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Former NYPD Commissioner Blames Progressive
DA's for Crime Surge
Bill Bratton: 'I wouldn't take' top cop job in any major city
"Many of their Progressive policies are just
not going to work," Bratton said of left-wing district attorneys.
 William
Bratton, the retired former police commissioner of Boston, Los Angeles and New
York-the latter twice-said Tuesday that if offered the job leading a major
city's police force at this time, he wouldn't "take the keys."
Bratton, who is renowned for making big cities safe under his watch over
the past three decades, told "Fox News Primetime" that the current
anti-police climate in America would make any kind of recovery in those places
"extraordinarily difficult."
The former top cop pointed especially to New York City, where he served
as commissioner during the first terms of both Mayors Rudolph Giuliani and Bill
de Blasio.
"I predicted for 30 years that crime would not go back up in New York City
and Los Angeles. Boy was I wrong," he said, blaming New York State's
Democrat-controlled legislature for continuing to pass criminal justice and bail
reform measures that have been approved by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.
Bratton added that those new laws essentially erased gains made under his
and other commissioners since 1990.
"That's being repeated around the country, unfortunately. So, going
forward, I'm an optimist. I wouldn't have come to the New York in the first
place in 1990, L.A. In 2002. But, at this particular point in time, it's very
difficult to be an optimist," he said.
"The last [crime] epidemic took 20 years to build up in the 1970s and 1980s.
This epidemic took about one year. We are just beginning to see the impact of
this epidemic. It's going to get a lot worse over the summer months."
foxnews.com
Commissioner Bratton spoke to the LP community at the D&D Daily's
'Live in NYC at the NRF Big Show' event in 2016.
Chicago Mayor Feuds with State's Attorney Over Crime Surge
Lightfoot condemns illegal guns, calls on federal aid to combat Chicago crime
While many look to Lori Lightfoot amid a rise in Chicago gun violence,
the mayor is instead pointing the finger at a problem she says only the feds
can fix.
As violent crime continues to rise in cities across America, several mayors say
illegal guns are the big problem. CPD Superintendent David Brown on Tuesday said
officers had recovered 5,200 illegal guns this year alone. Now there's
push for a federal strategy.
A surge in Chicago shootings is raising fears of another long and violent
summer. According to Chicago Police, murders are up 5%; shootings up 17 % so
far this year. The situation is not unique to Chicago.
According to the Washington Post, gunfire killed more than 81,000 people in
America - 54 people per day during the first five months of the year.
The U.S. Conference of Mayors addressed the issue on Tuesday, with Lightfoot
calling for a nationwide anti-gun violence push.
"We've got to redouble our efforts to call upon the federal government to
help us stop the flow of illegal guns into our city," Lightfoot said. "A lot
of this played out on social media that then becomes a shooting - a beef from
one person to another, one group to another. It's a completely different dynamic
if there's no guns."
Tension remains among the people tasked with keeping Chicago safe. Cook
County State's Attorney Kim Foxx recently held a webinar pointing to data
suggesting Chicago police are arresting the wrong people to curb gun
violence.
"I fundamentally disagree with that," Lightfoot said in response. "We are
a city that is awash in illegal guns. Those illegal guns cause deep pain and
injury and death."
wgntv.com
Crime Spike Could Be Temporary - Not a New
Trend
Will Crime Keep Rising? Not Necessarily
There are reasons to think the spike will be
temporary, but policies like bail reform combined with anti-police sentiment
could create a 'perfect storm'
 Since
2020 there have been significant increases in violent crime, and in
homicides specifically, everywhere from Minneapolis and Los Angeles to
Philadelphia and Portland, Ore. "Homicide rates in large cities were up more
than 30 percent on average last year, and up another 24 percent for the
beginning of this year," the New York Times reported earlier this month. In
Chicago, 2020 was the worst year for killings in three decades.
The spike in violent crime last year coincided with the lifting of lockdowns
in many places and the antipolice protests following the killing of George Floyd,
which may have led to less-aggressive policing in the short run. In other words,
this may be an aberration rather than a new trend.
"I'm not troubled by aberrant years. We've had that before," Mr. Latzer said.
"You can't treat upticks, or spikes, the same way as booms, which are multiyear,
essentially continuous rises in crime. ... What I think we're seeing today is
what economists essentially call noise. Some years it goes up, some years it
goes down. But when you put all the dots together and string them out over
time, it's a pretty flat line over, say, a decadelong period."
But Mr. Latzer did express concern that policy makers seem to be going out of
their way to turn back the clock on crime rates. "We're turning loose
people who commit repeat offenses," he said, in reference to the popularity
of so-called bail-reform measures that make it harder to keep defendants
locked up until trial. We're "demoralizing" law-enforcement by
treating criminals like victims and police officers like criminals. "We're
creating a perfect storm," he said.
wsj.com
Mass Exodus of Police Officers is an 'Evolving
Crisis'
Departures of Police Officers Accelerated During a Year of Protests
Retirements nationwide were up by 45 percent
and resignations by 18 percent in the 12-month period ending in April.
