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AMERICANGREATNESS (AG News Staff) - Iranian Hackers Reportedly Shut Down British Power Plant for Four Days

Hackers working on behalf of Iran’s Islamist regime reportedly forced a British power plant offline for four days, highlighting Tehran’s ability to target Western critical […] Source

What is the reported impact of the cyberattack conducted by hackers working on behalf of Iran's Islamist regime on British infrastructure?
Hackers reportedly forced a British power plant offline for a period of four days. This incident highlights Tehran's ability to target Western critical infrastructure.
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THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Over 630,000 Arizona Voter Files Were Stolen in 2020 Hack, But Biden’s DOJ Declined to Prosecute.

A hacker admitted to breaching Maricopa County's voter registration system before the 2020 election, stealing over 633,000 records, but prosecutors under the former Biden regime declined to press charges.

A hacker admitted to breaching Maricopa County’s voter registration system before the 2020 election , stealing over 633,000 records, but prosecutors under the former Biden regime declined to press charges. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Declassified FBI documents released Thursday by the White House indicate that more than 633,000 Maricopa County, Arizona voter registration records were accessed in a cyber intrusion during the weeks leading up to the 2020 presidential election, but no criminal charges were filed, despite investigators saying the suspect admitted to carrying out the breach. DETAIL: According to the records, the self-described “hacker or tinkerer” exploited a vulnerability in the county recorder’s website with a…Open

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AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Hacker scraped 633,000 Arizona voter files in 2020 — and four prosecutors refused to charge him

Newly declassified FBI documents show a self-described "tinkerer" exploited a Maricopa County voter registration website for nearly two weeks before the 2020 election, confessed to agents, and walked free after every prosecutor who reviewed the case declined to act. The White House made the files public Thursday after FBI Director Kash Patel sent a letter […] The post Hacker scraped 633,000 Arizona voter files in 2020 — and four prosecutors refused to charge him appeared first on American Almanac .

Newly declassified FBI documents show a self-described "tinkerer" exploited a Maricopa County voter registration website for nearly two weeks before the 2020 election, confessed to agents, and walked free after every prosecutor who reviewed the case declined to act. The White House made the files public Thursday after FBI Director Kash Patel sent a letter to the Government Transparency Task Force disclosing that the bureau had spent "significant resources" investigating the breach but could not persuade a single prosecutorial office to file charges. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Phoenix, the Arizona Attorney General's Office, the Maricopa County Attorney's Office, and the Pinal County Attorney's Office all passed. The suspect, a man living…Open

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JUSTTHENEWS (John Solomon, Steven Richards) - More than 600,000 voter files ripped off Arizona site in 2020 by hacker, but DOJ didn't prosecute

Though the FBI identified a suspect who confessed to investigators, state and federal prosecutors declined to bring charges in a 2020 online hack that stole more than 600,000 voter registration files from Maricopa County, and exposed the sensitive personal information of 933 voters.

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