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Pentagon probing after hackers messed with freezer temperatures at US military's tax-free stores, causing food to spoil

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Hackers are suspected of tampering with freezers at six US military commissaries, spoiling food and prompting investigations. (Photo by Aaron Favila / POOL / AFP) (AFP)

The Pentagon is facing questions over security after hackers were suspected of tampering with freezer temperatures at six military commissaries – the US Army’s tax-free grocery and household goods stores – causing food to spoil. Hackers are suspected of tampering with freezers at six US military commissaries, spoiling food and prompting investigations. (Photo by Aaron … Read more

Daniel Taylor: Former West Texas professor turned drug kingpin gets 40 years jail for pushing 'pink flamingo' fentanyl, causing overdoses

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Former Texas Tech University professor has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for manufacturing and distributing fentanyl. (US Department of Justice)

A former Texas Tech University professor has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for manufacturing and distributing fentanyl, including a pink-colored mixture branded as “pink flamingo”, after several women overdosed on drugs supplied by him, the US Department of Justice said on October 23. Former Texas Tech University professor has been sentenced to … Read more

A moth outbreak has killed off forests across Siberia, now the flammable wood is causing wildfires that humans are unable to contain

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A moth outbreak has killed off forests across Siberia, now the flammable wood is causing wildfires that humans are unable to contain

An insect outbreak has left Siberia’s forests dead while also transforming the region into a tinderbox where wildfires are now spreading beyond human control. The trees burning across Krasnoyarsk this year were, in a lot of cases, already dead. Not from the fire or the drought, but because of a small moth.Dendrolimus sibiricus, the Siberian … Read more