 Police
departments face severe challenges in retaining and recruiting officers,
according to new data outlining the steady exodus from an occupation that was
the target of protests last year after several high-profile police killings.
A survey of about 200 police departments indicates that retirements were up
by 45 percent and resignations by 18 percent in the period between April 2020
and April 2021, when compared with the preceding 12 months. The percentage
of officers who left tended to be larger for departments in big or medium-size
cities, according to the Police Executive Research Forum, a Washington policy
institute that will release full data next week.
"It is an evolving crisis," said Chuck Wexler, the organization's
executive director.
Last year's departures came against the backdrop of protests that erupted
nationwide when
George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, along with the
police killings of
Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky., and
Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta. The
aggressive tactics some officers used against protesters often compounded
the vitriol against the police.
The future of policing was called into question, with demands to defund
departments or to assign some of their tasks to civilian agencies. The
coronavirus pandemic also took a toll, with cities slashing budgets and some
officers deciding that risking their health through potential exposure to the
virus was endangering their families. The pandemic also brought
a surge in the most violent crimes.
"It is an extremely difficult time to be a police officer," said Maria
Haberfeld, a professor of police science who trains police officers at the John
Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York.
nytimes.com
The Impact of Protests on Police Budgets
Did last year's BLM protests push cities to defund police? Yes and no.
 We
analyzed the link between local racial-justice protests' intensity and changes
in municipal law enforcement expenditures and found that, yes, overall,
cities with more-intense protests did significantly decrease their police
expenditures. But that wasn't true in every city. Many cities increased
their law enforcement budgets, perhaps suggesting a racially conservative
backlash.
Cities with more-intense protests were more likely to
reduce police funds
We found that cities that hosted more-intense protests reduced their police
expenditures more than cities where protests had been less intense. Cities
where large numbers of protesters turned out, relative to their populations,
decreased police expenditures by an average of $12 per city resident. Los
Angeles's relatively high protest rate translated into a $2.50 per-capita
cut in police spending. Minneapolis had an even higher protest rate of 77
participants per 1,000 residents, which coincided with a $32.50 per-capita chop
to police spending. (For reference, cities spent an average of $422 per resident
on law enforcement in 2021.)
The flip side was also true. Cities that had below-average protest activity
increased their per-capita police spending by $2 per resident. Atlanta,
which had 16 protesters per 1,000 city residents, increased police expenditures
by $20 a person. Birmingham, Ala. - which, at less than 8 per 1,000
residents, had one of the lowest protest rates in our sample - increased
per-capita police spending by $55. In fact, 45 percent of the cities in our
sample increased their per-capita law enforcement expenditures, despite the
severe financial strains caused by the pandemic.
In contrast, more-conservative cities that saw less intense racial-justice
protests went on to increase police budgets, which may suggest a backlash.
washingtonpost.com
More Protester-Police Clashes in Minneapolis
Protesters Face Off With Police For Control Of Minneapolis Intersection
Midday on Tuesday, the city appeared to make a statement, as heavily-armed
police officers in tactical gear moved in to began clearing and reopening
the intersection of Lake Street and Hennepin Avenue in the busy Uptown
neighborhood. A number of WCCO crews were there, and described a tense scene
between authorities and protesters.
But soon after police left Tuesday afternoon, protesters moved back in again
and blocked traffic from flowing. Some were seen lifting a Metro Transit bus
shelter to rebuild a barricade early Tuesday evening. Police and Hennepin County
Sheriff's deputies returned to the area at about 8:30 p.m. to push back
protesters, while city crews removed the new barricades.
The intersection has been shut down on and off since June 3, when Winston
Boogie Smith Jr., 32, was shot and killed by law enforcement. But tensions
escalated significantly since the death of 31-year-old protester Deona
Knajdek Sunday night. She was killed when a speeding car crashed into her
car, which she was using to protect protesters. Three other people were injured.
The driver is in custody and will likely be charged Wednesday. Police say drugs
or alcohol may have been a factor.
Protesters told WCCO they want the intersection shut down the way the George
Floyd memorial continues to shut down the intersection of East 38th Street
and Chicago Avenue, dubbed "George Floyd Square."
minnesota.cbslocal.com
Op-Ed: Rising crime will put criminal justice reform movement to the test
Police identify St. Paul man who drove into Minneapolis protesters, killing
woman
Philadelphia mayor details racial, police reforms a year after George Floyd
protests
COVID Update
311.8M Vaccinations Given
US: 34.3M Cases - 615.7K Dead - 28.5M Recovered
Worldwide:
177.4M Cases - 3.8M Dead - 161.9M Recovered
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Mask-Wearing Remains Flash Point for Violence
Killing Of Georgia Cashier Is Latest In A String Of Fatal Shootings Over
Mask-Wearing - Here Are The Rest
 A
dispute over a mask at a Georgia grocery store on Monday devolved into a
shootout that left an employee dead and two others injured, authorities say,
marking the latest in a number of killings or violent attacks in the U.S. tied
to the highly politicized Covid-19 safety precaution.
