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50 Attorneys General Secure $600 Million from Equifax in Largest Data Breach Settlement in History
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 27 July 2019 27 July 2019
Phoenix, Arizona - Attorney General Mark Brnovich Monday announced that a coalition of 50 Attorneys General, comprising 48 states, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has reached a settlement with Equifax as the result of an investigation into a massive 2017 data breach. The investigation found that Equifax’s failure to maintain a reasonable security system enabled hackers to penetrate its systems, exposing the data of 56 percent of American adults—the largest-ever breach of consumer data.
Jury Convicts Flynn Intel Group Founder of Conspiring to Act as an Undisclosed Agent of Turkey
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- Written by Justice Department Justice Department
- Published: 27 July 2019 27 July 2019
Washington, DC - After three hours of deliberations a federal jury convicted a California man Tuesday on charges of conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government, conspiring to make false statements and willful omissions in a FARA filing, and acting as an agent of a foreign government.
Member of Violent TTG Gang Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Federal Racketeering and Drug Conspiracies
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- Written by DOJ DOJ
- Published: 26 July 2019 26 July 2019
Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Timothy Floyd, aka Tim Rod, 28, of Baltimore, to serve 30 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to participate in a drug distribution conspiracy and a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG). The racketeering conspiracy included eight murders, as well as drug trafficking and witness intimidation.
Quad/Graphics and LSC Communications Abandon Merger After Antitrust Division’s Suit to Block
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- Written by DOJ DOJ
- Published: 27 July 2019 27 July 2019
Chicago, Illinois - The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that Quad/Graphics Inc. and LSC Communications Inc. have abandoned their planned merger.
Examining Facilitating Factors for Safe, Voluntary, and Sustained Post-Conflict Refugee Returns
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- Written by Rand Corporation Rand Corporation
- Published: 26 July 2019 26 July 2019
Washington, DC - The world is facing the highest number of forcibly displaced people on record. Returns have not kept pace with displacement. The status quo is a growing global population of displaced people, living in limbo without full citizenship rights, and with their host countries under ever greater strains of hosting them.