Six Convicted in Louisiana Scheme to Obtain Commercial Driver’s Licenses

Drought-Stricken South Dakota Ranchers Faced With Drying Wells

Six people have been convicted in a bribery scheme that enabled more than 100 people to fraudulently obtain commercial driver’s licenses, the U.S Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana announced. Mahmoud Alhattab, a restaurant owner, led a scheme in which Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) applicants paid him an average of $5,000 to obtain unearned CDLs. …

Springfield to Reopen Schools Monday After Closing Them Due to Cyber Attack

Springfield to Reopen Schools Monday After Closing Them Due to Cyber Attack

Public school students in Springfield, Massachusetts have been told they can return to their schools on Monday, September 14 after the schools were closed on Tuesday due to a cyber incident. According to Mayor Domenic J. Sarno and school officials, an outside group gained access to the public school system’s network and blocked the district’s …

Liberty Specialty Offers Security Advice for Political Risk Clients

Liberty Specialty Offers Security Advice for Political Risk Clients

Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has introduced a new benefit for eligible political risk insurance policyholders: access to a one-off advisory consultation with Blackthorn Risk Group Ltd., a London-based independent security consultancy. Through this new arrangement, eligible clients purchasing qualifying political risk insurance from Liberty’s London team can opt in …

NATO Allies Foil Russian Subsea Cable Sabotage Plot

NATO Allies Foil Russian Subsea Cable Sabotage Plot

Deep in Arctic waters near the remote Svalbard archipelago this spring, NATO allies caught Russian subs training to unleash a secret weapon designed to disable critical undersea cables without leaving any fingerprints. The clandestine Russian operation, described to Reuters by two Western officials, was carried out by Moscow’s GUGI undersea warfare directorate, which used deep-sea …