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In February, when the Def Con hacker conference released its annual transparency report, the public learned that one of the most prominent figures in the field of social engineering had been permanently banned from attending.
For years, Chris Hadnagy had enjoyed a high-profile role as the leader of the conference’s social engineering village. But Def Con’s transparency report stated that there had been multiple reports of him violating the conference’s code of conduct. In response, Def Con banned Hadnagy from the conference for life; in 2022, the social engineering village would be run by an entirely new team.
Now, Hadnagy has filed a lawsuit against the conference alleging defamation and infringement of contractual relations.
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ELON MUSK has dropped another bombshell – claiming he’s buying Manchester United.
The 51-year-old made the shock announcement on Twitter late on Tuesday night.
Manchester United are owned by the Glazer family, who also run the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
It was unclear whether the Tesla CEO was serious about his bid to buy the Premier League club.
Man Utd are one of the biggest sports teams in the world but have fallen on hard times in recent years.
They haven’t won the league since 2013 and their fans have protested many times against the owners.
The club are still a commercial powerhouse and valued around £4billion – just shy of $5billion.
Musk tweeted on Tuesday night: “Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome.”
To add to the confusion, Musk’s tweet was a direct reply another of his posts about politics.
The initial tweet read: “To be clear, I support the left half of the Republican Party and the right half of the Democratic Party!”
Musk, 51, faces a fiery legal battle against Twitter for dramatically pulling out of a $44billion buyout.
It’s been a whirlwind few months for Musk and Twitter, as the billionaire decided to pull out of the deal in a dispute over fake account bots.
The entrepreneur believes there are far more bots on Twitter than officials claim and accuses them of not providing enough information to settle his purchase.
Unhappy with the backtracking, bosses have decided to take Musk to court.
Lawyers for both sides will go head-to-head in Delaware Chancery Court starting on October 17 and continuing for five days.
Twitter’s team had requested to begin the trial as early as September to prevent Musk from further disparaging the company.
Musk wanted things to start in February 2023, claiming a “warp speed” trial is an attempt to derail his argument the platform is cluttered with spambots.
BLUE star Lee Ryan has told fans he is seeking professional help after armed police stormed a plane and arrested him last month.
The Sun revealed officers entered the plane after complaints were made that he had been abusive to cabin crew and refused to sit when they would not serve him a drink.
The star said in a statement tonight that he would ‘seek professional help’[/caption]
Last night, pop group Blue released a statement from the singer where he admitted: “I have always had my struggles with alcohol.”
In post headed “a note from Lee” the star, 39, explained he would be reducing his work schedule.
It read: “Over the last few days, I have had a lot of time to think about my behaviour and how it affects people around me.
“As it has been well documented I have always had my struggles with alcohol and often say or do silly things as a results of that, which in turn has caused problems for myself and those around me.
“For that I want to apologise to everyone I have upset or offended.”
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Lee continued: “Last week, I acted inappropriately on a flight to London and I want to say sorry to the airline staff, everyone on the flight, as well as my band mates, my family and our fans.
“The time has come for me to take ownership of the root cause of these problems and for that reason I am reducing my schedule for the time being to seek professional help and spend time with my family.
“I am aware of how my behaviour affects others and by starting this journey of working on my mental health I hope to emerge a better person for it.”
He concluded: “Thank you to everyone that has sent me messages of support and I am sorry to everyone I have let down.”
The singer – who is a dad of three – signed off the statement: “Lee x.”
The statement was met with an outpouring of support from the band’s many fans.
One wrote: “Always take care of you and your family first and foremost Lee. We will always be here and always support you.
“Your mental health comes first. Hope you feel better soon babe.”
Lee was arrested on suspicion of public taken from the jet into a waiting police van on the runway.
The Met Police said: “At around 1640hrs on Sunday, 31 July, officers met a flight that had arrived at London City Airport from Glasgow.
“A 39-year-old man was arrested for a public order offence. He was taken into custody at an East London police station and was released under investigation the following day.”
Blue posted a statement from Lee on its social media accounts[/caption]
The star, seen here at the 2003 Brits, apologised to his bandmates[/caption]