Hello, Thursday! It’s October 8, and we’re tracking today’s top stories: Russian cyberattacks against UK are 'Putin Tax' costing $3.3 billion, Iran evades U.S. sanctions to send Hezbollah $200 million, Buddhist monk who founded a Thai AIDS hospice convicted of embezzlement, Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account, and much more…

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🎯 FEATURED STORY

Russian cyberattacks against UK are 'Putin Tax' costing $3.3 billion. The British government is failing to measure what Russian cyberattacks, sabotage and threats to critical infrastructure are costing the country, according to a lawmaker’s report. Record

🔥 TOP STORIES

Iran evades U.S. sanctions to send Hezbollah $200 million Reuters

‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account Wall Street Journal

Significant Activity Identified at Minzadayi, an Iranian Nuclear Weapons Development Site Institute for Science and International Security

Man arrested in foiled ISIS-inspired mass shooting plot at Mall of America ABC News

Nicolás Maduro and his wife expected to face new charges over alleged torture of Americans CNN

A former Buddhist monk who founded a Thai AIDS hospice has been convicted of embezzlement Associated Press

Cybersecurity consultant convicted in $55 million crypto hack Quartz

Trump's AI Rebrand Comes for First Music Streaming Fraud Case Rolling Stone

Board Chairman and Co-Owner of Puerto Rican Bank Sentenced in Multimillion-Dollar Wire Fraud Conspiracy DOJ

Ransomware recovery CEO charged over secret ransom payments BleepingComputer

233 arrested in environmental crime crackdown in Latin America and Caribbean Interpol

U.S. intercepts $3 million worth of fuel shipments to Cuba as energy blockade tightens CBS News

Jalisco cartel leader accused of drug trafficking and fuel smuggling arrested in Mexico Fox News

International Law Enforcement Operation Leads to Seizure of Websites Used to Traffic Child Abuse Material DOJ

🚩 RUSSIA & CHINA

China is coming, slowly, for the dollar Semafor

US posts $10 million reward for accused Chinese ‘Hafnium’ hacker Record

Trading platform Webull's China ties create national security risk, congressional panel finds; stock drops 18% CNBC

Leaked Emails Expose Rosatom’s Hidden Delays and Corruption at Hungary Nuclear Plant United24

From million-dollar mansions to surveillance missions, the life and travels of an alleged Chinese agent CBS News

🚀 SANCTIONS & TERROR

How a Small Business Got Entangled in U.S. Sanctions on Iranian Oil New York Times

EU agrees to sanction 1,600 people and entities linked to Russia's war Euronews

Parsian Exchange transferred millions of dollars for Iran despite sanctions Iran International

Teen Terrorists: Why The Turn To Radical Ideology Is Starting Earlier Than Ever Daily Wire

Italy deports two foreign nationals suspected of attacking Milan Chabad emissary Jerusalem Post

9/11 families suing Saudi Arabia flood NYC courtroom as government tries to dodge blame New York Post

💸 CORRUPTION & FINANCIAL CRIME

Former TD employee in Florida pleads guilty to accepting bribes and laundering millions Financial Post

Gangs, corrupt politicians, cops fuel Haiti’s violent crisis Miami Herald

Sri Lanka’s ex-first lady arrested in charity corruption probe South China Morning Post

Whistle-Blower Says I.R.S. Leaked His Tax Records in Retaliation New York Times

🔐 CRYPTO & CYBER

Leak exposes payments made to hacking group that has extorted millions from law firms Reuters

Cyberattack on Arizona’s court system leads to over a million people’s personal information breached New York Post

Qilin Ransomware Suspect Arrested in Japan, Extradited to Germany SecurityWeek

Crypto coin founder charged in Chicago with scamming investors in ‘rug pull’ scheme Chicago Tribune

Hackers Used AI Agents to Raid a Megachurch's Database, Exposing 850,000 Members Decrypt

🚚 TRAFFICKING

Levantine Captagon Smuggling Following Assad’s Downfall New Lines Institute

6 arrested in North Texas labor trafficking investigation CBS News

Illegal Alien Sent to Prison for Role in Smuggling Nearly 200 Illegal Aliens DOJ

Alabama school board president resigns after human trafficking arrest NewsNation

Man returning from Cuba arrested at MIA after smuggling 10 birds in underwear NBC Miami

“Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.” — Charles de Gaulle

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