27 minutes ago - ElonMusk became Twitter Inc's owner on Thursday, firing top executives and providing little clarity over how he will achieve the lofty ambitions he has outlined for the influential social media platform
Done deal
Elon Musk completes $44bn Twitter takeover
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Elon Musk carrying a sink into Twitter HQ
By James Clayton in San Francisco and Peter Hoskins in Singapore
BBC News
The world's richest man, Elon Musk, has completed his $44bn (£38.1bn) takeover of Twitter, according to US media and an investor in the firm.
He tweeted "the bird is freed", in an apparent reference to the deal closing.
Sink-carrying Elon Musk visits Twitter before $44bn deal deadline
Twitter takeover deal must be sealed by Friday, or the billionaire will face trial.
An image from the Twitter page of Elon Musk shows Musk entering Twitter headquarters carrying a sink through the lobby area on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 in San Francisco. [Twitter page of Elon Musk via AP]
Published On 27 Oct 202227 Oct 2022
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has paid a visit to Twitter’s headquarters before a Friday court-ordered deadline to close his $44bn deal for the United States-based social media giant.
“Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in!” said the caption of a video that Musk tweeted on Wednesday in which he was walking into the offices in San Fransciso carrying a sink.
Hours earlier, he had hinted at being the company’s top boss after updating his Twitter profile’s bio to “Chief Twit”.
In the six months of a dramatic back-and-forth since Musk announced his unsolicited $54.20 per share bid, Twitter initially resisted the deal by adopting a so-called “poison pill” and later sued the billionaire after he announced plans to abandon the deal on concerns about spam accounts on the platform.
With a trial looming, Musk revived his takeover plan on the condition that legal proceedings were put on hold.
The deal must be sealed by Friday, or Musk will face trial over the contract.
Twitter shares will be suspended from trading on Friday, according to the New York Stock Exchange’s website.
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Reports this week said the Tesla chief has notified co-investors who committed to help fund the Twitter deal that he planned to close it by Friday.
Equity investors, including Sequoia Capital, Binance, Qatar Investment Authority and others, have received the requisite paperwork for the financing commitment from Musk’s lawyers, Reuters news agency reported.
Rishi Sunaktalked tough on the economy today as he made a fiery Prime Minister's Questions debut against Labour's SirKeir Starmer.
Minutes after he revealed he and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt had delayed the Budget by two weeks, the new Prime Minister warned the opposition that he would not shy away from 'difficult decisions'.
He also goaded Sir Keir over the profligate spending plans of previous Labour leaders, congratulating him on realising that 'spending has to be paid for'.
In a packed and noisy Commons chamber the two leaders clashed over violent crime and the reappointment of Suella Braverman as Home Secretary. . .
Rishi Sunak says 'difficult decisions' are required on the economy because 'spending has to be paid for' amid fears of spending cuts in fiery clash with Keir Starmer at his first Prime Minister's Questions - after delaying the Budget until November
New Prime Minister warned the opposition that he would not shy away from 'difficult decisions' on economy
Mr Sunak goaded Sir Keir Starmer over the profligate spending plans of previous Labour leaders
In fiery exchanges he congratulated Opposition leader on realising that 'spending has to be paid for'
The fiscal statement due to be held on October 31 will now be held on November 17 and be upgraded in scope
October 24, 2022 at 10:02 am The Fiesta Buzz is a free neighborhood circulator provided by the City of Mesa, connecting the Fiesta District, Asian District, and Mesa Riverview. The circulator travels the route in a northbound/ southbound direction every 30 minutes. Travel time is approximately 25 minutes from end to end.
Service will be available Monday through Friday from 5:30 a.m. to midnight and Saturdays from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
"The City of Mesa is pleased to bring Valley Metro's neighborhood circulator to the Fiesta BUZZ to West Mesa", said District 3 Councilmember Francisco Heredia. "Our public transit plays a vital role in bringing people throughout the Valley together to many destinations, and the Fiesta BUZZ will enhance this area's unique, organic growth."
This vehicle will operate in neighborhoods and smaller streets and on arterial roadways. This route will also have "flag zones," which are areas off arterial roads where passengers can flag the bus to stop, like hailing at a taxi.
The Fiesta Buzz will be free to ride for all passengers. Vehicles will run on compressed natural gas, which produces fewer emissions than traditional gasoline or diesel-powered buses, and are entirely ADA accessible with space for wheelchairs and mobility devices.
"Creating attractive travel options to some of Mesa's most popular destinations benefits the environment, local businesses and the residents of Mesa," said Jessica Mefford-Miller, Valley Metro CEO. "The Fiesta BUZZ is also appealing to riders who are making regional connections to light rail and other bus routes. Congratulations to Mesa and our frontline teams for making this new service a reality!"
The route connects Mesa Riverview, the Asian District, and the Fiesta District. It stops at central locations like MCC, Banner Desert Hospital, Mekong Plaza, and Sloan Park.
Improved satellite technology has rapidly enhanced the ability of scientists to find and analyse greenhouse gas emissions in recent years, something some governments hope will help companies detect and prevent methane emissions.
