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UK MPs in new cybersecurity scare after sexting scam
LONDON, Apr 05: British police have opened an investigation into explicit messages sent to a lawmaker as part of an alleged sexting scam targeting MPs, in the latest cybersecurity scare to hit parliament. Conservative MP William Wragg acknowledged late Thursday that he had sent personal phone numbers of several colleagues to a men that he met on a gay dating app. Wragg, 36, told The Times newspaper he did so under pressure, as the recipient claimed to have compromising material on him. "I was worried because he had stuff on me. He gave me a WhatsApp number, which doesn't work now," said the MP, who is standing down at the next election. "I've hurt people by being weak. I was scared. I'm mortified," he was quoted as saying. — AFP
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14 killed in truck-bus collision in Bolivia
LA PAZ, Apr 05: Fourteen people were killed and two injured Thursday in a collision between a truck and a bus on a busy road in southwestern Bolivia, police said. Local police official Julio Larrea said there were "nine women, four men (and) a child" among the dead. Larrea said the driver of the truck, which was loaded with salt, had veered across the road and hit the oncoming bus. The accident occurred on a road linking the Andean towns of Oruro and Potosi. "Lane encroachment, excessive speed and a lack of caution," caused the accident, another local police official, Adet Cabrera, told the TV channel Red Uno from the scene of the accident. — AFP
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FE Team | Published: April 05, 2024 21:28:39
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