A review of news articles and law enforcement reports shows at least seven
others have been killed following disputes over masks, predominantly
inside different stores.
In one of the earliest incidents, four people were
charged for fatally shooting a security guard at a Family Dollar store in
Flint, Michigan, in May 2020 after police say the 43-year-old denied entry
to a woman whose daughter was not wearing a mask.
An 80-year-old man in Buffalo, New York, died in October of last year after he
was pushed to the ground by a
fellow customer at a bar who he confronted about not wearing a mask.
Meanwhile, in at least one instance, it was the person defying face-covering
rules who ended up killed: A Michigan sheriff's deputy
fatally shot a man suspected of stabbing another man after a mask dispute in
a Quality Dairy store in July of last year (the man who was stabbed later
died from the injuries).
Outside of these fatal encounters, there have been numerous reports of other
shootings, attacks and threats stemming from arguments over face masks.
These confrontations have left multiple people critically injured, such as the
April shooting of
a security guard at a North Carolina bar.
Armed attacks at a
Pennsylvania Wawa, a
Sacramento strip club, an
Ohio supermarket and a
Colorado Waffle House are among other incidents that have left employees
and patrons injured. In addition to the violence, there have been multiple
threatened mass shootings following mask disputes, including at a
church in St. Louis, Missouri and at a
Publix grocery store in Florida.
forbes.com
'Life As We Know It' Returns to New York
New York lifts 'virtually all' COVID-19 restrictions effective immediately, Gov.
Cuomo announces
Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York announced on Tuesday that "we can now return to
life as we know it" because the state had hit his vaccination-rate
threshold.
Earlier this month, Cuomo said he would lift "virtually all" COVID-19
restrictions once 70% of New Yorkers had received at least one dose of a
vaccine. Cuomo said on Tuesday that restrictions would be "relaxed as of
today, effective immediately."
"Remember June 15th. Remember today, because it is the day that New York rose
again," Cuomo said at Manhattan's One World Trade Center, adding that June
15 was also his late father and former Gov. Mario Cuomo's birthday.
Masks will still be required on public transit, but otherwise New York's
landscape of state mandates will be drastically diminished. Counties and
localities can still implement their own restrictions, and Cuomo said New York
would still observe guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Businesses can also keep their own mask policies.
businessinsider.com
Hundreds of Blank Vaccine Cards Stolen by
Employee
L.A. security guard catches employee stealing stack of blank vaccine cards
 An
employee of a Los Angeles County mass vaccination site is facing a grand
theft charge for allegedly stealing more than 500 blank COVID-19 vaccine cards.
A security guard at the Pomona Fairplex vaccination site in La Verne on April 27
had noticed Ahmed exiting the facility with a stack of cards in his hands.
Officials say they found blank vaccination cards in Ahmed's car and uncovered
about 400 more in his hotel room. In total, they recovered 528 cards.
His arrest and charges come amid a larger conversation around vaccine
credentials, sometimes referred to as vaccine passports, which may be
required for business, school, travel and other activities in the future.
In recent months, the FBI has issued warnings that the sale of fake cards
with a government logo on them is a crime. Marketplace websites such as
EBay, OfferUp and Shopify have also been warned that the sale of fake cards is
prohibited.
privateofficerbreakingnews.blogspot.com
The Hot Debate Over Vaccine Passports
What Are the Roadblocks to a 'Vaccine Passport'?
Creating a digital certificate of
vaccination against the coronavirus is one of the hottest debates right now.
 Currently,
Americans are issued a white paper card as evidence of their Covid-19 shots,
but these can easily be forged, and
online scammers are already selling false and stolen
vaccine cards.
While the federal government has said it will not introduce digital vaccine
passports by federal mandate, a
growing number of businesses - from
cruise lines to sports venues - say they will require proof of vaccinations
for entry or services. Hundreds of digital health pass initiatives are
scrambling to launch apps that provide a verified electronic record of
immunizations and negative coronavirus test results to streamline the process.
The drive has raised privacy and equity concerns and some states like
Florida and
Texas have banned businesses from requiring vaccination certificates.
But developers argue that the digital infrastructure is secure and will help
speed up the process of reopening society and reviving travel.
Governments, technology companies, airlines and other businesses are testing
different versions of the digital health passes and are trying to come up
with common standards so that there is compatibility between each system and
health records can be pulled in a safe and controlled format.
nytimes.com
California to Roll Out Vaccine Verification
Program
Newsom says vaccine verification is coming in California, but 'it's not a
passport'
As California reopened this week, freeing people fully vaccinated for COVID-19
from most pandemic restrictions, Gov. Gavin Newsom signaled again that the
state would soon introduce an electronic vaccination verification program.
Such digital health certificates, also referred to as "vaccine passports," have
become a hotly debated issue. Opponents raise privacy and equity concerns,
while supporters say the digital certificates will enhance public safety and
speed economic recovery.