New NASA instrument detects methane ‘super-emitters’ from space
The Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) identified more than 50 methane hotspots around the world.
Imaging of a methane plume at least 4.8km (3 miles) long rising from a major landfill site, where methane is a byproduct of decomposition, south of Tehran, Iran, in this image released on October 25, 2022 by NASA [Google Earth/Maxar/NASA/JPL-Caltech/via Reuters]
Published On 26 Oct 202226 Oct 2022
NASA scientists, using a tool designed to study how dust affects climate, have identified more than 50 methane-emitting hotspots around the world, a development that could help combat the potent greenhouse gas.
NASA said on Tuesday that its Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) had identified more than 50 methane “super-emitters” in Central Asia, the Middle East and the southwestern United States since it was installed in July onboard the International Space Station.
The newly measured methane hotspots — some previously known and others just discovered — include sprawling oil and gas facilities and large landfill sites. Methane is responsible for roughly 30 percent of the global rise in temperatures to date.
“Reining in methane emissions is key to limiting global warming,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement, adding that the instrument will help “pinpoint” methane super-emitters so that such emissions can be stopped “at the source"...
Sokolovsky (also known online as raccoonstealer, Photix, and black21jack77777, according to the unsealed indictment) was arrested in March 2022 and is currently jailed in the Netherlands while waiting to be extradited to the United States. . .According to court documents,
Sokolovsky was charged on Nov. 21 of last year. In late August, the
United States formally requested Sokolovsky be extradited, with the
Amsterdam District Court granting his removal on Sept. 13.
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identified more than 50 million unique pieces of information — including
credit card and bank account numbers — that they say were stolen with
the program. Prosecutors say they have yet to uncover the full scope of
the operation.
The FBI has set up a website where people can check whether they may have been a victim of a Racoon attack: raccoon.ic3.gov.
Ukrainian man charged in US with 'Raccoon' malware scheme
AP
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — U.S. prosecutors
say a Ukrainian man has been arrested on federal cybercrime charges in
an alleged scheme that for years used malware to steal information from
millions of people around the world. An indictment unsealed this month
charges Mark Sokolovsky with renting a program know as Raccoon
Infostealer, which others used to steal personal information and
financial data from more than 2 million people. Prosecutors say
Sokolovsky was arrested by authorities in the Netherlands in March. The
26-year-old is appealing to stop his extradition to Texas for trial.
Court records do not list an attorney for him.
Ukrainian charged for operating Raccoon Stealer malware service
Sergiu Gatlan
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26-year-old Ukrainian national Mark Sokolovsky has been charged for
involvement in the Raccoon Stealer malware-as-a-service (MaaS)
cybercrime operation.
Raccoon Stealer is an information-stealing trojan distributed under
the MaaS (malware-as-a-service) model that threat actors can rent for
$75/week or $200/month.
Subscribers also get access to the admin panel that lets them
customize the malware, retrieve the stolen data (also known as logs),
and create new malware builds.
Raccoon Stealer is very popular since it steals a wide range of
information from infected devices, such as stored browser credentials
and information, credit cards, cryptocurrency wallets, email data, and
various other types of sensitive data from numerous applications.
Sokolovsky (also known online as raccoonstealer, Photix, and black21jack77777, according to the unsealed indictment) was arrested in March 2022 and is currently jailed in the Netherlands while waiting to be extradited to the United States.
While Dutch authorities arrested the defendant, the FBI and law
enforcement partners in the Netherlands and Italy dismantled Raccoon
Infostealer's infrastructure and took down the malware's existing
version offline.
Around the time of the arrest, BleepingComputer reported that the Raccoon Stealer cybercrime group suspended its operations after claiming on Russian-speaking hacking forums that one of its lead developers was killed during the invasion of Ukraine.
Since then, the Raccoon Stealer operation has been relaunched in early June
with the release of a new version, built from scratch using C/C++ and
featuring a new back-end, front-end, as well as new data theft
capabilities.
Raccoon Stealer 2.0 panel (@3xp0rtblog)
Since March, the FBI has been collecting some of the data stolen by
cybercriminals using the Raccoon Stealer malware from infected
computers.
"While an exact number has yet to be verified, FBI agents have
identified more than 50 million unique credentials and forms of
identification (email addresses, bank accounts, cryptocurrency
addresses, credit card numbers, etc.) in the stolen data from what
appears to be millions of potential victims around the world," the
Department of Justice said in a press release today.
"The credentials appear to include over four million email addresses.
The United States does not believe it is in possession of all the data
stolen by Raccoon Infostealer and continues to investigate."
The FBI has also created a website
that allows anyone to check if their data is contained in the U.S.
government's archive of Raccoon Infostealer stolen information.
Those who had their data stolen will receive a confirmation email
with additional info, resources, and links at the address they provided
when searching the U.S. government's Raccoon Infostealer Disclosure
portal.
"Please note that Raccoon Infostealer may have compromised other
personal data such as financial information without stealing an email
address," the portal further explains."
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