Crypto miner arrested for skipping on millions in cloud server bills


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TechRadar— A Nebraska man ‘cryptojacked’ two cloud providers in a scheme with bleak economic and environmental implications.

Newsweek—Refugees Would Get Millions for Housing Under New Bill. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson announced Wednesday that his chamber will finally hold a vote this weekend on passing additional foreign aid including support for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as $481 million to assist refugees in the U.S.But after releasing text of the funding measures—which are split into three separate bills—Johnson is once against facing pushback from members of his own party, who have withheld authorizing supplemental funding for months.Drafts of the legislation...

CoinJournal—UK authorises police to seize illicit crypto without arrests. UK police now have powers to seize, freeze or destroy criminal crypto holdings. It follows new legislation that comes into effect today, April 26, 2024. Reforms to help UK’s national security, said Home Secretary James Cleverly. Law enforcement officials in the United Kingdom can now seize, freeze or destroy crypto assets deemed to be illicit […]

ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos—No cuts: Proposed bill could change skipping the security line at the airport. A proposed California bill, SB 1372, would ban CLEAR and third-party expedited security services from expanding without the use of a dedicated lane.