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    Some federal employees warned not to use their cell phones after reports of Chinese-linked telecom hack.

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered employees to scale back their use of cell phones — both personal and work-issued — amid fears that China had hacked AT&T, Verizon, Lumen Technologies, and other telecom providers.

    An email from the CFPB’s chief information officer read:

    Do NOT conduct CFPB work using mobile voice calls or text messages

    While there is no evidence that CFPB has been targeted by this unauthorized access, I ask for your compliance with these directives so we reduce the risk that we will be compromised

    Exclusive | U.S. Agency Warns Employees About Phone Use Amid Ongoing China Hack

    [WSJ]

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    Gaby Del Valle
    Mozambique restricts internet access amid violent crackdown on post-election protests.

    The Mozambican government imposed sweeping internet restrictions on October 25th after mass demonstrations broke out in the aftermath of the country’s presidential election.

    The BBC reports independent candidate Venâncio Mondlane, who claims to have won the elections, has called for protests while in hiding. According to traffic data from NetBlocks, Mozambique’s internet access has been cut numerous times since November 4th.

    Internet traffic data from Mozambique via NetBlocks
    Internet traffic data from Mozambique via NetBlocks
    Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential electionDonald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election
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    The crypto lobby buys its first election.

    Bernie Moreno, an Ohio car dealer and blockchain entrepreneur, unseated Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) with a little help from his friends.

    Coinbase, Ripple Labs, and other crypto firms poured more than $40 million into Moreno’s campaign — and their bet paid off. Moreno flipped the seat, getting Republicans even closer to controlling the Senate.

    Sherrod Brown Loses Re-Election Over Bernie Moreno in Ohio Senate Race

    [Bloomberg]

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    Gaby Del Valle
    Florida voters wanted legal weed and abortions after six weeks — but they won’t get it.

    A majority of voters supported Florida’s amendments 3 and 4, ballot initiatives that would have legalized recreational marijuana and allowed abortions up to 24 weeks.

    But neither ballot initiative garnered 60 percent of the vote — the threshold needed to fulfill Florida’s supermajority requirement. Ironically enough, the 60 percent requirement was enacted after a 2006 referendum... by just 57 percent of voters.

    Elon Musk is being sued over his $1 million giveaway to voters — againElon Musk is being sued over his $1 million giveaway to voters — again
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    Recount alert.

    After an election observer in Milwaukee, WI noticed an issue with the tabulators, officials decided to recount all 30,000 of the absentee and early ballots that had already been tabulated.

    The doors of one tabulating machine hadn’t been closed properly, CNN reports.

    Mozilla is eliminating its advocacy division, which fought for a free and open webMozilla is eliminating its advocacy division, which fought for a free and open web
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    Kids these days.

    Young people are turning out in record numbers in Nevada — but the state has had to set aside a large number of ballots for “curing,” since the signatures on them don’t match what’s in the state’s voter database.

    Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar told the New York Times:

    “It’s mostly the fact that young people don’t have signatures these days,” he said. “And when they did register to vote through the automatic voter registration process, they signed a digital pad at D.M.V., and that became their license signature.”

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