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A 23-year-old Russian national has been indicted in the U.S. and added to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Cyber Most Wanted List for his alleged role as the administrator of Marketplace A, a cyber crime forum that sold stolen login credentials, personal information, and credit card data. Igor Dekhtyarchuk, who first appeared in hacker forums in 2013 under the alias "floraby," has been accused of charges of wire fraud, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft, a set of offenses that could lead to up to 20 years in federal prison. According to the FBI's Wanted poster, Dekhtyarchuk previously studied at the Ural State University in Yekaterinburg, Russia, and was last known to reside in the city of Kamensk-Uralsky. "Marketplace A specialized in the sale of unlawfully obtained access devices for compromised online payment platforms, retailers, and credit card accounts, including providing the data associated with those accounts such as names, hom...

Kioga North MP, Moses Okot Bitek (FDC) has been declared the Opposition candidate for deputy Speakership after Kampala Woman MP, Shamim Malende stepped down. He will interface NRM's Thomas Tayebwa in tomorrow's (25-3-2022) vote, as MPs choose new House leaders.

 Comments by Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo in which he described some Ugandans of Buganda ethnicity as “wicked” have drown mixed feelings from the public. The Chief Justice last night went off about the demonstrations which took place in the United States in February this year after Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah was flown to a hospital in Washington State for treatment. The demonstrations where reportedly organized by supporters of the opposition National Unity Platform, (NUP), whose leadership however, has insisted that the protests were against the poor health services in Uganda and not against Oulanyah. Speaking on Wednesday at a vigil for the now deceased Speaker, Justice Owiny-Dollo blamed the demonstrations on people from Buganda. He went on to wonder why the same people did not hold similar demonstrations when the Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi was flown to Germany for treatment following a severe allergic reaction in August last year. “But you, who were...

Microsoft and authentication services provider Okta said they are investigating claims of a potential breach alleged by the LAPSUS$ extortionist gang. The development, which was first reported by Vice and Reuters, comes after the cyber criminal group posted screenshots and source code of what it said were the companies' internal projects and systems on its Telegram channel. The leaked 37GB archive shows that the group may have accessed the repositories related to Microsoft's Bing, Bing Maps, and Cortana, with the images highlighting Okta's Atlassian suite and in-house Slack channels. "For a service that powers authentication systems to many of the largest corporations (and FEDRAMP approved) I think these security measures are pretty poor," the hacking cartel wrote on Telegram. On top of this, the group alleged that it breached LG Electronics (LGE) for the "second time" in a year. Bill Demirkapi, an independent security researcher, noted that "LAPSUS...

  #legallyhers  Kim Kandazi and Kanyesigye Wesiteri got married at St. Francis Chapel in 2010. The following day, Kim’s twitter, Instagram names were changed, and she informed all her friends that from then on, she was going to be referred to as Kim Kandanzi Wesiteri. However, the HR has since refused to refer to Kim by ‘her’ new names in any communication written or verbal ‘mbu’ they are not legal, but Kim feels like they are undermining her. Is the HR right?  WAS KIM’S HR, RIGHT?  Yes. Getting married does not automatically mean there is a new name next to your others. demand that everyone refer to you as such. This is because Marriage makes you someone’s spouse.   It is legal for Kim to be called Mrs. Kanyesigye because she is Kanyesigye’s wife. This is called a change in her marital status. It is also ok for friends or family members or yourself to informally call you Kim Kandazi Westeri to tell friends informally that you got married to him, but this has no...

If the same law can realize that someone has died, why can't the same law have empathy ?. Many of the MPs are  busy concentrating on who to vote on Friday 25-3-2022 as a successor to fallen Speaker Oulanyah who died on 20-3-2022 as they feign silence over this one-eyed law, article "82" in the constitution of Uganda. Wait and see after the speakership elections are over, the Rt Hon Oulanyah buried and they resume to parliament, some of them will begin to express anger, sorrow at the plenary session as if they care yet they were only caring to fulfill their interests under the disguise of "Constitution Requires It". Law must have two eyes and tested in its due course as in this case, that section "82" in the constitution has proved to be a bad law that doesn’t care about the feelings and emotional state of society. It should be amended. Disclaimer; These are my views and opinions alone! They are not in anyway affiliated with or in the intere...

