Security researchers from Mandiant and Google are investigating a new extortion campaign targeting corporate executives with claims that hackers stole data from Oracle’s E-Business Suite systems.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is calling on the FBI to launch an immediate investigation into the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), citing what he describes as “dangerous” and “almost certainly illegal” activities by the organization and its leadership. In a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel dated September 3, Cotton warned that the PYM poses a direct threat to U.S. national security.
Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) will assume control of a high-profile investigation into allegations that former South Yorkshire Police officers were complicit in the Rotherham grooming gang scandal — including accusations that some officers personally raped victims.
The Chinese Communist Party announced Tuesday it is investigating former Wuhan Mayor Zhou Xianwang—the face of the city’s botched coronavirus response—for alleged “serious violations of discipline and law.” The probe, revealed by the regime’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, marks a rare move against a high-profile official who played a pivotal role during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A major power outage struck southeastern France on Saturday morning, throwing the glamorous Cannes Film Festival into temporary disarray as it prepared to award its top prize. Authorities say about 160,000 households across the Alpes-Maritimes region lost power after a high-voltage line fell. The outage, which lasted for several hours, has sparked an arson investigation after a fire was reported at an electrical substation near Cannes overnight.
South Korea’s Constitutional Court was forced to adjourn its first impeachment hearing for President Yoon Suk-yeol on Tuesday after he failed to attend, citing security concerns. Yoon, impeached in December following his abrupt imposition of martial law, faces charges of insurrection and is subject to an arrest warrant, further complicating the political turmoil.
President-elect Donald Trump announced plans to replace the head of the National Archives, reigniting focus on the agency central to the classified documents investigation that led to his federal indictment.
South Korean lawmakers have impeached Acting President Han Duck-soo, stating he was not working fast enough to complete the impeachment of former President Yoon Suk-yeol.