The Biden administration has said it will not develop a federal vaccine
passport system, but allow the private sector or local jurisdictions to
develop verification systems or require proof of vaccination at their own
discretion.
sfchronicle.com
COVID Was Here Earlier Than We Thought
NIH study suggests coronavirus may have been in U.S. as early as December 2019
The new report, published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, bolsters
earlier studies indicating that the virus entered the country under the radar
and may have been spreading in the first two months of 2020, well in advance
of warnings to that effect from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A volunteer in Illinois who gave blood on Jan. 7, 2020 - in a study unrelated to
the emergent virus - tested positive for antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, according to
the NIH report. It noted that the antibodies typically take 14 days, on average,
to develop, and this "suggests the virus may have been present in Illinois as
early as December 24, 2019."
washingtonpost.com
Some restrictions remain: Where do you still have to wear a mask in NY?
Stores adjust to loosened mask requirements across Bay Area
Here's Everything to Know About LA's Big Restaurant Reopening
EU Presidents Officially Sign Regulation on EU Vaccine Passports for Travel
Retailers Still Have Goods Worth Hundreds of
Millions Stuck in Suez Canal
IKEA, Lenovo & many more businesses still have products stuck in limbo
 The
Ever Given is no longer blocking the Suez Canal, but the crisis is far from
over for companies forced to endure a protracted legal battle in hopes of
recovering goods worth hundreds of millions of dollars that have been stuck
on the impounded container ship for months.
IKEA and Lenovo are among the companies with products stuck on the
Japanese-owned vessel that blocked the Suez Canal for six days in March.
Smaller firms such as UK bicycle maker Pearson 1860 and Snuggy UK, which
makes wearable blankets, also have vital orders stuck in limbo.
"We don't hold out much hope of seeing our stock this year and although it is
insured in transit, we have guessed there will be little chance of seeing a
settlement for months if not years," Will Pearson, director of Pearson 1860,
told CNN Business. His company has products worth more than $100,000 on the
ship.
The Ever Given - and its cargo - are being held in the canal's Great Bitter Lake
during the legal battle.
IKEA told CNN Business that it has a variety of products on board the ship,
but declined to provide further specifics about the shipment. Lenovo confirmed
it also has cargo aboard the ship, and a spokesperson said the company is
"exploring ways to recover the goods."
The stakes are even higher for companies like EasyEquipment, a small UK
business that does not have marine insurance on $100,000 worth of commercial
refrigerators that were supposed to be delivered to restaurants before
coronavirus restrictions eased in May.
cnn.com
'Just Walk Out' Technology Hits Supermarket
for the First Time
Newest Amazon Fresh store will feature 'Just Walk Out'
To date, Amazon's revolutionary "Just Walk Out" technology has been available
only in the company's convenience and small-format grocery stores. But that
will change on June 17, when the ommnichannel giant opens its 14th
Amazon Fresh store, a 25,000-sq.-ft. location in Bellevue, Wash. It will be
the first time that the technology has been available in a full-size U.S.
supermarket.
 The
Just Walk Out technology leverages a combination of computer vision, sensor
fusion and deep learning that enables shoppers to shop the store, pick out
they want and skip the checkout when they're done. Anyone shopping at the
new Amazon Fresh store can take advantage of the technology, which connects to
their Amazon account or credit card. Customers are prompted at the store's entry
gates to choose if they want to use Just Walk Out shopping or the traditional
checkout lanes.
"Bringing Just Walk Out technology to a full-size grocery space with the
Amazon Fresh store in Bellevue showcases the technology's continued ability to
scale and adapt to new environments and selection," said Dilip Kumar,
Amazon's VP of physical retail and technology. I'm thrilled it will help even
more customers enjoy an easier and faster way to shop and can't wait to get
their feedback on this latest Just Walk Out offering."
Kumar added that that the feedback regarding Just Walk Out has been "fantastic,
with customers noting that skipping the checkout allows them to save time and
reduce contact in stores."
chainstoreage.com
'Dark Stores' Exploding Across Europe
Apps that promise grocery deliveries in 10 minutes invade Europe
as shopping shifts online
Turkey's Getir, Germany's Gorillas and
Britain's Dija are just a few of the apps promising users 10-minute grocery
deliveries.
A new crop of start-ups in Europe are offering to deliver people's groceries
in just 10 minutes, fueled by venture capitalists and an acceleration of
online commerce during the coronavirus pandemic.
The acceleration in the grocery space has been huge and went together with what
has been happening in the pandemic," Alberto Menolascina, co-founder and CEO of
Dija, told CNBC in an interview.
These firms operate what's known as "dark stores," fulfilment centers
designed to carry out online orders rather than serve customers in person.
Dija and Gorillas hire their couriers rather than relying on contractors like
Deliveroo and other players in the gig economy.
businessinsider.com
LP Squirrel Guards Jewelry Store Cash
Feisty Squirrel in Turkey Protects the Gold and Money in a Jewelry Store Cash
Register
 Although
this squirrel is tiny, it's still ferocious. And the little creature handles
a big job: being a security guard.