The hacktivist group has drawn return fire in its latest scattergun approach to targeting firms still doing business in Russia, after it used Twitter to urge more than 30 multinationals to pull out immediately – or face consequences. Anonymous tweeted the message: “We call on all companies that continue to operate in Russia by paying taxes to the budget of the Kremlin's criminal regime – pull out of Russia! We give you 48 hours to reflect and withdraw or else you will be under [sic] our target!” Accompanying the exhortation was a graphic depicting the logos of dozens of big corporations, including Burger King, Citrix, Nestle, and Subway. Of these, Nestle – a global manufacturer of food and drink – seems to have drawn the most ire from the hacktivist group, which devoted a separate tweet to the corporation. “Nestle, as the death toll climbs, you have been warned and now breached,” it said. “Anonymous is holding you responsible for the murder of defenseless children and m...

VKontakte (VK) has been allegedly hacked to fight Russian propaganda by informing its users about the impact of Russia's war against Ukraine. Ukrainian media and independent Russian publications like Meduza have reported that VK users have received messages from what appears to be the official VK account about Russia's war on Ukraine. "Today is the 25th day of Putin's war against Ukraine. During this time, the Russian army has turned many peaceful cities into ruins, destroying over 3500 civilian infrastructure facilities. Tens of thousands of people were injured, over 5000 people, including 100 children - died," the message reads. Screenshots supporting the claim of a hack have been circulating on social media. Source: Meduza Telegram channel The message further states that all personal data was shared with competent authorities, including posts and private messages. Posts supporting Russian occupiers and an avatar containing the letter Z might be inte...

Russia has become the first country to test this new type of missile, billed as ‘unstoppable’, in combat. This handout video grab released by the Russian Defence Ministry on February 19, 2022, shows a MiG-31K fighter of the Russian air force carrying a Kinzhal hypersonic cruise missile. In the never-ending quest to find weapons that will give a country the power it needs to knock out its adversaries, a new type of weapon has emerged: ultra-fast ‘hypersonic’ missiles that can hit targets anywhere on Earth within an hour. Using cutting edge technologies that have only just been perfected, these new weapons are billed as “unstoppable”. Now Russia has said it launched its Kinzhal (Dagger) hypersonic missile at, among other targets, a weapons depot in western Ukraine – making it the first country to ever test this type of missile in combat. So, what are these new types of missiles and why are they significant? What are hypersonic weapons? The word “hypersonic” means anything tha...

#legallyhers  Hanifa’s due date is 3 days away and she is super excited about meeting her newborn. Yesterday, she asked for her maternity leave. The H.R told her that she is entitled to 60 days. Although the office usually closes from Holy Thursday until Tuesday for Easter holidays, the Human Resource Manager has insisted that she adds all those 'Easter holiday days' since the working days are from Monday to Friday. In fact, he insists that she adds the public holidays since childbirth has been happening since time immemorial. She is not the first and will not be the last to give birth. She is confused bambi and is wondering what leave days really mean. WHAT DOES THE LAW SAYS ABOUT THIS? The employment laws say that every female employee who is pregnant is entitled to a minimum of sixty (60) working days. Leave is only for working days not all days. This means that usually weekends are not counted. When we talk about working days, we mean all the days those employers expect emp...

The Member of Parliament for Ayivu East Constituency in Arua City and the Speaker of St Joseph's College Ombaci Old Boys Association Hon Feta Geoffrey comes up to take the mantle of the deputy speaker of the 11th parliament of Uganda to replace Hon Anita Among. This comes after the Central Executive Committee of the NRM has requested for applicant's to vie for two positions following the demise of Hon Oulanya Jacob in Seattle,USA. The voting at Kololo Independence Ground is slated for Friday March 25,2022! Story by Lemeriga Fadhil https://www.facebook.com/100002042472571/posts/4871406516270716/

