Twitter reveals its high-profile bitcoin hack was due to a spear phishing attack

Twitter claims a phishing attack on a small number of its employees was what enabled bitcoin scammers to hack the accounts of Kim Kardashian, Elon Musk and other high-profile users Hackers used spear phishing attack to steal personal information of Twitter staff  This gave access to the internal account management tools of high-profile users  Attackers targeted 130 … Read more

High-profile Australian sportsman is feared to have drowned on the Gold Coast  

World champion snowboarder Alex ‘Chumpy’ Pullin has drowned in front of his family on the Gold Coast. Pullin, 32, was spearfishing on Palm Beach when he suffered a shallow water blackout about 10.30am on Wednesday. He won gold medals at the 2011 and 2013 World Championships and represented Australia at the 2010, 2014, and 2018 Winter … Read more

How can the agony for bereaved families and victims in high-profile court cases get even worse?

Victim: 21-year-old Hull University student Libby Squire was raped and murdered More than 17 months have passed since Hull University student Libby Squire was raped and murdered after a night out with friends, and at every juncture in this horrific case her parents’ agony has been exacerbated by the torment of waiting. For seven long … Read more

Jameela Jamil insists high-profile stars are ‘scared’ to speak out over BLM

Jameela Jamil has claimed there are more high-profile celebrities who are ‘scared’ to speak out on Black Lives Matter out of fear of being ‘cancelled’. The actress and activist, 34, spoke about the movement and those who are fearful to speak out during a Grazia interview with transgender model Munroe Bergdorf. The Good Place star … Read more

High-profile belly dancer is jailed in Egypt 

High-profile belly dancer is jailed for three years for ‘sexually suggestive’ social media posts in Egypt Bellydancer Sama El-Masry was sentenced to jail for her posts on social media  She was found guilty of inciting debauchery and immorality by Cairo court The dancer, 42, denied the accusations, saying the content was stolen  By Reuters Published: … Read more

LL Cool J delivers a rapid-fire rap about George Floyd and other high-profile cases of police abuse

He’s a legendary pioneer of the Rap/Hip-Hop genre who’s never been at a loss for words when it comes to speaking up about injustices in interviews and through his music. And now, as protests wage on across the US against police brutality and the killing of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police … Read more

Kanye West joins growing list of concerned high-profile citizens donating to charities amid pandemic

Kanye West joins growing list of concerned high-profile citizens donating to charities amid growing coronavirus pandemic By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 06:30 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 06:30 GMT, 21 March 2020 Kanye West is chipping in and helping his hometowns, both past and present, in the wake of the growing coronavirus outbreak. … Read more

High-profile bride-to-be who suddenly called off her dream wedding had just returned from Finland

A glamorous mayor and bride-to-be who called off her wedding just hours after revealing she was engaged to her boyfriend of eight months had just enjoyed a romantic trip to Finland with him.  Sarah Carter, the mayor of Maribyrnong in Melbourne’s inner-west, announced her upcoming nuptials with Aaron Lipson, an advertising director, over the weekend.  … Read more

Hedge fund which cashed in on collapses of a string of high-profile companies targets Intu

Hedge fund which cashed in on collapses of a string of high-profile companies bets against embattled shopping centre owner Intu By Jamie Nimmo, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:46 GMT, 15 February 2020 | Updated: 13:38 GMT, 16 February 2020 London-based Kite Lake Capital took out a short position in shopping centre owner Intu A … Read more