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[Link] Paleontology ‘a hotbed of unethical practices rooted in colonialism’, say scientists
Read: 3/3/2022 www.theguardian.com
The public image of palaeontologists as dusty, but rather affable academics, could be due an update.
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[Link] More Than 80% of NFTs Created for Free on OpenSea Are Fraud or Spam, Company Says
Read: 30/1/2022 www.vice.com
As the NFT market has exploded, so has the amount of theft and fraud associated with it. Artists are by now familiar with the experience of finding, like in a horror movie, their own art staring back at them in OpenSea's digital gallery, being hawked by an anonymous stranger.
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[Link] QAnon Sex Trafficking Conspiracies Have Shut Down a Texas Butterfly Center
Read: 30/1/2022 www.vice.com
The National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas is situated on the Rio Grande river less than half a mile from the U.S.-Mexico border, and has long been the focus of intense and completely baseless conspiracy theories pushed by the QAnon community.
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[Link] Stolen, Sold and Savored: Ice Cream Is a Hot Commodity in Manhattan
Read: 23/11/2021 www.nytimes.com
The thieves know just where to strike, entering stores and making their way through the aisles, past the diapers, the formula, the razors and the deodorant. You scream.
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[Link] Three arrested after about 80 ransack Nordstrom store near San Francisco
Read: 22/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
About 80 people, some wearing ski masks and wielding crow bars, ransacked a Nordstrom department store in the San Francisco Bay Area on Saturday night, stealing merchandise before fleeing in cars waiting outside, police and witnesses said.
[Link] Arrest After Man Returns Home To Find Entire House Had Been Stolen
Read: 7/11/2021 www.vice.com
Reverend Mike Hall was alerted to suspicious activity after his neighbours rang him in August to inform him people had been entering his house in Luton, Bedfordshire while he was away. The man was a builder who had allegedly been instructed by the “new owner” to carry out works.
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[Link] The art of the steal: ‘I have poached shamelessly from my enemies’
Read: 7/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Down through history, writers have stolen material from those nearby. Family, lovers, friends – even writing group members.
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[Link] Nvidia RTX 30-Series Graphics Cards Stolen in Truck Heist
Read: 4/11/2021 www.vice.com
Someone has stolen a shipment of GeForce RTX 30-series graphics cards from a truck in Southern California. According to a post on the EVGA forums, someone lifted the graphics cards on October 29 as they were en-route to a distribution center.
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[Link] Man Shot Dead In Hail of Gunfire Over Crypto Mining Rigs, Police Say
Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com
On October 20, a man opened fire on people attempting to steal his cryptocurrency mining equipment in the Abkhazia region bordering Russia. According to police, the man killed one of his own friends while fending off the attackers and is now in custody.
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[Link] Instagram Hacker Forces Victim to Make Hostage-Style Video
Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com
A hacker is taking over Instagram accounts before forcing their owners to make hostage-style videos promoting the hacker's money-making scams to try and get their money back.
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[Link] Cryptocurrency Loan Platform Implodes In $130 Million Hack
Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com
On Wednesday, crypto lending service C.R.E.A.M. Finance was the target of a hack that stole over $130 million. It’s not only one of the largest heists ever targeting a so-called “decentralized finance” (DeFi) platform, but also the third such hack targeting C.R.E.A.M.
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[Link] How hackers hijacked thousands of high-profile YouTube accounts
Read: 25/10/2021 arstechnica.com
Since at least 2019, hackers have been hijacking high-profile YouTube channels. Sometimes they broadcast cryptocurrency scams, sometimes they simply auction off access to the account.
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[Link] Sim Swapper Doxes and SWATs His Accomplice
Read: 20/10/2021 www.vice.com
The SIM swapper, 20-year-old Kyell Bryan ended up doxing and swatting his former partner, according to the hacker’s guilty plea.
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[Link] Elderly driver hit with hammer in 'disgraceful' attack while giving a lift to stranger
Read: 12/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
South Australian police are investigating an assault in which an elderly driver was hit in the head with a hammer while he gave a lift to another man, who then stole his car.
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[Link] Men arrested after alleged two-day crime spree stretching from Gold Coast to Townsville
Read: 8/9/2021 www.abc.net.au
Two men who allegedly went on went on a two-day crime spree from the Gold Coast to north Queensland have been remanded in custody. The men were arrested separately on Monday after allegedly committing a string of violent offences around Coomera, Mackay and Townsville.
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[Link] The cheeky, stolen Olympic flag that became an heirloom for McKeon swimming family
Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
This story starts with a classic tale of adolescent mischief and has evolved into a priceless piece of sporting memorabilia. Former Olympian David McKeon's great uncle Peter was in Rome for the 1960 Olympics with some school mates and spotted an enormous Olympic rings flag he wanted to souvenir.
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[Link] Two men in hospital after alleged stabbing in Adelaide's north
Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Police were called to a reserve on Leslie Avenue at Blair Athol about 10:15pm yesterday. They found a Parafield Gardens man in his car in nearby Alice Avenue with stab wounds to his abdomen.
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