KIEV (Reuters) – When the chief of Microsoft Ukraine switched jobs to work for President Petro Poroshenko, he found that everyone in the office used the same login password. It wasn't the only symptom of lax IT security in a country suffering crippling cyber attacks.
Monday, July 31, 2017
PM: Govt set to increase numbers attending DTIA programme
PETALING JAYA: The Government is considering increasing the number of civil servants sent to undergo the Design Thinking Innovation Ambassador (DTIA) programme each year.
Biometric system necessary to curb spread of communicable diseases into the country
SHAH ALAM: Beginning in October, only foreign workers who have been fingerprinted for identification under the biometric system will be able to undergo medical examination pending employment.
Philippines' claim on Sabah should not be politicised, says Anifah
KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman has cautioned Parti Warisan Sabah (Warisan) not to raise the issue of the Philippines' claim over Sabah as a subject to serve its own "gutter politics".
Trump dictated misleading statement on son's meeting with Russian – Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump dictated a statement, later shown to be misleading, in which his son Donald Trump Jr. said a meeting he had with a Russian lawyer in June 2016 was not related to his father's presidential campaign, the Washington Post reported on Monday.
HBO Networks Hit by Cyber Attack, ‘Ballers’ and ‘Room 104’ Episodes Leaked Online
Chairman and CEO Richard Plepler confirmed that some of the network’s original programming was stolen as part of the cyber attack.
China's military confident, prepared to safeguard sovereignty: paper
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China's military is "confident, capable and fully prepared" to protect the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity, the state-run China Daily on Tuesday quoted Defence Minister Chang Wanquan as saying in reference to Taiwan.
Harvard Law alumni directory lists Scaramucci as dead
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Anthony Scaramucci is having a bad week. He was fired as President Donald Trump's communications director – and listed as dead in Harvard Law School's alumni directory.
France, Germany tighten defence cooperation in Africa's Sahel
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Germany on Monday lent support to France's push to make operational a new multinational military force that will tackle Islamist militants in Africa's Sahel region and urged other powers to contribute funds at an Autumn donor conference.
‘Game of Thrones’ Bosses Break Down Season 7’s Most Important Encounter Yet
David Benioff and Dan Weiss explain the stakes of the central scene in “The Queen’s Justice.”
Trump fires communications chief Scaramucci in new White House upheaval
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump fired his communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, on Monday after little over a week in the job because of an obscene tirade, sources familiar with the decision said, in the latest staff upheaval to hit the Republican's six-month-old presidency.
Critic’s Notebook: At TCA Summer Press Tour, Fear of Failure With a Dash of Denial
The consensus after a week of the TCA summer press tour is that big changes are coming, but cable channels (and streamers) all seem to think the damage will be suffered by the others.
Somalia says kills senior al Shabaab commander in raid
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia said on Monday its military and allied foreign troops had killed a senior member of al Shabaab it said was responsible for several Islamist bombings.
Royals and relatives mark centennial of WWI battle of Passchendaele
PASSCHENDAELE, Belgium (Reuters) – Relatives read letters and diary excerpts from soldiers who died in the World War One battle of Passchendaele when they gathered on Monday for a ceremony to mark 100 years since the start of one of the war's bloodiest offensives.
Up to U.S., North Korea to ease tensions, not China – China U.N. envoy
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – China's U.N. ambassador Liu Jieyi said on Monday that it is up to the United States and North Korea, not China, to try to reduce tensions and resume negotiations to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.
Buying Into Univision Might Be Muy Bueno for Liberty’s John Malone
The aggressive investor could be looking to supercharge efforts by his companies to provide Spanish-language content to an underserved domestic market that is 60 million strong and growing.
Malta restores forgotten war rooms, hewn into the rocks in WWII
VALLETTA, Malta (Reuters) – In a vast network of tunnels carved into the rocks under the Maltese capital Valletta, faded maps of the Mediterranean hint at the place's role in directing key battles in World War Two.
Discovery CEO on Scripps Deal: “We’ll Evaluate All” Networks
David Zaslav says the $14.6 billion transaction will create a “global content engine” as he and his Scripps counterpart Kenneth Lowe tout the benefits on a call with analysts.
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