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Training Grenade in Luggage Briefly Disrupts Airport – Wisconsin, United States
The Central Wisconsin Airport was closed for about a half hour Tuesday morning after a hand grenade was seen during a luggage screening, according to the Mosinee police chief. The hand grenade was a training device and completely inert, Mosinee Police Chief Ken Muelling said. The baggage screening area was shut down while police checked the bag, Muelling said. The training grenade was in a checked bag. The U.S. Transportation Security Administration reported finding the hand grenade in a checked bag at 5:25 a.m. Tuesday, said Carrie Harmon, Transportation Security Administration regional spokeswoman. Officials evacuated the airport and the Marathon County Bomb Squad was called in, Harmon said. The airport reopened at about 6 a.m., Harmon said. Two flights were delayed. No one was arrested because of the incident, Muelling said. Jim Olson director of operations for the Central Wisconsin Airport, directed a phone call to the Transportation Security Administration.
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India, US Discuss Threats Posed By Cross Border Terror – India and The United States
India and the US today reviewed threats posed by terrorism, including cross border terror in the South Asian region, and vowed to strengthen cooperation to combat the menace. In a statement, issued after the 15th meeting of the India-US Counterterrorism Joint Working Group here, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the two sides achieved important progress on counter terrorism cooperation. “The Working Group reviewed threats posed by terrorist groups worldwide and in their respective regions including cross border terrorism in the South Asian region,” the statement said. Both sides committed to strengthening information sharing on some of the world’s most dangerous terrorist groups and individuals and exchanged views on efforts to counter the financing and operations of regional and global terrorist organizations, it said. Joint Secretary in the MEA Mahaveer Singhvi led the Indian side at the meeting, while State Department’s Principal Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism Alina L Romanowski headed the US delegation. During the deliberations, the two sides discussed international efforts to counter threats posed by foreign terrorist fighters, the statement said. “The working group also discussed international and bilateral cooperation on justice, law enforcement and capacity building efforts to counter terrorism and UN Security Council Resolution 2396,” the statement said.
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State-Sponsored Cyber Theft Stole from Hundreds of Universities – Iran and The United States
Some 320 universities, and 31 terabytes of documents and data, were the target of a state-sponsored cyber theft operation launched by Iran. Nine men still harbored by Iran, ages 24 to 39, were charged in absentia by the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday for conspiracy of stealing science since at least 2013. The nine were all hackers, contractors, or associates of the Mabna Institute, which has been stealing secrets from 144 U.S. universities, 176 universities in 21 other countries, private companies, as well as the U.S. Department of Labor, the United Nations, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, among others. “The hackers targeted innovations and intellectual property from our country’s greatest minds,” said U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman for the Southern District of New York. “As alleged, this massive and brazen cyber-assault on the computer systems of hundreds of universities in 22 countries and dozens of private sector companies and governmental organization was conducted on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard.” The theft started with the founding of the Tehran-based Mabna Institute in 2013 to assist Iranian institutions from universities to research organizations, employing hackers-for-hire and contractors to steal the secrets. About 100,000 email accounts of professors worldwide were targeted. The hackers ultimately got access to 8,000 accounts of professors – some 3,700 in the U.S. alone, according to the DOJ. Stolen account credentials paved the way for the theft of research, academic journals, theses, dissertation, e-books, and other materials, authorities said.
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