Monday, May 15, 2017

North Korea link emerges in global cyberattacks

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North Korea link emerges in global cyberattacks

North Korea link emerges in global cyberattacksSecurity researchers on Monday reported signs of a potential North Korea link to the massive cyberattack campaign that sparked havoc in computer systems worldwide and opened fresh political rifts between Russia and the United States. In the first clues of the origin of the massive ransomware attacks, Google researcher Neel Mehta posted computer code that showed similarities between the "WannaCry" malware and a vast hacking effort widely attributed to Pyongyang. Other experts quickly jumped on this as a sign -- although an inconclusive one -- that North Korea may have been behind the outbreak.


DA in Vegas to air probe of man's death in police restraint

DA in Vegas to air probe of man's death in police restraintLAS VEGAS (AP) — The death of an unarmed man after police squeezed his neck during a struggle to subdue him outside a Las Vegas Strip casino raised questions Monday about the risks of the technique designed to restrict the flow of blood to the brain.


Veteran journalist Javier Valdez killed in Mexico's Sinaloa

Veteran journalist Javier Valdez killed in Mexico's SinaloaMEXICO CITY (AP) — Javier Valdez, a veteran reporter who specialized in covering drug trafficking and organized crime, was slain Monday in the northern Mexico state of Sinaloa, the latest in a wave of journalist killings in one of the world's most dangerous countries for media workers.


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