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☆ Smartmatic Executives Charged With Bribery of Philippine Official
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Katie Robertson | More About Katie Robertson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Justice Department on Thursday charged three current and former executives at Smartmatic, the voting technology company, with taking part in a bribery scheme in the Philippines. In the indictment, which was released publicly on Friday, prosecutors said that from 2015 to 2018, Smartmatic’s president and co-founder, Roger Piñate, and other executives funneled “at least $1 million in bribes” to Juan Andres Bautista, the former chairman of the Philippine elections commission, so that their company could obtain and keep a contract providing voting machines and election services for the 2016 Philippine elections. A Smartmatic spokesman said in a statement that two of the people charged remain at the company, including Mr. Piñate, and each has been placed on a leave of absence, though he noted that “our accused employees remain innocent until proven guilty.”“No voter fraud has been alleged, and Smartmatic is not indicted,” the spokesman said. “Still, voters worldwide must be assured that the elections they participate in are conducted with the utmost integrity and transparency.”

Persons: Roger Piñate, ”, Juan Andres Bautista, Piñate, “ Organizations: Department, Smartmatic Locations: Philippines, Philippine

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Persons: Donald Trump, ”, Juan Andres Valverde, Samuel Schultz, Maria del Rosario Lanza, ___ Spagat Organizations: Senate, “, Homeland, Biden, Homeland Security, CBP Locations: SPRINGS, Calif, China, Colombia, Mexico, U.S, San Diego, Ukraine, Israel, New York, Vermont, United States, Angola, COVID, Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Tijuana , Mexico, Honduran, Tegucigalpa, Chicago, Washington, Fort Worth , Texas

☆ FBI disrupts hacking tool that Russian spies used to steal information from foreign governments
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The FBI announced Tuesday that it has disrupted a network of hacked computers that Russian spies have used for years to steal sensitive information from at least 50 countries, including NATO governments. It’s the latest move by the Justice Department to more aggressively target foreign spying and criminal rings using custom-built FBI tools. The Russian hacking group that the FBI targeted, known as Turla, is widely believed by experts to be one of the most elite cyber-espionage units in the Russian intelligence services. In 2018, Turla hijacked an Iranian hacking tool to gain access to the network of an unnamed Middle Eastern government, according to researchers. The US and allies’ advisory confirmed that daily Turla hacking operations occur at an FSB facility in Ryazan.

☆ Laboratoarele franceze Sanofi vor produce până la 200 de milioane de doze de vaccin Moderna în Statele Unite
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-26 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Sanofi va pune la dispoziţia Moderna infrastructura de la sediul său din Ridgefield, New Jersey, pentru ''operaţiunile de umplere şi finalizare a până la 200 de milioane de doze din vaccinul său COVID-19'' începând din luna septembrie, potrivit companiei franceze, care iniţiază astfel cel de-al treilea parteneriat cu producători concurenţi din domeniul vaccinurilor, după cele cu Pfizer/BioNTech şi Johnson&Johnson. Prevăzut iniţial pentru jumătatea lui 2021, urmează să fie în cele din urmă disponibil la sfârşitul anului.De asemenea, un studiu clinic a demarat în luna martie pentru cel de-al doilea vaccin-candidat al său, dezvoltat împreună cu compania Translate Bio. Acesta din urmă este bazat pe tehnologia inovatoare ARN mesager, aceeaşi ca şi cea utilizată pentru vaccinurile Moderna şi Pfizer.Alianţele în vederea accelerării producţiei de vaccinuri deja aprobate se multiplică între laboratoarele concurente. Astfel, vaccinul companiei germane Curevac, care colaborează deja cu GSK, va beneficia de ajutorul germanilor de la Bayer şi de cel al elveţienilor de la Novartis. Aceştia din urmă vor sprijini de asemenea producţia vaccinului Pfizer-BioNTech.De cealaltă parte a Atlanticului, gigantul american Merck va participa, la rândul său, la producţia vaccinului Johnson & Johnson.

Persons: Johnson, Paul Hudson, Juan Andres, Merck Organizations: franceze, Bayer Locations: Ridgefield, New Jersey, Statele Unite, franceză, Atlanticului

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