This injured and orphaned squirrel, named Memocan, was rescued by a jewelry
store owner in Turkey. While his injuries heal, Memocan has been given free rein
of the store. He's even picked up a new career skill of protecting the cash
register.
Memocan's rescuer, Mehmet Yuksel, says, "Memocan immediately steps in when a
stranger attempts to take the money and gold in our cash register and attacks."
The squirrel has gotten so protective of the money, Memocan won't even let
store employees besides Mehmet near the cash register.
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Biden Confronts Putin on Cybersecurity at
Geneva Summit
The Only Way Biden Can Get Anywhere With Russia on Cybersecurity
 A
Russian cybercrime group was behind the hack of JBS, the world's largest meat
supplier, the FBI
said
in early June-less than two weeks ahead of President Joe Biden's Wednesday
summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. It was just the most recent
Russia-linked cybersecurity story.
The Biden White House's
sanctions over Russia's influence operations in the 2020 election
included six
technology companies supporting Russian intelligence operations-plus
multiple
front organizations for Russian propaganda. Now, there is much speculation
on the Kremlin's involvement in a ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline, the
largest refined oil pipeline in the U.S., and the more recent attack on JBS.
Biden
said the administration does not believe the Russian government was involved
in the first incident, but that the criminals are likely based in Russia-and
the government should clamp down on such ransomware groups.
Biden will undoubtedly confront Putin about some of these activities to
try and hold the Russian government to greater account for cyber activity
emanating from within Russia. But for any progress on cybersecurity to come out
of the summit, the White House must situate its policy toward Russian cyber
operations in the context of the Putin regime's growing pursuit of "cyber
sovereignty," which to Russia has historically represented the state's
desire to control the internet within its borders. A comprehensive treatment of
Russian state cyber behavior means directly facing the entanglement between the
Kremlin's internet policy domestically and its cyber activity at home and
abroad.
You can't separate the Putin regime's view of domestic internet control from its
view of cyber behavior abroad. Increased control over the online space within
Russia has only enabled the regime to further use technology companies to
achieve strategic objectives-including through spying, disinformation, and
cyberattacks-and to censor, harass, and otherwise coerce firms that are
uncooperative. Moreover, the Kremlin's view of the open internet as a security
vulnerability feeds into both chaos-sowing in countries abroad and
control-cementation at home.
Any U.S. attempts to have the Putin regime place greater limits on cyber
actors operating within Russia must take this broader pursuit of "cyber
sovereignty" and "information security" into account.
slate.com
BEC Attackers Fly Under the Radar
Microsoft Disrupts Large-Scale BEC Campaign Across Web Services
Attackers had used the cloud-based
infrastructure to target mailboxes and add forwarding rules to learn about
financial transactions.
Microsoft has disclosed the details of how it disrupted a large-scale
business email compromise (BEC) infrastructure hosted across multiple Web
services, a strategy that allowed attackers to fly under the radar.
The wave of recent high-profile
ransomware attacks may be top of mind for business leaders, but BEC
remains a prolific - and expensive - enterprise problem. The FBI's Internet
Crime Complaint Center (IC3)
reported BEC scams numbered 19,369 and cost approximately $1.8 billion in
2020, during a year when total losses from cybercrime exceeded $4.1 billion
overall.
Part of the reason why BEC campaigns are successful is their stealthy nature,
wrote researchers with the Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team in a blog
post on the BEC campaign disruption. These attacks have a small footprint,
create low signals that don't top defenders' alert lists, and usually blend in
with the typical noise of corporate network traffic.
"The attackers performed discrete activities for different IPs and timeframes,
making it harder for researchers to correlate seemingly disparate activities as
a single operation," they said of the challenges in analyzing this particular
operation.
Researchers traced this campaign to a phishing attack in which criminals
stole user credentials to log in to target mailboxes and create forwarding rules
that would give them access to emails regarding financial transactions.
Before forwarding rules were created, the target mailboxes received a phishing
email with a voice message lure and an HTML attachment. These emails came from
an external cloud provider's address space, researchers noted.
darkreading.com
Unsecured servers and cloud services
How remote work has increased the attack surface that hackers can target
Cybersecurity researchers discover hundreds
of thousands of insecure severs, ports and cloud services being used by remote
workers that could be easily exploited
The increase in the use of cloud services as a result of organisations and
their employees shifting to remote work because of the COVID-19 pandemic is
leaving corporate networks exposed to cyberattacks.
Many businesses had to swiftly introduce working from home at the start of the
pandemic, with employees becoming reliant on cloud services including Remote
Desktop Protocols (RDP), Virtual Private Networks (VPN) and application suites
like Microsoft Office 365 or Google Workspace.
While this allowed employees to continue doing their jobs outside the
traditional corporate network, it has also increased the potential attack
surface for cyber criminals. Malicious hackers are able to exploit the
reduced level of monitoring activity, while successfully compromising
credentials - that are used to remotely login to cloud services - provides a
stealthy route into corporate environments.
