Crown seeks life sentence for youth in terrorism case
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A police officer carries evidence after RCMP raided a house and arrested two people in Kingston, Ont., on Thursday Jan. 24, 2019. The Crown is seeking a life sentence for a teenager who pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges including possession of explosive material and counselling someone to detonate a bomb.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
OTTAWA – The Crown is seeking a life sentence for a teenager who pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges including possession of explosive material and counselling someone to detonate a bomb.
The youth admitted to the charges, as well as violating his bail conditions, last July in the Ontario Court of Justice.
As Colonial Pipeline scrambles to restore services, ransomware gang vows to be more careful
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As Colonial Pipeline Co. scrambles to restore services after a ransomware attack forced it to shut down its fuel pipeline system, the story has taken a strange twist: The ransomware gang behind the attack is promising to be more careful in whom it targets in future attacks.
As reported yesterday, the attack on Colonial Pipeline, which carries more than 100 million gallons of gasoline, diesel, home heating fuel and jet fuel a day and links refineries in Texas to New York via the East Coast, was first detected on Friday. The company was forced to take its systems offline, although as of an updated statement today, some smaller lines have been restored.
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U.S. Declares Emergency in 17 States Over Fuel Pipeline Cyber Attack
The ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline s networks has prompted the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to issue a regional emergency declaration in 17 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.).
The declaration provides a temporary exemption to Parts 390 through 399 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs), allowing alternate transportation of gasoline, diesel, and refined petroleum products to address supply shortages stemming from the attack. Such [an] emergency is in response to the unanticipated shutdown of the Colonial pipeline system due to network issues that affect the supply of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and other refined petroleum products throughout the Affected States, the directive said. This Declaration addresses the emergency conditions creating a need for immediate transportation of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and other refined petroleum products a