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Hacker claims major Chinese citizens' data theft
Hacker claims major Chinese citizens' data theft
by  AFP

A hacker claiming to have stolen personal data from hundreds of millions of Chinese citizens is now selling the information online. Advertised on a forum late last month but only picked up by cybersecurity experts this week, the 23-terabyte database -- which the hacker claims contains the records of a billion Chinese citizens -- is being sold for 10 bitcoin (approximately $200,000).

Lebanon gas row tops agenda as Israel PM visits Paris
Lebanon gas row tops agenda as Israel PM visits Paris
by  AFP

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid makes his first foreign trip as premier on Tuesday to Paris, where he will ask President Emmanuel Macron to intervene in a gas dispute with Lebanon. "We will ask France to intervene to secure the negotiations that we want to lead until the end of the gas issues," the official told journalists travelling with the premier.

Judge who helped jail S.Africa's Zuma sees graft probe driving change
Judge who helped jail S.Africa's Zuma sees graft probe driving change
by  AFP

Chief Justice Raymond Zondo's welcoming and cheerful smile belies an uncompromising nature that saw the jailing of former South African president Jacob Zuma during a high-level corruption probe. In March he was named South Africa's chief justice, an all-powerful role he now plans to return to full time.

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