Cybersecurity researchers at security company Zscaler analysed the networks of
1,500 companies and found hundreds of thousands of vulnerabilities in the
form of 392,298 exposed servers, 214,230 exposed ports and 60,572 exposed
cloud instances - all of which can be discovered on the internet. It claimed
the biggest companies have an average of 468 servers exposed, while large
companies have 209 at risk.
zdnet.com
Tech Devices Could Give Hackers More Openings
Security Experts Scrutinize Apple, Amazon IoT Networks
Both companies have done their due diligence
in creating connected-device networks, but the pervasiveness of the devices
worries some security researchers.
Apple and Amazon, two of the largest makers of connected devices, now
have operational low-power communications networks that piggyback on their
devices to power a variety of services. But security experts are
scrutinizing whether the transfer of simple messages expands their devices'
attack surface.
Last week, Amazon announced that its Sidewalk connected-device network
became active. Originally announced in 2019, the network uses the bandwidth of
Amazon gateway devices, such as Ring cameras, or Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
devices. For its part, Apple announced its AirTag tracking devices in May,
which use its Find My network that sends messages by utilizing bandwidth of
nearby Apple devices.
The networks - and the parasitic bandwidth-sharing - raise questions about
how easily such technology could be abused, says Johannes Ullrich, dean of
research for SANS Technology Institute. Hackers will find ways to send data over
the network, even though Amazon is limiting the total bandwidth for a particular
gateway to 80 Kbps.
"It's about sharing data and bandwidth - random people are able to use your
device, but you are also able to use their device," he says. "As far as risks
go, you don't know who actually uses your device or what they are using it
for. You have no control over who is using your device or how they are using
it."
beta.darkreading.com
Apple fixes actively exploited vulnerabilities affecting older iDevices |
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Behind the Scenes at Amazon
The Amazon that customers don't see: Inside a warehouse during the pandemic
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working mandatory overtime in the spring, her 42-year-old husband, Alberto, had
been among the first wave of employees at the site to test positive for the
coronavirus. Ravaged by fevers and infections, he suffered extensive
brain damage. On tests of responsiveness, Ann Castillo said, "His score was
almost nothing."
For months, Ann Castillo, a polite, get-it-done physical therapist, had been
alerting the company that her husband, who had been proud to work for the retail
giant, was severely ill. The responses were disjointed and confusing. Emails
and calls to Amazon's automated systems often dead-ended. The company's benefits
were generous, but she had been left panicking as disability payments
mysteriously halted. She managed to speak to several human resources
workers, one of whom reinstated the payments, but after that, the dialogue
mostly reverted to phone trees, auto-replies and voicemail messages on her
husband's phone asking if he was coming back.
The return-to-work summons deepened her suspicion that Amazon didn't
fully register his situation. "Haven't they kept track of what happened to
him?" she said. She wanted to ask the company: "Are your workers disposable?
Can you just replace them?"
Alberto Castillo's workplace, the only Amazon fulfillment center in America's
largest city, was achieving the impossible during the pandemic. With New
York's classic industries suffering mass collapse, the warehouse, called JFK8,
absorbed hotel workers, actors, bartenders and dancers, paying nearly $18 an
hour. Driven by a new sense of mission to serve customers afraid to shop in
person, JFK8 helped Amazon smash shipping records, reach stratospheric sales and
book the equivalent of the previous three years' profits rolled into one.
That success, speed and agility were possible because Amazon and its founder,
Jeff Bezos, had pioneered new ways of mass-managing people through technology,
relying on a maze of systems that minimized human contact to grow unconstrained.
But the company was faltering in ways outsiders could not see, according
to a New York Times examination of JFK8 over the last year.
In contrast to its precise, sophisticated processing of packages, Amazon's model
for managing people - heavily reliant on metrics, apps and chatbots - was uneven
and strained even before the coronavirus arrived, with employees often having
to act as their own caseworkers, interviews and records show. Amid the
pandemic, Amazon's system burned through workers, resulted in inadvertent
firings and stalled benefits, and impeded communication, casting a shadow over a
business success story for the ages.
seattletimes.com
The Case for Inventory Splitting, by Brands Large and Small
A split inventory strategy offers many advantages, including three primary
benefits that are key for both emerging and enterprise retail brands:
Improved delivery speed. Consumer expectations continue to evolve, and
demand for fast delivery only grows. By locating inventory closer to the end
consumer - store or home - companies not only enable faster delivery via
ground-carrier networks, but also unlock the opportunity to partner with local
and regional carriers. These partnerships protect brands from the inevitable
disruptions and delays that occur when national carriers run into capacity
challenges on the regional level. As companies diversify their carrier platform
in this manner, they ensure faster, cheaper, and more reliable service.
Reduced shipping costs. From a fiscal perspective, both emerging and
enterprise retail brands should focus on the product's location. Strategically
locating inventory, and partnering with local and regional carriers, enables
more ground deliveries. They reduce base delivery rates and all but eliminate
the accessorial charges that national carriers continue to impose. From peak
surcharges to dimensional pricing factors, these fees can be avoided. The
consequent savings allow funds previously designated for shipping costs to be
reallocated to customer acquisition and product development, further improving
the overall consumer experience.
