andrew Tate is expected at a court in Romania on Tuesday to appeal against a judge’s earlier decision to extend his arrest period from 24 hours to 30 days on charges of being part of an organized crime group, human trafficking and rape. Tate, a 36-year-old British-U.S.…
In the latest twist in the case against Avraham “Avi” Eisenberg, the CFTC has charged the former star DeFi trader. Legal actions against Eisenberg, who, by his own admission, participated in an attack on DeFi exchange Mango Markets, are piling up. Eisenberg was charged with commodities fraud and market manipulation by US prosecutors from the…
The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for a lawsuit in Bay Area federal court accusing the Israeli spyware company NSO Group of illicitly providing software to foreign governments to gather information on dissidents and journalists. The suit was filed in 2019 by the WhatsApp messaging system and its parent company, Facebook, which said governments…
Companies run by Israeli businessmen have sold spyware and surveillance tools to Bangladesh, despite a lack of diplomatic relations between Israel and Bangladesh, a report by Haaretz revealed on Tuesday. Israeli companies and a company run by a former IDF intelligence commander but based in Europe sold the tools to Bangladeshi authorities in recent years.…
LA VERGNE, Tenn. — Five La Vergne police officers were fired and three were suspended Wednesday for allegedly having sexual relationships with a fellow officer on duty, sending explicit photos to each other, and engaging in “three-ways” with another officer and his wife, according to a police investigation document. The five officers were fired and…
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday charged former McDonald’s chief executive Stephen Easterbrook with making false and misleading statements to investors about the circumstances of his 2019 termination. The SEC hit Easterbrook with a five-year officer and director bar and a $400,000 civil penalty. McDonald’s fired Easterbrook in November 2019 for exercising “poor judgment”…
In September 2022, Brooklyn school teacher Talia Avrahami was fired from her job at Magen David Yeshivah after colleagues found out that she was transgender. Avrahami planned to sue the yeshiva for alleged discrimination but ultimately settled the case out of court. But her outing as transgender had some other consequences too: In January, Avrahami…