Oleg Smolenkov is a former employee of Russia’s Foreign Policy Directorate. He worked in the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C. until 2008. Then he worked on the staff of President Putin. In 2017, Oleg and his family went on vacation to Tivat, a resort in Montenegro that’s a favorite destination for Russians. But Oleg and …
Three mariners from the Micronesian island of Pulap were traveling on a small boat that ran out of fuel and drifted off course near the islands of Micronesia. When the three men were reported missing, the American military dispatched aircraft from Guam to search. Australian authorities also assisted in the search. One of the U.S. …
Sukarno was a revolutionary who became the first President of Indonesia. He served from 1945 to 1967. The country regarded him as a national hero because he proved his love for his country… But he was also known to love women. And this love of women gained interest among intelligence agencies from around the world. …
Tom D. is in his 80’s. He’s a farmer in rural Ohio, but he owns rental property in Cleveland that he regularly visits. One evening, Tom was fixing up the rental home to list it for sale, and fell asleep on the couch. He heard a person trying to break in and saw a beam …
Justin S. lives in Pennsylvania. One evening, he was walking home from a friend’s house in sub-zero temperatures when he fell and blacked out. The college student lay in the snow for hours as temperatures neared 0 degrees. He was found the following day unconscious, with no pulse. According to Justin’s dad, “He was blue, …
Crypto.com is one of the biggest and most well-known cryptocurrency exchange websites. They are backed by celebrities such as Matt Damon. The company has been making a name for itself the past few years. They purchased the naming rights to the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Earlier this year, the company admitted that 483 of …
Over the past few years, carjackings have risen dramatically in America’s biggest cities. Last year in Chicago more than 1,800 carjackings were reported. In 2020, there were 1,400. In Philadelphia, there were 757 reported carjackings in 2021. This is an increase of 34% from the year before. Of those, police arrested 150 people and solved …
The FBI recently warned that a European cybercriminal group has tried to hack U.S. companies. The targets have included transportation, defense, and insurance companies. But the method of the attempted attacks is a different one. The hackers mailed all these companies USB drives infected with malware. The companies received a series of fake letters via …
During World War II, the U.S. government created the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a paramilitary intelligence unit that conducted missions across Europe. The OSS was the precursor to the CIA, and the first director of the OSS was William Donovan. Donovan became a legend as a war hero during World War I, and he …
In 2021, New York City’s law department was hit by a cyberattack. The hack forced officials to take the 1,000 lawyer agency offline to protect data. City officials disconnected the law department’s computers after learning of the cyberattack. New York City’s Law Department holds some of the city’s most sensitive data. This includes criminal evidence, …