New York Times (July 12)
“Russian spies appear to be operating right under the noses of the Japanese authorities.” Just 10 minutes on foot from the National Police Agency, Aeroflot’s office in Tokyo shelters the 20th Directorate, a military intelligence unit, which “finds the high-tech equipment that Russia needs to wage war.” Japan’s “weak espionage laws and flourishing high-tech industry have made it a crucial piece of the Russian war effort.” The Ukrainian government estimates that Japanese components are found in roughly 90% of Russian missiles and drones.
Tags: Aeroflot, Authorities, Components, Crucial, Drones, Espionage laws, High-tech equipment, High-tech industry, Japan, Military intelligence unit, Missiles, National Police Agency, Russia, Spies, Tokyo, Ukraine, War, War effort
The Atlantic (July 21)
“Crucial systems across the world collapsed on Friday, triggered by one mistake in a single company…. It may end up being the worst information-technology disaster in history. This was not, however, an unforeseeable freak accident, nor will it be the last of its kind” unless we prioritize “decentralized resilience” over “hyperconnected optimization.”
Tags: Collapsed, Crucial, Decentralized resilience, Freak accident, hyperconnected optimization, IT disaster, Mistake, Systems, Triggered, Unforeseeable, Worst
Time (February 4)
“This week could prove crucial for understanding how much farther the outbreak is likely to spread and whether the dramatic efforts of Chinese authorities to contain the coronavirus have been effective.” Efforts include a massive quarantine that has “expanded to 16 surrounding cities with a combined population of more than 50 million, creating what is believed to be the largest quarantine in human history.”
Tags: China, Coronavirus, Crucial, Outbreak, Quarantine, Spread
