A page accessed by the AP on the darknet – a part of the internet hosted within an encrypted network and accessible only through specialized anonymity-providing tools – claimed the extortionist held 1 terabyte worth of Aramco data. A terabyte is 1,000 gigabytes.

The page offered Aramco a chance to have the data deleted for USD 50 million in cryptocurrency, while another timer counted down from USD 5 million, likely in an effort to pressure the company. It remains unclear who is behind the ransom plot.

U.S. judge narrows focus of antitrust suit over $30 bln Aon-Willis merger

Jul 22, 2021

The DOJ had alleged that combining the two large insurance brokers would harm competition in reinsurance broking, retirement and pension planning and private retiree multicarrier healthcare exchanges. But the divestitures mean those no longer will be issues in the trial, according to the order

US life expectancy in 2020 drops by 1.5 years due to Covid-19 pandemic

Jul 21, 2021

“It’s staggering and depressing,” said Noreen Goldman, a professor of demography and public affairs at Princeton University. “The U.S. lags behind virtually all high-income countries in life expectancy, and now it’s lagging further behind.”

China’s ‘iPhone city’ relocates 100,000 people after record rain, flood

Jul 21, 2021

The city of Zhengzhou in the central province of Henan saw 457.5 millimeters (18 inches) of rain fall in the 24 hours through 5 p.m. on Tuesday, the highest since records began for the city of more than 10 million people, the official Xinhua news agency reported. That included a record 201.9 millimeters in a single hour, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. The city’s airport said on its Weibo page it has temporarily suspended inbound flights.

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