Image: Monkey JizzInvestors in a cryptocurrency called Monkey Jizz are posting on social media that they’ve been scammed by the project’s developer after a token sale.Monkey Jizz’s scam was a rug pull, in which a project attracts investors, promises to release a bunch of products, and then suddenly makes off with investor funds while crashing the…Continue Reading
Hacking. Disinformation. Surveillance. CYBER is Motherboard’s podcast and reporting on the dark underbelly of the internet.The call came from PayPal’s fraud prevention system. Someone had tried to use my PayPal account to spend $58.82, according to the automated voice on the line. PayPal needed to verify my identity to block the transfer.“In order to secure…Continue Reading
A digger drops hundreds of jellyfish crated away after being fished out of the cooling water supply at a power plant in the Israeli Mediterranean coastal city of Hadera, north of Tel Aviv, on June 27, 2017. Image: ACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images Jellyfish are continuing to clog the cooling intake pipes of a nuclear power plant…Continue Reading
Abductions from schools for ransom are common in Nigeria’s northwest, but attacks on major institutions in Abuja are rare.Gunmen abducted members of staff and their children at a university in Nigeria in a rare kidnapping at a large institution in the capital Abuja. Six people were abducted from the staff quarters of the University of…Continue Reading
Anas Fakhri says his father died a natural death at a hospital in the Syrian capital Damascus.Famous Syrian singer Sabah Fakhri, known across the Arab world for performing concerts that could go on for hours, died of natural causes on Tuesday at the age of 88. The Damascus branch of the Syndicate of Artist said…Continue Reading
Biden is seeking to position himself as a global leader on climate change but is struggling to pass changes at home.US President Joe Biden unveiled a wide-ranging plan to reduce methane emissions in his home country on the second day of the United Nations COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, where he has strived to…Continue Reading
Officers opened fire when a truck carrying migrants tried to avoid a checkpoint, tried to ram a patrol vehicle, authorities say.Officers from Mexico’s National Guard fatally shot a migrant after opening fire at a pick-up truck attempting to avoid a checkpoint, authorities said. The National Guard said the truck, which was carrying 13 migrants, did…Continue Reading
Paris had threatened to impose measures from Tuesday due to a bitter disagreement over the issuing of fishing licences.France will postpone planned sanctions on the United Kingdom over a post-Brexit fishing rights row while negotiations continue, President Emmanuel Macron has said. France had earlier threatened to impose targeted measures from Tuesday, such as stopping UK…Continue Reading
Many Democrats want to see American society transformed by migration and diversity, according to a survey by the left-leaning Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). “More than six in ten Democrats (64%), mostly agree that they prefer the U.S. to be made up of people from all over the world” — instead of from American families…Continue Reading
Early voting numbers in Virginia’s governor’s election closed with record highs in the contested race between former Democrat Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin. In the 2017 gubernatorial election, 189,891 voters cast early ballots. However, this year’s race saw nearly six times that number being turned in early, with 1,137,656 voters submitting early…Continue Reading