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U.K. Cyber Thug “PlugwalkJoe” Gets 5 Years in Prison

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 19:44:03 +0000

Joseph James “PlugwalkJoe” O’Connor, a 24-year-old from the United Kingdom who earned his 15 minutes of fame by participating in the July 2020 hack of Twitter, has been sentenced to five years in a U.S. prison. That may seem like harsh punishment for a brief and very public cyber joy ride. But O’Connor also pleaded guilty in a separate investigation involving a years-long spree of cyberstalking and cryptocurrency theft enabled by “SIM swapping,” a crime wherein fraudsters trick a mobile provider into diverting a customer’s phone calls and text messages to a device they control.

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Stepping up Cybersecurity as Industrial Electrification and Digitalization Accelerates in Energies and Chemicals Industry

Credit to Author: Constantine Lau| Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 14:00:00 +0000

The concept of Net Zero dominates today’s news and mindshare of the Energies and Chemicals industry. To decarbonize, Energies and Chemicals companies currently have few options available, including improving energy efficiency, using renewables for industrial electrification, CCUS, Hydrogen, and biofuels. Energy efficiency and industrial electrification…

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