News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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A ninth U.S. telecoms firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in #Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans. https://t.co/jb1JW91LNi
— William Yang (@WilliamYang120) December 28, 2024
Hackers targeted around ten official websites in Italy on Saturday, including the websites of the Foreign Ministry and Milan's two airports, putting them out of action temporarily, the country's cyber security agency said. https://t.co/jxDjq7GRPC pic.twitter.com/vxAUAOh20j
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 28, 2024
Russia-linked cable-cutting tanker seized by Finland ‘was loaded with spying equipment’https://t.co/XxmJejqtmI
— Lloyd's List (@LloydsList) December 27, 2024
#NATO to ramp up infrastructure defence after third suspected Baltic Sea sabotage.https://t.co/x7KcwKuBoI#shipping
— TradeWinds (@tradewindsnews) December 27, 2024
Gazprom says it will stop gas exports to Moldova from January 1 https://t.co/pFv1PNpRqq pic.twitter.com/wOlJ6AMML7
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 28, 2024
South Korea's suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol authorised the military to fire their weapons if needed to enter parliament during his failed bid to impose martial law, according to a prosecutors' report seen by AFP on Saturday ➡️ https://t.co/sAhrcUnZm0 pic.twitter.com/2W0L8RBIFN
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) December 28, 2024
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her agency will need to start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling, as early as January 14. https://t.co/dlSeLEBRs4
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 28, 2024
Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the last remaining survivor of the USS Utah, has died at the age of 105. https://t.co/O0S8gqtpOQ
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 28, 2024
Seventeen million people across the South are under the threat of damaging winds, strong tornadoes and hail Saturday. https://t.co/sirqIJhkWl
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 28, 2024
BREAKING: After three months without anyone winning the top prize, a ticket worth an estimated $1.22 billion was sold for the Mega Millions drawing Friday night. https://t.co/04I15SA6LP
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 28, 2024
Times Square New Year's Eve ball unveiled for 2025 celebration https://t.co/FT69PxZ8eJ
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 28, 2024
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