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Saudi Aramco confirmed on Wednesday that a “limited amount” of its company data held by third-party contractors was recently leaked amid reports that an unidentified extortionist is holding a terabyte of the Saudi Arabian oil giant’s data hostage and demanding a $50 million ransom for its deletion, the Associated Press (AP) reported.

House Democrats approved a $1.9B bill to further fortify the once open Capitol following a January 6 riot where protesters breached security.

A poll has revealed that the vast majority, 84 per cent, of French fear that social and economic difficulties among those aged 18 to 34 is resulting in increased violence and urban insecurity.

For two nights in a row, residents of the northern Paris neighbourhood near the Stalingrad metro station have clashed with drug addicts and dealers, targeting them with mortar fireworks.

The vast majority of French think “security and the fight against terrorism” are important issues for the presidential elections in 2022.

Populist politician Marine Le Pen has invited former military officials to join her movement after they signed a letter denouncing Islamism and rising crime and warned of potential civil war in France.

The same Facebook social media platform that bans your gun ads spent over $23 million on security for Mark Zuckerberg in 2020. 

The annual March for Life event that takes place in January on the National Mall in Washington, DC, will occur virtually this year.

In the aftermath of some Trump supporters breaching the Capitol last week, new security measures have been put in place, causing complaints from some lawmakers.

South Dakota officials affirmed the coming installation of a security fence, estimated to cost around $400,000, around the governor’s residence, which reportedly came at the recommendation of Gov. Kristi Noem’s (R) security team.

The Trump administration slammed Huawei’s planned construction of a £400 million research and development centre near Cambridge, saying that the UK is on a “slippery slope” by continuing to allow the Chinese tech firm to operate in the country.

The technical body that makes assessments on threats to British security will undertake a review of Huawei’s involvement in the building the UK’s 5G network, following the Trump administration imposing sanctions on the Chinese tech giant.

A “secret app” that had been used in the Iowa caucuses reportedly caused major delays in Monday night’s caucus results. Meanwhile, the Democrat Party cited “quality control” as the reason for the delays.

President Donald Trump has widened his so-called ‘travel ban’ in an effort to force foreign governments to tighten up their security checks on travelers. 

White House officials have drafted a plan to block travel from several additional countries unless their governments tighten security on U.S.-bound flights, according to the Associated Press. 

A father in California is warning others after a Google Nest Cam hacker threatened to kidnap his son. 

A violent family brawl was caught on camera at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, on Saturday. 

Facebook has opened its users up to security risk, and potential theft, by allowing anyone on the platform to search for others using their phone numbers, which were only given to the social network for two-factor authentication security.

The Daily Mail reported that home assistants could soon report their owners to the police for breaking the law based on a “Moral A.I.” system, if the ideas of academics in Europe are implemented.

Microsoft’s Edge browser reportedly allowed Facebook to “run Adobe Flash code behind users’ backs.”

Google reportedly hosted a “malware” app on its Google Play store that stole users’ cryptocurrency, leading tech site Ars Technica to claim the company “can’t be trusted to proactively keep malware out of Play.”

“While many Democrats in the House and Senate would like to make a deal, Speaker Pelosi will not let them negotiate,” Trump said. “The party has been hijacked by the open borders fringe within the party, the radical left becoming the radical Democrats.”

A former Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS/MI6) and former Chief of the Defence Staff have taken the “unprecedented step” of warning against Theresa May’s “worst deal in history” with the EU, claiming it would “place control of aspects of our national security in foreign hands”.

The man approached the president, unclipping his belt buckle and handed it to the president.

“This is a choice between right and wrong, justice and injustice,” Trump said in his eight-minute address, describing it as “a crisis of the heart and a crisis of the soul.”

“I am pleased to inform you that I will Address the Nation on the Humanitarian and National Security crisis on our Southern Border,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “Tuesday night at 9:00 P.M. Eastern.”

The Washington Post has declared that President Donald Trump is “wrong” because Obama only added a fence to a wall.

Christine Blasey Ford issued a public statement last Wednesday admitting that she spent a good portion of the hundreds of thousands of dollars raised on personal security expenses.

British security services “moved too slowly” over the Manchester suicide bomber and failed to track a potentially dangerous Islamist, a report by MPs has said.

Germany’s anti-open borders interior minister has backed the UK in Brexit security talks and attacked Brussels negotiators for putting “the security of citizens at risk”.

Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies across that country have enhanced security measures and employed contingency plans to ensure the safety of Fourth of July revelers, even though the FBI has reportedly said there are no specific, credible threats facing the United States at this time.

The head of the Shin Bet domestic security service last week visited the home of former prime minister Ehud Barak to discuss the latter’s personal safety, amid reported concerns Iran may be seeking to attempt to target him and other prominent Israelis traveling abroad.

The Prime Minister has warned European leaders that Brussels could put the lives of their citizens “at risk” if they block the UK from future security initiatives and cooperation for political reasons.

President Donald Trump accused Democrats and the establishment media of advocating for open borders with no concern about security.

A British spy chief has spoken out among ongoing Brexit talks, revealing UK intelligence helped foil terror plots across the bloc last year, as hardline Brussels bureaucrats move to cut off Britain despite the clear advantage of high-quality British intelligence to European security.

Sources claim the French are frustrating Britain’s attempt to remain part of a European Union (EU) security agreement that helped identify terrorists involved in Islamic State attacks on Paris, despite France recently encouraging the British to join.