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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Hundreds of billions of dollars held by Australians in foreign tax havens, report estimates

Scoop: Mossad chief visits Qatar for talks on hostages held by Hamas in Gaza


 Hundreds of billions of dollars held by Australians in foreign tax havens, report estimates


Quite a few accounts must've been hacked actually, because I'm hearing upwards of $1 billion in tax dollars has somehow found its way over to Ukraine.

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Israel’s Ground War Against Hamas: What to Know Max Boot, Council for Foreign Relations


Oyster fight: The humble sea creature could hold the key to restoring coastal waters. Developers hate it. MIT Technology Review 



What to Do If You’re Concerned About the 23andMe Breach

EFF: “In early October, a bad actor claimed they were selling account details from the genetic testing service, 23andMe, which included alleged data of one million users of Ashkenazi Jewish descent and another 100,000 users of Chinese descent. By mid-October this expanded out to another four million more general accounts. The data includes display name, birth year, sex, and some details about genetic ancestry results, but no genetic data. 

There’s nothing you can do if your data was already accessed, but it’s a good time to reconsider how you’re using the service to begin with…If this situation makes you uneasy with your data being on the platform, or you’ve already gotten out of it what you wanted, then you may want to delete your account. But before you do so, consider downloading the data for your own records. To download your data…”