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Data After Dark
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- 1Climate disasters worsen as authoritarian regimes hide risks from neighbours●Climate disasters are getting worse – risks escalate when authoritarian regimes keep neighbours in the dark
Commentary argues that climate disasters are intensifying and that authoritarian governments make the problem more dangerous by withholding information from neighbouring countries. When regimes suppress data on floods, droughts or dam management, downstream and cross-border communities cannot prepare, so the same hazard produces greater loss of life and damage. The piece calls attention to transparency between states as an underappreciated factor in disaster risk.
- 2ShinyHunters Hacks Rival Gang Cl0p, Seizes Leak Site●ShinyHunters Hacks Rival Ransomware Gang Cl0p and Takes Over its Dark Web Tor Data Leak Site
The hacking group ShinyHunters has compromised Cl0p, a rival ransomware gang, and taken control of its dark web Tor data leak site, according to a report by CPO Magazine. The takeover of one major cybercrime operation by another is drawing attention from security researchers tracking shifting alliances and infighting in the ransomware underworld.