Inventory protection. With transit time to the store reduced, inventory
allocation to a given location can be made closer to actual demand.
Brick-and-mortar stores are thus under less pressure to fulfill and can refocus
their energy on selling, since the distribution center is local and easily
accessible. In this scenario, the cost of fulfilling a direct-to-consumer order
is lower at the distribution center than at the retail location. With inventory
located strategically for all sales channels, demand is managed more
dynamically.
supplychainbrain.com
How retail companies are reducing friction in online and offline transactions
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Amazon ORC
North Haven, CT: 3 Amazon Workers Stole $50K Worth Of Items
Three employees have been arrested in connection with the theft of more than
$50,000 worth of items from the Amazon facility in North Haven, according to
police. North Haven detectives began investigating the thefts in early March
after security / loss prevention at the Amazon fulfillment center on Washington
Avenue found "inventory inconsistencies and potential thefts," according to
police. "After working with Amazon staff and conducting interviews and reviews
of surveillance footage, detectives were able to obtain arrest warrants for
employees Teyska Miranda, Carlennys Matos-Romero, and Nelson Feliciano," police
wrote in a news release. Collectively, they are accused of thefts totaling more
than $50,000, according to police.
patch.com
 Tyngsborough,
MA: Smash-And-Grab Motorcycle Thefts Caught on Camera
High-end motorcycles were stolen from the Indian Motorcycles of North Boston
dealership in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, and police are looking for the six
people seen in surveillance footage. The Burglary began around 4am as six
suspects smashed the glass windows and quickly began removing nearly $20,000 of
motorcycles. Within 3 minutes, Police arrived, but the 6 suspects and 2
motorcycles were gone.
necn.com
Taylorsville, NC: Four Suspects Charged In Connection To Theft At Walmart
 28-year
old Ashley Paige Keller, 38-year-old Alvin William Ingram of Icard, 24-year-old
Jahshalyn Syndee Sanders and 47-year-old James Wayne McRary, both of Granite
Falls were all arrested Tuesday (June 15) by Taylorsville Police Officers.
Keller, Ingram, and Sanders are all charged with felony larceny and conspiracy
to commit felony larceny. Ingram and Sanders are also charged with second-degree
trespassing. McRary is charged with felony possession of methamphetamine,
misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia, felony altering or stealing
criminal evidence, along with a count of failure to appear on a Caldwell County
charge. The four suspects were arrested following an investigation into the
theft of items from Walmart in Taylorsville.
whky.com
Douglas County, NV: Sheriff's Office Investigators ask for public's help
identifying $550 Walmart theft suspect
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Shootings & Deaths
Shootout Between Shoplifter & Security Guard
Nashville, TN: Shoplifter shot by Security Guard outside Antioch Kroger
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shoplifting suspect is in the hospital after they were shot by a security guard
outside a Kroger on Mt. View Road. Metro Police tell News4 the incident started
just after 10 p.m. Tuesday when a security guard noticed a person shoplifting in
the store. The security guard followed the suspect out into the parking lot of
the store before they jumped into a car. The driver reportedly fired a flare
gun at the security guard, who returned fire with a handgun. Police say the
security guard sustained minor burns from the flare. The two suspects drove off
in their car but called 911 for help a short time later and admitted to being at
the Kroger. When police arrived at the suspect's location on Brewer Street they
found them with a gunshot wound in the back. The driver of the vehicle was
reportedly not found at the scene. The shoplifting suspect is reportedly at the
hospital and will be arrested after receiving treatment.
wsmv.com
Albertville, AL: Deadly Workplace Violence: Employee at Alabama fire hydrant
factory fatally shoots 2 before killing himself
A worker wielding a handgun fatally shot two people and wounded two others at an
Alabama fire hydrant factory early Tuesday before killing himself, police said.
The shooting - which happened about 2:30 a.m. at a Mueller Co. plant in
Albertville. In the Alabama case, a manhunt ended when the shooter's body was
found inside a Jeep in Guntersville, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) away from
the factory, shortly after daybreak. Multiple weapons were found inside the
vehicle, Albertville Police Chief Jamie Smith said at a news conference. Smith
said the suspect appears to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. What
prompted him to kill and maim his coworkers wasn't immediately clear, the chief
said. He called the shooting "completely unprovoked."
pilotonline.com
Update: Wichita, KS: Mental exam ordered for man charged with murdering Wichita
QuikTrip Security Guard
The man charged with murdering a Wichita QuikTrip security guard last month
will receive a competency exam after his defense lawyer called his mental health
into question in a June 8 motion filed with the court. Attorney Jeremy Koop
wrote in the motion that Laroy Monzell West "has had a history of mental health
issues and is currently exhibiting behaviors consistent with significant mental
illness." He added that West "may be incompetent to stand trial" in connection
with events tied to the May 5 fatal shooting of 39-year-old Will Robinson and
said that West's competency "should be examined by the appropriate mental
health agency." Robinson, a former cop, husband and father of two known for
helping homeless people who frequent the Murdock and Broadway convenience store,
died on May 7 after languishing in the hospital for two days.
