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“Nuclear 17” Hacker Group Believed to Have Breached US Nuclear Power Plant Network
Federal officials have launched an investigation into a cyber intrusion in which a group of hackers reportedly breached at least one US nuclear power plant. The source of the attack, and whether it’s related to the “Petya” ransomware infection launched earlier this week, are not yet clear. Officials say the “Nuclear 17” breach was limited to the yet unnamed plant’s … Continue reading
Investigation Finds Fecal Bacteria in Drinks Sold by UK’s Top Three Coffee Chains
Traces of fecal bacteria have been found in drinks sold by Britain’s three major coffee chains, a BBC investigation has found. It found that ice drinks from Starbucks, Caffe Nero, and Costa all had traces of the fecal-derived pathogen. even out of 10 samples from Costa, which has been voted the nation’s favorite coffee shop for the third year in … Continue reading
NASA Denies Claim They Found Aliens
Last week on the website of the Anonymous hacker group, there was an announcement suggesting that NASA scientists have found traces of extraterrestrial life on Enceladus, the satellite of Saturn, but are hiding this discovery from the public. Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator at NASA Science Mission Directorate, denied all such claims. On his Twitter page, Zurbuchen wrote, “Contrary to some … Continue reading
Is Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg Making Plans For A White House Run?
Included in the many artful prognostications on whether zillionaire and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is intending to run for the US presidency, a new theory has arisen, and it doesn’t involve aliens. One of the five wealthiest people on the planet, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has little left to prove, and observers of the hyper-rich suggest that all that remains … Continue reading
Google Faces Record Fine of Over €1bn From Brussels Over Abuse of Market Dominance
American internet technology company Google is likely to see a record fine of over €1.1 billion from the European Commission this week. Google is accused of placing its Shopping Box at the top of search results, making other shopping websites less visible. The final decision is expected on Wednesday, according to media reports. It would be the first sanction against … Continue reading
Weaponized Plants: Pentagon’s Synthetic Organisms Could “Militarize the Environment”
What if you were deemed a fugitive 20 years from now, for doing something such as vocally speaking out against the status quo, growing cannabis, or going against the grain of the system. Then one day, you’re walking in some rural area you escaped to in order to avoid capture by the state, and the environment recognizes your identity and … Continue reading
CIA’s Secret Cyberweapon Can Infiltrate World’s Most Secure Networks
WikiLeaks’ latest release in its Vault7 series details how the CIA’s alleged ‘Brutal Kangaroo’ program is being used to penetrate the most secure networks in the world. Brutal Kangaroo, a tool suite for Microsoft Windows, targets closed air gapped networks by using thumb drives, according to WikiLeaks. Air gapping is a security measure employed on one or more computers to … Continue reading
US Releases Photos and Video Showing ‘Tense’ Interaction Between US Plane and Russian Jet Over Baltic Sea
New photos released by United States European Command (EUCOM) show an Su-27 less than ten meters from a US surveillance aircraft, in one of just several close brushes between Russian and NATO forces to occur in the tense theater in the past several days. “A US RC-135U flying in international airspace over the Baltic Sea was intercepted by a Russian … Continue reading
Scientists Publish How They Made H7N9 Virus More Transmissible
In 2014, a moratorium was placed on federally funded research which involved making flu viruses more lethal. The moratorium was placed after heated debate generated by research published by a Netherlands team, headed up by Ron Fouchier. Fouchier’s research had produced a strain of H5N1 which was able to go airborne, thus greatly enhancing its ability to spread. Fouchier focused … Continue reading
Is Lead in US food Supply Decreasing IQ?
The environmental advocacy group Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) on June 15 released a study about dietary lead exposure, with a focus on food intended for babies and young children. Using a Federal Drug Administration (FDA) database of food samples, EDF reported some pretty worrying numbers, most remarkably in fruit juice samples intended for children. For example, 89 percent of the … Continue reading
