Source: Sky News
Security & Justice
Lebanon’s Border Villages Face Renewed Devastation Amid Israeli Withdrawal
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Friday, December 20, 2024
Interview Set to Shed Light on Mossad’s Decade-Long Covert Operation Against Hezbollah
In a highly anticipated episode of CBS’s 60 Minutes, recently retired Mossad agents provide unprecedented insights into a decade-long covert operation targeting Hezbollah. The agents, whose identities remain concealed with masks and altered voices, share with journalist Lesley Stahl the intricate details of their mission to sabotage Hezbollah’s communications network.
Friday, December 20, 2024
Opinion
Lebanon After the Assads
The United States has important equities in Lebanon, including a desire for a generally friendly government’s economic and political stability; security cooperation; long-standing relations with the large Christian community in Lebanon and Lebanese diaspora in the United States; and ultimately peace between Israel and Lebanon within a broader regional settlement. Achieving these objectives will require navigating a tumultuous period in the country’s history following a war between Hezbollah and Israel that has devastated a large part of the country, exacerbating Lebanon’s already challenging economic conditions. But perhaps the most important dynamic will be how a likely Sunni-dominated state of uncertain composition in Syria will differ in its intentions toward Lebanon from the previous Alawite-led minoritarian Assad regime.
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Europe’s Syrian Dilemma
The news of the sudden and unexpected demise of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria has met a mixed response in Europe. The jubilation that a murderous dictator and close ally of Russia and Iran has fallen is not just good for the Syrian people but serves as a morale booster for Eastern Europeans wondering whether Russia can be defeated
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Sports
Cristiano Ronaldo Unveils New Private Jet Worth $73 Million
Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the richest global athletes, has unveiled his upgraded private jet reportedly worth $73 million. With its top-notch design, exceptional speed and range of 7500 nautical miles, the Gulfstream G650 is among the fastest jets in the world.
Monday, December 16, 2024
Guardiola Accepts Man City May Need to Sign More Players to Cope with Schedule
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes he will need a bigger squad to handle soccer’s ever-expanding fixture schedule.
Saturday, December 14, 2024
Thursday 22 July 2021 16:05:09
Man Arrested in Spain over Twitter Bitcoin Scam that Targeted Elon Musk, Kim Kardashian and Barack Obama
A British man has been arrested in Spain in connection with the July 2020 hack of Twitter that resulted in more than 130 accounts belonging to celebrities hijacked to scam their followers out of Bitcoin.
Following the incident, Twitter confirmed that a co-ordinated social engineering attack had allowed criminals to post tweets from celebs' accounts offering to send $2,000 for every $1,000 sent to a Bitcoin address.
Joseph O'Connor, 22, who was known online by the handle PlugWalkJoe and previously gave interviews to the media regarding the incident, was arrested on Wednesday in Estepona, Spain, by Spanish National Police at the request of the FBI.
O'Connor is also accused of hijacking accounts on other social media platforms, including TikTok and Snapchat, as well as cyberstalking a juvenile victim.
Twitter confirmed that 130 accounts were targeted by the criminals during the July 2020 hack, with 45 being used to send tweets. The criminals also accessed the DM inboxes of 36 users and downloaded the Twitter data of seven.
Scam messages were posted by accounts belonging to Barack Obama, Jeff Bezos, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West and Bill Gates, among others.
According to the Department of Justice, the criminals' Bitcoin address received more than 400 transfers worth more than $117,000 (£90,000). Of course, no money was sent back.
O'Connor is the second Briton to be arrested in connection with the incident, alongside Bognor Regis teenager Mason Sheppard who was accused of involvement last August.
The amateur quality of the scam surprised onlookers compared to how effective the attackers had been at gaining access to their targets' accounts.
Similar scam messages regarding cryptocurrency give-aways reached epidemic levels on Twitter in 2018, when a Sky News investigation found accounts impersonating Elon Musk to be stealing thousands of pounds a day - but these were always posted from fake accounts.