West reportedly shot Robinson in the face with a handgun after he was
escorted off of convenience store property for "being disruptive and loud inside
the store" including playing music on a small speaker, according to a
probable cause affidavit released by the court last month. West was arrested and
booked into jail on May 7.
Sedgwick County District Court Judge Bruce Brown on Tuesday granted the defense
attorney's request and ordered Sedgwick County's community mental health center,
Comcare, to perform the competency evaluation, court records show. West's
criminal case will be on hold until he can "understand the nature and purpose of
the proceedings" against him and help with his own defense, the judge's
order says. Comcare is supposed to report back to the court and provide an
opinion about West's mental status within 60 days, according to the document.
kansas.com
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Englewood, NJ: Man Accused Of Stealing Over $19K In Burglaries
An Englewood man was arrested last week and accused of stealing thousands of
dollars from multiple Downton businesses in late night and early morning
burglaries, according to the Englewood Police Department. The man is 36-year-old
Adnan Hyder, whom police identified through video footage from city cameras and
local shop security cameras.
patch.com
Las Vegas, NV: Suspect accused of arson in series of fires at east valley
Walmart stores
A 60-year-old man is facing three counts of arson for a series of fires set
inside east Las Vegas valley Walmart stores, according to a fire official. The
Clark County Fire Department's investigation division arrested Brian Miller on
Monday on suspicion of setting three fires dating back to April, Deputy Fire
Chief Warren Whitney said in a statement.
news3lv.com
Cincinnati Police Have Suspect in Custody After Fire Attempt at Woods Hardware
Cincinnati Police may have caught the man who allegedly tried to start a fire at
a downtown business over the weekend. Woods Hardware CEO Matt Woods posted early
Tuesday morning on social media that a suspect is now in custody for attempting
to set fire to the store's downtown location. He credited the Cincinnati Police
Department and the Cincinnati Fire Department for their work on the case.
Earlier this week, Woods said that someone tried to light a fire among the
propane tanks outside of Woods Hardware around 8:30 a.m. Sunday. Camera footage
that Woods posted to his personal public Facebook page showed a man in a black
jacket and light pants walking with a box and plastic bag toward the store.
Another photo showed a large pile of soot and debris at the base of the propane
tanks, which are locked in a metal case outside the store.
citybeat.com
Minneapolis, MN: Former employee charged with taking $9,000 from New Brighton
gas station
A Minneapolis woman has been charged with stealing more than $9,000 from a New
Brighton gas station. According to court documents, Dominique Artrice Barksdale,
33, is charged with one count of felony-level theft and faces up to 10 years in
prison. Barksdale is seen via security camera footage, printing off 19
separate $500 money orders through the store's MoneyGram machine during her
2 p.m. to 7 p.m. shift. She pocketed the money orders and left the store an hour
and a half early.
twincities.com
Galesburg, IL: Warrant issued for Galesburg man that continuously stole alcohol
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Auto - Scott, LA -
Burglary
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C-Store - Girard, OH -
Robbery
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C-Store -
Fredericksburg, VA - Burglary
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Eyewear - Quay County,
NM - Burglary
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Gas Station -
Lynchburg, VA - Burglary
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Hardware - Quay
County, NM - Burglary
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Jewelry - Seattle, WA - Armed Robbery
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Liquor - Kansas City,
MO - Armer Robbery
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Motorcycles -
Tyngsborough MA- Burglary
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Pharmacy - Petersburg,
VA - Armed Robbery
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Restaurant - St
George, UT - Burglary (McDonald's)
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Rite Aid - Queens, NY
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Sporting Goods - Baker
City, OR - Burglary
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Restaurant - Laplace,
LA - Burglary
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Verizon - Defiance, OH
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7-Eleven - Riverhead,
NY - Robbery
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Sr. Lead, Organized Retail Crime
Baltimore, MD
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The Sr Lead, Organized Retail Crime (ORC) is responsible for the direction and
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Nashville, TN
- posted May 21
Staples is focused on our customer and our community. As a Field Loss
Prevention Manager for Staples, you will manage and coordinate Loss Prevention
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Greater Boston, MA
- posted May 11
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for Staples, you will conduct LP operational field audits remote, virtual and in
person, within a base of 60 retail stores to ensure compliance to operational
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Pittsburgh, PA
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Our Area Loss Prevention Managers ensure safe and secure stores through
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The Corporate Security Manager will, among other things, (a) be
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"Speed Kills" As we all sprint virtually every day to accomplish our tasks, one
must remember that, without stepping back and getting out of your box to see
exactly where you're going or where you've been, you won't ever be able to see
where you really need to go. And in that case speed really does kill and you may
never even see it coming because you're moving too fast. That's why
three-day-weekends are so great; they make you stop and listen. You've just got
to make sure you hear it.
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