attack
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A torrent of high-level threats is taxing services that help companies fix emergency security gaps, find intruders or bounce back after they attack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
"If a platform as sophisticated as Binance can suffer a serious attack, regulators will inevitably ask what that means for smaller, less mature platforms and currencies."
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Binance, the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, estimates that assets worth $6.3 billion were impacted by a hacking attack against the trading platform.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
“This was a complex attack, and we are doing all we can in coordination with law enforcement to resolve it. We are still gathering the facts, and will share more directly as we have them.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Somehow, Phineas's immune system beat off their attack.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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However, these devices are not immune to attacks.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
North Korea has always denied any involvement in these attacks; Binance has not directly responded to BBC queries about the incident's potential links to the area.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
“This recovery has coincided with a sharp deterioration in maritime security as vessels remain exposed to attacks and insurance and freight costs have risen sharply,” said Giovanni Staunovo, commodities strategist for UBS.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
But “the $100 level is ours for awhile,” he said — regardless of any new attacks, and maybe even for some time after hostilities ease.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
I said that I imagined the Cubans liked his published attacks on American policy in Latin America, his admiration of Cuban public health and medicine, and his efforts to create connections between Cuba and Harvard.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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The incident followed claims made Thursday by Yemen’s Houthi militants that they had attacked several sites in Saudi Arabia, including the Ras Tanura and Rabigh refineries and a Saudi Aramco production facility in Abqaiq.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
“They’re afraid their stores will be attacked and looted,” Yves Gollety, owner of the weapons store, explained.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
“When I know I’m being attacked, I immediately remind myself that that is a common strategy,” she told The Hollywood Reporter in 2017.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
Kelleher added her second try, and from the resulting kick off they attacked again, ending in Isabelle Kelly running over Fran Goldthorp.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Following the outcry over the Lusitania, Germany imposed strict limitations on submarine operations, pledging to warn those on board a vessel about to be attacked so they could abandon ship beforehand.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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Gouverneur Morris was ahead of his time on the slavery question, viciously attacking the Constitution’s Three-Fifths Compromise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
The film producer was intent on attacking Ashley Judd, the actress, activist and humanitarian who is one of the authors of this piece, saying she had “mental issues.”
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
The pressure on him has been heightened by controversial comments from senior players Lisandro Martinez and Bruno Fernandes attacking the club's recruitment and his tactics.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Anna Kelly, a White House spokeswoman, said in an emailed response to MarketWatch on Friday that the U.S. will not be attacking Iran “at any time” prior to the midterm elections.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
“It feels kinda wrong attacking a sleeping monstruo,” said Seven.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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