New Zealand Reserve Bank phone hacker not convicted

Thursday, September 28, 2006 Gerasimos Macridis, 39-years-old, left the court room discharged without conviction after hacking into the New Zealand Reserve Bank’s phone system and then asking for money for his services after pointing out these security flaws to both the Reserve Bank and Telecom New Zealand in May, 2006, and offering to fix them. […]

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Maria Contreras-Sweet Group buys The Weinstein Company assets, saves it from bankruptcy

Sunday, March 4, 2018 Eric Schneiderman, from file, 2012. Image: Lonnie Tague, United States Department of Justice. Maria Contreras Sweet, from file, 2014. Image: Small Business Administration. Harvey Weinstein, from file, 2011. Image: David Shankbone. On Thursday in a meeting at New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office, Maria Contreras-Sweet Group, billionaire Ron Burkle, and […]

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Scientists find key human language gene

Thursday, November 12, 2009 Researchers have found a crucial genetic difference between humans and chimps that could help explain our language and speech abilities. The difference lies in a gene called FOXP2 which encodes for a protein of the same name. This acts as a transcription factor, controlling the activity of other genes. A rendering […]

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Honolulu man dies after fall into sewage-contaminated harbor

Saturday, April 8, 2006 A Honolulu man who fell into the sewage-contaminated Ala Wai Yacht Harbor died Thursday night of a massive bacterial infection that caused the loss of one of his legs, septic shock, and ultimately organ failure. Oliver Johnson, 34, a Honolulu mortgage broker, died between 9:15 and 9:30 p.m. HST Thursday (0715-0730 […]

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Former Louisiana governor Buddy Roemer announces run for president

Friday, July 22, 2011 Former governor Buddy Roemer of Louisiana Image: Gage Skidmore. Former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer announced Thursday at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire that he will officially run for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination in 2012. Roemer, who had explored a bid for the past several months, wants to focus his […]

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United States Homeland Security network monitors suspicious activity

Wednesday, August 3, 2005 The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is deploying its new Homeland Security Information Network – Secret (HSIN-Secret) in all 50 state Emergency Operations Centers as well as 18 additional state and local law enforcement sites. “The secret network is a component of the HSIN, which is the primary conduit […]

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