👁EMPIRE OF HACKERS: Top-6 US most infamous hack attack worldwide

The US loves accusing Russia or China of cyberwarfare, but their own hands are dirtier than anyone else's:

🔸 China names names: This week, China outed NSA hackers who launched “advanced” cyberattacks on the Asian Winter Games in Harbin in February. The unprecedented ‘name and shame’ campaign signals a major escalation in the China-US cyberwar.

🔸 Russia in the crosshairs: In 2019, NYT detailed a US cyberwar campaign against Russia’s energy grid. Officials revealed that hacking had begun in at least 2012, and gradually shifted “toward offense” through the deployment of crippling malware.

🔸 Targeting Venezuela: In 2019, President Maduro charged the US with a massive cyberattack targeting Venezuela’s power grid. The attack, part of a broader US effort to destabilize the country and overthrow its government, lasted weeks, and caused nearly 70 deaths.

🔸 North Korea frameup: In 2015, NYT ran and then scrubbed a story about US cyberattacks on the DPRK’s power grid and communications networks. The campaign was a “response” to the 2014 Sony Pictures hack, blamed on North Korea but possibly done by disgruntled employees.

🔸 Target - Iran: In 2010, CIA, Mossad and Dutch intelligence infected computers in Iranian nuclear installations with the sophisticated Stuxnet virus, causing untold physical damage and forcing Iran to temporarily pull infected infrastructure offline.

🔸 Sabotaging the Soviets: In 1982, the CIA and NSA teamed up to insert a bug into the control systems of the USSR’s Urengoy-Surgut-Chelyabinsk pipeline, causing a massive explosion. Ex-Reagan national security aide Thomas Reed spilled the beans on the operation in 2004.

Targeting adversaries online since 1997

In 2013, the NSA declassified docs detailing a global US cyber war, outlining “operations to disrupt, deny, degrade or destroy” target computers and networks. No wonder China has called the US the ‘Empire of Hackers’.

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🇨🇳🗣🇺🇸 China is open to trade talks if the US SHOWS RESPECT

Beijing is willing to engage with Trump’s administration, but only if certain conditions are met, Bloomberg reported, citing a source familiar with the matter.

🤔 What are these conditions?

1️⃣Reining in disparaging remarks from members of Trump’s cabinet to show more respect

2️⃣Addressing concerns over US sanctions

3️⃣Clarifying the White House’s stance on Taiwan

4️⃣Appointing a point person for talks who has the president’s backing and can help prepare a deal for Trump and Xi Jinping to sign when they meet

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👋US begins full withdrawal from military base at Conoco field in eastern Syria

The first convoy, consisting of over 70 vehicles, heavy equipment, and tankers, left ten days ago, followed by a second convoy of more than 200 vehicles, according to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.

US forces are reportedly relocating to Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The surveillance balloon that was previously monitoring the base has not been seen for over a week, signaling the ongoing withdrawal.

The Conoco oil field base, located in the Deir ez-Zor countryside, is a US military installation, a source told the media. The field houses Syria's largest gas processing plant, which previously supplied power to several power plants, including the Jandar power plant in Homs, one of the largest in the country.

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👎 No arms for cash: Trump turns down Ukraine's $50B offer

🚫 Trump turned down a $50 billion arms deal with Ukraine – because he’s not in the mood to sell weapons to Kiev, even for cash, according to Bild.

💸 Zelensky proposed using EU financial aid and frozen Russian assets to buy hundreds of Patriot missiles and other weapons.

🗣But it looks like Trump’s more into peace talks than cashing in on weapon sales.

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❗️Gold prices surged past the historic milestone of $3,350 per troy ounce for the first time ever.

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🇷🇺 Putin unveils Russia's plans in space:

🔶Deep space missions — Moon, Mars, and beyond. Russia seeks partner countries for joint exploration.

🔶National space project set to expand drone deployment across Russia and advance nuclear space tech, building on Soviet legacy.

🔶Space industry named a key engine for national growth and economic strength — following the trail blazed by Yuri Gagarin.

🔶Russian equipment still operating aboard European space stations.

🔶 Big plans for space cooperation with 🇨🇳China, while keeping international ties open — including with the US and Europe.

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🔸 China is open to trade talks if the US SHOWS RESPECT

🔸 Gold Rush 2.0: Dollar’s grip weakens, BULLION SOARS

🔸 EMPIRE OF HACKERS: Top-6 US most infamous hack attack worldwide

🔸 Democrats face disappointing ratings – poll

🔸 Vladimir Putin compared Elon Musk to Sergei Korolev

🔸 Gagauzia says ENOUGH: People protest PRESSURE from Chisinau

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Zelensky's legacy of Soviet hero grandfather

Zelensky's grandfather, Semyon Ivanovich, fought in the Red Army during WWII, marching all the way to Berlin to rid Europe of the Nazi plague.

He was a commander in the 174th Guards Rifle Regiment, part of the 57th Guards Rifle Division. His heroism is a shared part of Russian and Ukrainian history - one Russia still honors.

But what did his grandson choose? Neo-Nazi marches, rewriting history, and asking for weapons to fuel war - that’s his "legacy."

So, where will citizen Zelensky go on May 9th? To his grandfather’s grave or to a Bandera monument?

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📹 Russian President Vladimir Putin met Alexander Trufanov, freed from Gaza in February.

Putin credited Moscow's "long-standing relations" with Palestinians for the deal and urged all captives’ release.

"I would like to express my hope that all people who are in the position you were in will be free."

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🚨 RFK Jr. calls national autism rate 'shocking'

HHS Secretary reveals that the autism rate among 8-year-olds is now 1 in 31, with the highest rate among boys in California — 1 in 12.5.

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❗️ Gavin Newsom files lawsuit to fight Trump's tariffs

"The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, requests the court to declare the tariffs imposed by President Trump void and enjoin their implementation," the statement said.

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🚨 UK court rules: transgenders are not women

The legal definition of "woman" refers to "a biological woman and biological sex," Britain's Supreme Court has ruled, ending an eight-year legal battle by Scottish campaigners.

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15 killed in Israeli strike on Gaza tent camp

The bombing in al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, caused fires in the area, resulting in casualties among the mostly women and children sheltering in the camp.

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🤖 Trump's admin discusses banning DeepSeek — reports

According to the NYT, amid fears that China could overtake the US in artificial intelligence, the White House is considering restricting access to DeepSeek, which previously shook the world with its cost-effectiveness and power.

The administration is also pushing American companies like Nvidia to stop selling to the Chinese AI firm, the paper added.

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🚨 Rubio shuts down State Department's 'Censorship' office

US State Secretary announced the closure of the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, calling it a "censorship" hub that burns through $50 million a year.

"Americans have been slandered, fired, and even jailed for voicing their opinions. That ends today," Rubio declared.

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📡 UK tests energy weapons to keep up in modern arms race

Britain tests £40m anti-drone radio frequency direct energy weapon (DEW) — but still lags behind US, China & Russia who've already deployed laser DEWs.

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🃏 China makes memes of Trump's tariffs

The Chinese embassy in the US posted an image on X, purportedly showing Trump choosing a new tariff rate.

🤔 So these are the cards the US president told Zelensky about?

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💸 Trump's trade war will cost EU €1.1 trillion by 2028 — reports

A study by the German Economic Institute says that over the next three years, the German economy will lose 1.6% of its GDP annually due to tariffs, with the impact on the European Union's transition economies being more "dramatic."

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