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Cybersecurity companies say hackers are exploiting vulnerable WordPress versions to take over websites; WordPress patched two critical security flaws last week (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/20/hack

Hackers are exploiting recently patched WordPress bugs, putting millions of websites at risk | TechCrunch
Two critical security flaws in WordPress’ software have given hackers the chance to remotely take over tens of millions of websites, according to an estimate by a cybersecurity researcher.

Venezuela's gold reserves, currently at the Bank of England where they were unilaterally frozen by UK for years, will now go to the USA central bank, the Federal Reserve.
The empire's Treasury will control their use, "project by project".
Venezuela moverš a EEUU 4.000 millones de dólares en oro desde Londres

Venezuela moverá a EEUU 4.000 millones de dólares en oro desde Londres
Las reservas inmovilizadas desde 2019 pasarán a la Reserva Federal de Nueva York, mientras el Departamento del Tesoro estadounidense controlará la asignación de fondos “proyecto por proyecto”.​​​​​​​

How a Massive Chinese Crime Ring Hacked Staples to Steal Millions https://www.404media.co/how-a-massive-chinese-crime-ring-hacked-staples-to-steal-millions/

Millions of Europeans struggle with another wave of extreme heat #Europe

Europe swelters under fresh wave of extreme heat
Millions of people across Europe—particularly in France, Italy, Spain and Britain—baked through a new wave of extreme temperatures Thursday as the continent's latest heat wave picked up.

The Trump administration plans to use private debt collectors to go after millions of student borrowers in default on their federal loans,
Officials are reportedly pushing for the effort to begin AFTER the midterm elections
— as they grapple with the fact that many Trump supporters are likely to be affected.
The Washington Sun reported Monday that the U.S. Department of the Treasury is planning to move forward with

Student Loans on Ballot as Trump Officials Gear Up to Garnish Wages From Defaulted Borrowers After Midterms | Common Dreams
The Trump administration plans to unleash private debt collectors on millions of student borrowers after the midterms, potentially impacting many of Trump's own supporters. Defaults are at record levels, with punitive measures looming.

POL-GÖ: (255/2026) Einbruch in Wohnhaus in Mielenhausen - Diebesgut noch unbekannt, Täter flüchtig, Polizei Hann. Münden bittet um Hinweise Göttingen (ots) - Hann. Münden, Ortsteil Mielenhausen, Mühlenberg Nacht zu Freitag, 14. August 2026 HANN. MÜNDEN (jk) - In der Nacht zum 14. August (Freitag) sind Unbekannte durch ein aufgebrochenes Fenster in ein Zweifamilienhaus am Ortsrand ...

Sources: YouTube is offering top creators millions to post videos exclusively on YouTube for a period and will penalize those that post to Netflix concurrently (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

lkml_thread: Linux kernel mailing list
A bipartite network of contributions by users to threads on the Linux kernel mailing list. A left node is a person, and a right node is a thread, and each timestamped edge (i,j,t) denotes that user i contributed to thread j at time t. The date of the snapshot is not given.
This network has 379554 nodes and 1565683 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted, Timestamps

Sources: YouTube is offering top creators millions to post videos exclusively on YouTube for a period and will penalize those that post to Netflix concurrently (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Docs: Automattic interim CEO Mark Davies and CLO Andy Missan signed each other's severance packages worth $8.15M during Matt Mullenweg's brief ouster as CEO (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/16/auto

Automattic's interim CEO and legal chief signed reciprocal severance deals during Mullenweg's brief ouster | TechCrunch
CFO Mark Davies and legal chief Andy Missan signed each other’s severance agreements while Matt Mullenweg was on leave, providing a year of salary and additional equity vesting if their departures qualify for the benefits.