Don’t accidentally hire a North Korean hacker, FBI warns Employing remote IT workers who are secretly working for Kim Jong-un’s regime poses risks and may breach sanctions, say US agencies The Guardian - AU · May 16, 2022
Feds seek prison for rioter in 'Camp Auschwitz' sweatshirt Federal prosecutors have recommended a prison sentence of more than two months for a Virginia man who stormed the U.S. Capitol wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt The Independent UK · May 16, 2022
Accused Buffalo gunman followed familiar radicalization path The white gunman charged in a racist rampage inside a Buffalo supermarket didn’t need to travel abroad for tactical training, nor did he need to join an organization of like-minded militants who shared his world view The Independent UK · May 16, 2022
Romance scams bedevil law enforcement Jeanne Aikens was a widow in her late 60s when she found a new love. Or so she thought. Tribune News Service · May 16, 2022
U.S. charges Venezuelan doctor with selling ransomware used by Iranian group A Venezuelan cardiologist who taught himself computer programming sold software that was used by an Iranian hacking group to attack Israeli companies, U.S. prosecutors said on Monday in bringing criminal charges against him. Reuters · May 16, 2022
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Blames the Buffalo Shooting on Social Media "It's all induced by the internet," she said. Reason · May 16, 2022
This forgotten women's prison helped cement Greenwich Village's queer identity In his book The Women's House of Detention, Hugh Ryan writes about the New York City prison and the role it played in the gay rights movement of the '60s, including the 1969 Stonewall Uprising. WEKU · May 16, 2022
Doubling down on "great replacement" The shooter appeared to motivated by a racist, right-wing theory known as the "great replacement" Salon · May 16, 2022
Buffalo shooting suspect’s ‘devastated’ parents interviewed by FBI Law enforcement were pictured outside ‘white supremacist’s’ family home The Independent UK · May 16, 2022
Buffalo shooter published plans on internet 40 hours before New York supermarket attack Between publishing his manifesto on Google and carrying out Saturday’s attack, which left 10 people dead, Payton Gendron is accused of visiting the supermarket in Buffalo, New York, he would later target Daily Mirror · May 16, 2022
Liz Cheney: House GOP enabled "white nationalism, white supremacy and anti-semitism" Cheney's remarks come after a mass shooting, which the FBI is investigating as a case of "racially motivated violent extremism." Axios · May 16, 2022
Kremlin scolds United States over attempts to recruit Russian embassy staff The Kremlin said on Monday that reported attempts by the U.S. FBI and CIA to recruit embassy staff in Washington were unacceptable. Reuters · May 16, 2022
Trump-era special counsel faces first real test as Washington attorney goes on trial John Durham's probe led to a single false statements count against Michael Sussmann for allegedly lying to the FBI about possible ties between a Russian-bank and Donald Trump's company. WEKU · May 16, 2022
Former Trump official Kash Patel writes children’s book repeating false claim over Steele dossier Story with characters such as King Donald and his enemy Hillary Queenton gives revisionist account of FBI inquiry that dogged Trump presidency The Guardian - US · May 16, 2022
The Independent UK · May 16, 2022 Lawyer charged with lying to FBI in Russia probe faces trial A federal trial is set to begin for a lawyer for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign
Axios · May 15, 2022 What we know about the Buffalo mass shooter The FBI is investigating the shooting as a hate crime.
WEKU · May 15, 2022 California churchgoers hog-tied gunman in deadly attack Four others were critically wounded and another person suffered minor injures, officials said.
Al Jazeera · May 15, 2022 Buffalo mass shooting: What we know so far The gunman who killed 10 people at a grocery store in Buffalo is thought to have been motivated by racial hatred.
Axios · May 15, 2022 Biden: Nation must face "hate that remains a stain on the soul of America" after Buffalo shooting The FBI is investigating the shooting as a hate crime and a case of racially motivated violent extremism.
Daily Mirror · May 15, 2022 Russian ambassador hints at splits inside Kremlin over disaster of Ukraine invasion Russian envoy Anatoly Antonov implied some inside the Kremlin’s power structures are ready to give up the fight, move back invading troops, or even repent
Tribune News Service · May 14, 2022 ‘Straw owner’ hides $1 billion worth of Russian yachts, US says In the race to seize assets tied to sanctioned Russian billionaires, U.S. authorities are alleging that a Russian tycoon acted as the “straw owner” of two yachts worth more than $1 billion, including the $700 million Scheherazade, a superyacht linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Reuters · May 14, 2022 Envoy says Russian diplomats in U.S. are threatened, enticed by FBI Russian diplomats in Washington are being threatened with violence and U.S. intelligence services try to make contact with them, Tass news agency cited the ambassador as saying on Saturday.
ABC News · May 14, 2022 How the arrival of the Amadea superyacht wedged Fiji between a Russian oligarch and the United States government Seizing the opulent superyachts of Vladimir Putin's nearest and dearest is a move designed to cut off the Russian leader from his wealthy friends, but in the case of the Amadea, it's the tiny island nation of Fiji that's wearing the cost.
The Independent UK · May 14, 2022 EXPLAINER: Why stakes are high in trial tied to Russia probe The first trial resulting from special counsel John Durham’s investigation of the early days of the Trump-Russia probe hardly seems an explosive affair
The Independent UK · May 13, 2022 Radical involved in 11-day stand-off with federal agents at Ruby Ridge dies aged 74 Confrontation, in August 1992, fuelled the growth of anti-government extremists and militia groups