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Hacker performing a network port scan on a laptop.

OFAC Blacklists Cyber Scammers in Southeast Asia

The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday blacklisted 19 entities linked to large cyber-scam compounds in Southeast Asia that have targeted Americans in romance and cryptocurrency-investment swindles.

Couple on a tropical beach with a sailboat in background. — Image: Rum Point beach – Grand Cayman by Lhb1239, [CC BY-SA 3.0], edited

Watchdog Calls for New Beneficial Ownership Standards in UK Territories

The UK should standardize beneficial-ownership requirements across its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, an international watchdog group said.

Aleksander Zelekson sitting in a corner next to an old television. A cat is sitting on top of the television. — Rob Hornstra, “Aleksander Zelekson, Nizhny Novgorod (2007),” cropped and edited from the original, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Censored and Sanctioned, Russian Television Plays American Hit Shows

As the war in Ukraine grinds on, Russians continue to seek respite from the conflict by turning to movie and TV streaming services, including at least one that is showing HBO hit shows.