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Feds: TVA executive traded nuclear information for cash in Chinese espionage case – Knoxville News Sentinel

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Knoxville News Sentinel

Feds: TVA executive traded nuclear information for cash in Chinese espionage case
Knoxville News Sentinel
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Knoxville on Thursday announced an espionage conspiracy indictment against China General Nuclear Power, Chinese nuclear engineer Szuhsiung "Allen" Ho, and Ho's firm, Energy Technology International. Prosecutors said Ho …
U.S. Conspiracy Charges Spotlights China Nuclear ChampionBloomberg

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IDG Contributor Network: Teens will sell their personal information for cash, research finds

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The equivalent of about $ 20, or the cost of a large pizza, is the amount of cash British kids would accept in exchange for handing over their personal information, a study has found.

IT solutions and managed service firm Logicalis found kids (aged 13-17) were “instinctively digital” and that they fully comprehended the value of their personal information. Not only were the young scoundrels completely au fait with how much their personally identifiable information (PII) was worth, they were quite happy to sell it—if it meant they didn’t have to work.

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Google antes up some cash for Android security flaws, fixes – CNET

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Google antes up some cash for Android security flaws, fixes
CNET
Google on Tuesday launched the Android Security Awards program, offering researchers who seek out bugs and flaws in Android to make some cash on their discoveries. Google has assigned a $ 500 bounty on "Moderate" severity bugs, but will double that …
Google will pay you to find Android security bugs with new programZDNet
Google launches Android security bug reward program with up to $ 38000 payoutsThe Next Web
Google expands security rewards to bugs in Android devices, starting with …VentureBeat
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Why people might believe cash was outlawed

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The always-entertaining Snopes.com weekly newsletter tells us – particularly those who live in Louisiana – not to fret about reports that the use of cash money has been banned in that state for any transaction involving second-hand goods of any kind.

Snopes reports:

On 3 April 2015 the website govtslaves.info published an article titled “Louisiana Makes It Illegal to Use Cash to Buy Used Goods,” appended with a “Breaking News” tag. The content of the page was largely excerpted from an article previously published by Acadiana television station KLFY, but an included link to that original content was no longer valid.

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