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1…………> Today’s White House Tweets: President Trump

 

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2…………> Iranian Extortionists: Newark

 

A federal grand jury returned an indictment unsealed today in Newark, New Jersey charging Faramarz Shahi Savandi, 34, and Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri, 27, both of Iran, in a 34-month-long international computer hacking and extortion scheme involving the deployment of sophisticated ransomware.

The six-count indictment alleges that Savandi and Mansouri, acting from inside Iran, authored malware, known as “SamSam Ransomware,” capable of forcibly encrypting data on the computers of victims.

According to the indictment, beginning in December 2015, Savandi and Mansouri would then allegedly access the networks of victim entities without authorization through security vulnerabilities, and install and execute the SamSam Ransomware on the computers, resulting in the encryption of data on the victims’ computers. These more than 200 victims included hospitals, municipalities, and public institutions, according to the indictment. Savandi and Mansouri extorted victim entities by demanding a ransom paid in the virtual currency Bitcoin in exchange for decryption keys for the encrypted data, collecting ransom payments from victim entities that paid the ransom, and exchanging the Bitcoin proceeds into Iranian rial using Iran-based Bitcoin exchangers.

The indictment alleges that, as a result of their conduct, Savandi and Mansouri have collected over USD 6 million in ransom payments to date, and caused over USD 30 million in losses to victims.

“The Iranian defendants allegedly used hacking and malware to cause more than $30 million in losses to more than 200 victims,” said Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein.

“According to the indictment, the hackers infiltrated computer systems in 10 states and Canada and then demanded payment. The criminal activity harmed state agencies, city governments, hospitals, and countless innocent victims.”

 

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-iranian-men-indicted-deploying-ransomware-extort-hospitals-municipalities-and-public

 

3…………> Chemical Plan Explosion: China

 

An explosion near a chemical plant in northern China killed at least 22 people and injured 22 others.

The blast occurred in Zhangjiakou, a city in Hebei province near Beijing, the local government in Zhangjiakou said on Chinese social media platform WeChat. The injured were rushed to hospitals.

A fire that erupted after the explosion was brought under control and roughly 50 vehicles were damaged, including trucks. An investigation has been launched to determine the cause of the blast.

 

http://v.aa.com.tr/1323398

 

4…………> Forbidden Books: Nazi’s Censorship

 

During the Nazi book burnings of 1933 literature considered as ‘Un-German’ was ceremonially burned. One man made it his life’s work to preserve them for future generations.

 

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p06l49ng/the-place-preserving-books-that-nazis-tried-to-destroy

 

 

5…………> New Cancer Drug: Vitrakvi

 

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday approved an advanced cancer treatment drug to be sold under the brand name Vitrakvi that in clinical trials has shown to significantly reduce tumors in 81 percent of patients with 24 different types of cancers while causing only mild side effects.

Vitrakvi, commonly known as larotrectinib, targets a biomarker, or a gene that identifies a disease, enabling the drug to work across different types of tumors rather than the location in the body where cancer started.

The mutation that Vitrakvi targets is called neurotrophic tyrosine kinase, or TRK, and is a gene fusion found in solid tumors. Around 3,000 Americans, or 1 percent of stable tumor cancer patients, are affected by TRK fusion every year, Bayer reported.

 

https://p.dw.com/p/38wyB

 

 

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