Greetings fellow Ugandans. I treasure this day 22-3-2022 to pen an opinion about the wave of events unfolding in the country, particularly concerning the death of speaker of parliament Rt Hon Jacob Oulanyah that was announced on Sunday 20-3-2022 11am by President Museveni through the internet. One day after he was declared dead, people have warmed themselves to take over the position he was occupying in government, claiming it is required by the law. Yes of course, the law might require so but how will the relatives and friends of the dead feel when they see people contesting to take the position of their deceased, more over in a situation where the body is still not yet buried! By doing so, it brings more tears in the eyes of relatives and friends of the deceased. Such things have no difference with people fighting over the inheritance of the orphans. The law should be amended to give space for mourning the dead, alternatively by enabling Deputy Speaker to automatically become the Spe...

 The former Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga is tomorrow, Tuesday, going to declare her interest to resume her coveted seat. ChimpReports  has learned that a number of Members of Parliament converged at Kadaga’s home in Muyenga on Monday evening to decide on the position left vacant by the passing of Jacob Oulanyah. The meeting resolved that Kadaga, who steered Parliament for two terms, should go to the National Resistance Movement party electoral commission headquarters on Tuesday to declare her candidature.   “Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga is best suited and with the desired experience to chair Parliament and provide leadership at this particular moment,” said a source who attended the meeting. The Deputy Speaker Anita Among is also said to be set for the same position and is expected at the NRM electoral commission headquarters on Tuesday at 11:00am. We have also learned that Anita Among, who has served as the Deputy Speaker for 9 months, resolved together with...

  The IGP has applauded Detective Constable Ibanda Stanley, attached to Old Kampala Divisional Police Headquarters, for rejecting a bribe of shs. 1 million, which was offered to him by Asiimwe Olivia, to forego an investigation and potential prosecution, of her brother Akanyijuka Ivan, who had been arrested with two of his accomplices, Kavuma Barnabas and Kato Ivan, for robbery.  The trio are one of the criminal gangs behind the mugging and robbery of pedestrians. On the 11.03.2022 at around 11:45pm, while armed with knives, they attacked and stabbed, a one Muganga Musa, a Chapati maker and robbed him of his money totalling 60,000/=.  The victim made an alarm which attracted the attention of police officers on patrol, who pursued the suspects and arrested them. It is during the course of investigations, that Asiimwe Olivia, a sister to Akanyijuka Ivan, raised one million shillings to bribe the investigating officer. Instead of secretly taking the bribe, the investigating ...

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#legallyhers  Calvin and Stacey were made for each other. Although Calvin was a bit disorganised, Stacey knew he was destined for big things. So, she planned their future from the day they met and two years ago, they started to stay together. Cavin owned a piece of land in Masajja before he met Stacey. They often talked of their plans to develop it and get married in the future but unfortunately, all their plans went down the drain last week. On the way back from sealing a big contract, Calvin was involved in a fatal car accident, leaving Stacey and his daughter behind. Never did they imagine that death would be in their near future so neither Stacey nor Calvin had a Will. Calvin’s sister has been calling Stacey asking for the whereabouts of the land title to the masajja land.     WHAT CAN COUPLES LIKE CALVIN AND STACEY DO? In Uganda, the law allows two people who are above 18 years to start a family together. However, it is not a must that they should be married first. T...

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A financially motivated threat actor has been observed deploying a previously unknown rootkit targeting Oracle Solaris systems with the goal of compromising Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) switching networks and carrying out unauthorized cash withdrawals at different banks using fraudulent cards. Threat intelligence and incident response firm Mandiant is tracking the cluster under the moniker UNC2891, with some of the group's tactics, techniques, and procedures sharing overlaps with that of another cluster dubbed UNC1945. The intrusions staged by the actor involve "a high degree of OPSEC and leverage both public and private malware, utilities, and scripts to remove evidence and hinder response efforts," Mandiant researchers said in a new report published this week. Even more concerningly, the attacks spanned several years in some cases, during the entirety of which the actor remained undetected by leveraging a rootkit called CAKETAP, which is designed to conceal network co...

