[Link] The World's First Ransomware Came on a Floppy Disk in 1989

Read: 23/10/2021 www.vice.com

In December 1989, Willems worked at a Belgian insurance firm, and put the disk into a work computer. Bizarrely, it presented a questionnaire, the answers of which told the user whether or not they were in danger of contracting HIV/AIDS. Willems completed the quiz, and didn't think much more of it.

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[Link] Trump Got Racist About Haiti on Fox, for Old Times’ Sake

Read: 9/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Former President Donald Trump went on Fox News Thursday night to suggest that it would be a “death wish” to allow Haitian migrants into the U.S.

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[Link] Police bungle cost ‘14 years of potential progress’ in Maria James’ murder, Melbourne inquest hears

Read: 23/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

Police errors regarding the storage and examination of evidence hampered the investigation into the unsolved murder of Maria James in Melbourne, with one bungle costing “14 years of potential progress”, an inquest has been told.

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