The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has delivered Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to the 4200 beneficiaries in Arua city. Urban Cash for Work Programme is a 300,000 dollar Pilot Project designed by MGLSD financed by International Labour Organisation (ILO) only in the Central Division Arua City to support the urban vulnerable in this period of Covid-19 pandemic. At the time of initiation of the project, Central Division Arua City had 50 cells although it has 52 cells (villages) now.  Each cell has a Project Management Committee and an account in Post Bank Arua City branch and government has already deposited 17,556,000= to implement the programme. There are 84 beneficiaries per cell and each will get 156,000 for 24 days after participating in community work in the cell. Out of the 17,556,000=, 4,452,000= will be used by each committee to procure tools, equipment for the community works. The balance will be paid to the beneificiaries. Government has delivered P...

Biitu’s children all have asthma and bambi they are always unwell and she has to take the day off work to stay home to take care of them. Her husband says he can’t stay because he earns more money than her so if he loses his job, they might starve. The days off have been so many that HR has warned her repeatedly and today she got a termination letter. Where can she go for help? She feels like she has been treated unfairly. DOES THE LAW ENTITLE ME TO TAKE TIME OFF WORK TO CARE FOR MY LOVED ONES? LITTLE CHILDREN OR AGING PARENTS WHEN THEY ARE ILL  Biitu adores her two babies even though she has been struggling with their asthma treatment from time to time for the last 6 years. She even takes days off when they have rough nights to monitor them. Right after her annual leave ended, both her kids got a serious asthma attack. Unfortunately, today is the day her husband was meeting the new ‘investors’ in their company and without this investment, they are sure to starve. Biitu...

URN A local businessman in Pader district has confiscated a  government motorcycle from the Ogom Sub county LC III Chairperson, Bosco Amone over a debt. David Okot confiscated a Yamaha motorcycle registration number LG 0046-098 on Tuesday claiming that Amone owes him Shillings 135,000 after picking merchandise from his shop on credit. Okot has since locked the motorcycle inside his house, saying that he will only release it after receiving full payment from the LC III Chairperson. According to Okot, he has persistently implored the LCIII Chairperson to clear his bill since he is also servicing a loan in vain. He says that the chairperson resorted to threats instead of clearing the bill. Joel Bodmas Aboda, the Chairperson of the Business Community in Ogom Sub County says after attempting to recover the motorcycle in vain, Amone went on to cause the arrest of Okot who is currently locked up at Pader Central Police Station. He, however, accuses Amone of being adamant to clear his debt...

#legallyhers  The day that Lukwago found out that his girlfriend Nassali was married, was the day she informed him that she was pregnant. In his delight, he proposed and started planning for kukyala only to be informed that it would not be possible since she was already married. When the twins were born, Lukwago was blocked on WhatsApp, Facebook and even the security guard refused to allow him to visit. But Lukwago is convinced that the twins are his and he wants to know how to prove it.    CAN LUKWAGO FIND OUT IF THE TWINS ARE HIS?  By law, a parent, a guardian or even a child him/herself can request for a court to declare who the parent of the child is. This is called a declaration of parentage.  If you are not the parent, (but suspect it), or if you asked nicely and the parent of the child refused to go for a test with you, then you can go to court and ask for a declaration of parentage. As part of this, the court may order for the DNA test to pro...

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Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky on Tuesday responded to an advisory released by Germany's Federal Office of Information Security (BSI) against using the company's security solutions in the country over "doubts about the reliability of the manufacturer." Calling that the decision was made on "political grounds," the company said it will "continue to assure our partners and customers of the quality and integrity of our products, and we will be working with the BSI for clarification on its decision and for the means to address its and other regulators' concerns." The statement from Kaspersky follows a warning from Germany's cybersecurity authority, the Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik aka BSI, which recommended "replacing applications from Kaspersky's portfolio of antivirus software with alternative products" due to risks that they could be exploited by Russia for a cyber attack. "Companies and author...

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On 7-March-2022 when i was framed against the family of my Friend Anguzu Vincent, everyone became hostile with me including the team that picked quarrel with me. They fed the family on allegations that, i am the only person subortaging the release of Anguzu through peaceful dialogue. Unfortunately, the family gleefully swallowed those lies and joined in to becoming angry with me too. I left Court premises. I took three days to digest what transpired! I concluded that, if the family now believes what those people have told them, let me withdraw myself from that case and let them continue with their "Peaceful Dialogue" they are talking about. I told his family, i forgive them for being angry and hating me, because they don't know what those people are upto. I withdrew myself from the case to let them dialogue as they thought and informed the lawyer too about it This morning 16-3-2022,  the lawyer wrote a letter notifying Court that, he has withdrawn himself from...

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development through UETCL has delivered two (2) transformers to Muni sub-station construction site in a bid to expedite electrical works at the site. The transformers aboard two trailers arrived at the site yesterday, 15/03/2022. This was witnessed today, Wednesday, 16th February, 2022 by the Deputy Resident City Commissioner, Adomati Dickson while monitoring the construction site. The visibly excited DRCC thanked UETCL and the contractors for the stride so far made three and a half weeks since he last visited the site. The overall consultant for the project, Eng. Kirambi Aramadhan from New Plan said, "there were 252 gantry foundations concretely erected and two (2) foundations for the installation of the two voltage transformers. Current transformers would also be installed, lighting towers, current breakers and copper installations for earthing had also begun." The consultant estimated the overall civil works to be at about 80% adding that soo...

More than three weeks ago, a popular Twitter account named “Anonymous” declared that the shadowy activist group was waging a “cyber war” against Russia. Since then, the account has claimed responsibility for disabling prominent Russian government, news and corporate websites and leaking data from entities such as Roskomnadzor, the federal agency responsible for censoring Russian media. Though a flood of claims by hacking groups followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, one study shows most made by Anonymous check out. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images More than three weeks ago, a popular Twitter account named “Anonymous” declared that the shadowy activist group was waging a “cyber war” against Russia. Since then, the account — which has more than 7.9 million followers, with some 500,000 gained since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — has claimed responsibility for disabling prominent Russian government, news and corporate websites and leaking data from entities such as Roskomnadzor, the fede...

#legallyhers  Every person in Kyanamukaka knows that Kalule's hospital does not allow pregnant women to come in for antenatal without their spouses. Mama Brenda was new to the village and went there for urgent help. Nga doesn’t the nurse chase her! Mbu if she doesn’t present a man, no treatment. Is this even legal?   The Constitution of the Republic of Uganda (our supreme law) says that no person should be discriminated against based on age, sex, race or ethnicity and social or economic standing. This means that every woman should be allowed and given the same services as any other person at the health centre. If she wants to see a doctor or receive medical attention, it should be given to her as it would be given to any other person. If any health centre demands for a man or spouse to allow a person to receive medical attention, it means that health centre and its employees are discriminating against you on the basis of your social status and gender because even single people...

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Our first episode on The Agony of Life was about "Sickness" , the second episode was about "Marriage" and here comes the third episode which is about "Power". From past decades to present to future, many people around the world seek for power on daily basis. When it comes to power, it either means a Position in Government institutions (May be in position of Engineer, Journalist, Doctor, President, Lawyer, MP, Soldier, Minister, Judge, Police, etc) or Money power (Business class). Different types of people tend to acquire these powers for two major reasons; 1. To use it, in helping to deliver development and services for their people, in most times they will always make sure their people (tribemates or citizens) do not suffer or lack anything. 2. The Abuse of power! This section uses the acquired power to  protect themselves, serve their interests henceforth meting repression against those they view as threats to their power or well being. The m...

#Legallyhers  Prisca found a new man who loves her, she loves him and they got married last year. They have been leaving with her son who she had with Paulo. Paulo was what people call “dead-beat dad”- not present, abandoned them when she announced her pregnancy etc. Now new hubby wants to adopt her son, by law she needs consent from Paulo but he has refused to give the consent saying he wants them both to suffer forever. She doesn’t know what to do.  Adoption is a legal process where court permanently transfers parental rights over a child to another person who is not the biological mother or father.  Before the adoption process is completed, the mother and father, or a guardian, if the parents are deceased, is required to give consent to adoption of a child. Because of the permanent nature and the serious consequences of adoption, consent of a parent is necessary for a child to be adopted by another while their parent is alive.  Prisca has the option of applying to...