The Tale Of The Electoral College: The Predictive Modeling Crappers Of Tyler Are Not Having A Very Good Lead Up To The Presidential Election - "Drats, Hacked Again"

Tyler Technologies is not in a happy place at the moment, but I am having a schadenfreude moment, so it does not matter.

Now, I want to know about these databases and if there are any land patents with fancy financial instruments associated, because this is what I call some serious gerrymandering, because you know you have to have your human asset management databases up to date before you run your magical plans for the outcome of an election, at least 30 days before the election, to make sure you got your psephological, resegregationary #coloredrevolution fairy talking points polished.

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Suspicious logins reported after ransomware attack on US govt contractor

Ransomware attack on Tyler Technologies is looking worse by the day.

Customers of Tyler Technologies, one of the biggest software providers for the US state and federal government, are reporting finding suspicious logins and previously unseen remote access tools (RATs) on their networks and servers.

The reports come days after Tyler Technologies admitted last week to suffering a ransomware attack.

The Texas-based company said that an intruder gained access to its internal network on the morning of Wednesday, September 23.

The intruder installed ransomware that locked access to some of the company's internal documents.

Tyler initially played down the incident

Tyler played down the incident and said that only its internal corporate network and phone systems were impacted.

Its cloud infrastructure, where the company hosts its customer-facing applications, was not impacted, the company said in a statement published on its website and via emails sent to customers last week.

But over the weekend, the situation changed as Tyler made headway investigating the incident. The company changed its statement on Saturday.

"Because we have received reports of several suspicious logins to client systems, we believe precautionary password resets should be implemented," the company said.

"If clients haven't already done so, we strongly recommend that you reset passwords on your remote network access for Tyler staff and the credentials that Tyler personnel would use to access your applications, if applicable." [emphasis Tyler's]

Customers report remote access tools on their servers

At the same, some of Tyler's customers also reported seeing new software installed on their systems.

"If you're a Tyler customer check your servers for Bomgar that they installed," wrote one of many users on Reddit over the weekend.

A similar report followed on Monday from cyber-security training outfit SANS.

"One of our readers, a Tyler Technologies's customer, reported to us that he found this morning the Bomgar client (BeyondTrust) installed on one of his servers," said Xavier Mertens, one of the SANS ISC handlers.

According to users, Tyler uses the Bomgar client to manage its servers, but some reports claim the software was not installed prior to this weekend, prompting some to panic.

While Tyler insists in its updated statement that the attack was aimed at its internal system, customers now believe attackers might have gained access to passwords for Tyler's web-hosted infrastructure that were stored on the company's local network — and attackers are now escalating access to Tyler's client networks.

While the Tyler Technologies name might not say anything to the regular American, the ransomware attack on this company's network might quietly become one of the biggest cyber-attacks of the year, if indeed attackers gained access to passwords for customer networks and the Reddit and SANS reports aren't isolated cases.

According to its website, Tyler provides more than 50 types of web-based applications to the US public sector, such as student and school management software, public transport management solutions, jail management, courts and jury management systems, cyber-security solutions, tax and billing software, fire and EMS solutions, and entire city staff management systems, known as "Munis," just to name a few.

According to Reuters, which first broke the story about the ransomware attack, some of Tyler's software is also scheduled to be used in the upcoming US presidential election — for aggregating voting results from other sources into central dashboards."

The gang behind the Tyler attack was identified as the RansomExx group.

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Government software provider Tyler Technologies hit by ransomware

Leading government technology services provider Tyler Technologies has suffered a ransomware attack that has disrupted its operations.

Tyler Technologies is one of the largest U.S. software development and technology services companies dedicated to the public sector.

With a forecasted $1.2 billion in revenue for 2020 and 5,500 employees, Tyler Technologies provides technical services for local governments in many states in the USA.

Starting earlier today, Tyler Technologies' website began to display a maintenance message, and their Twitter account tweeted that they were having technical difficulties.

In an email seen by BleepingComputer, Tyler Technologies CIO Matt Bieri emailed clients stating that they are investigating a cyberattack and have notified law enforcement.

"I am writing to make you aware of a security incident involving unauthorized access to our internal phone and information technology systems by an unknown third party. We are treating this matter with the highest priority and working with independent IT experts to conduct a thorough investigation and response."

"Early this morning, we became aware that an unauthorized intruder had disrupted access to some of our internal systems. Upon discovery and out of an abundance of caution, we shut down points of access to external systems and immediately began investigating and remediating the problem. We have since engaged outside IT security and forensics experts to conduct a detailed review and help us securely restore affected equipment. We are implementing enhanced monitoring systems, and we have notified law enforcement," Bieri stated in an email to clients.

Bieri also stated that current investigations indicate that the attack was limited to Tyler Technologies' local network.

In posts to the Municipal Information Systems Association of California (MISAC) forum shared with BleepingComputer, local government employees were told that Tyler Technologies suffered a ransomware attack affecting their phone ticketing system and support systems.

"We were told this morning from one of the support techs that they got hit with ransomware early this morning on their corporate networks. Don't have any other details at this point other than support is down until they access their systems," one local municipality employee posted to the MISAC forum.

Another MISAC user stated that they heard the attack was limited to Tyler Technologies' internal network and did not affect clients.

If you have first-hand information about this or other unreported cyberattacks, you can confidentially contact us on Signal at +16469613731 or on Wire at @lawrenceabrams-bc.

Tyler technologies hit by RansomExx ransomware

Cybersecurity sources familiar with the attack told BleepingComputer that Tyler Technologies suffered an attack by the RansomExx ransomware.

 

RansomExx is a rebranded version of the Defray777 ransomware and has seen increased activity since June when they attacked the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Konica Minolta, and most recently IPG Photonics.

While BleepingComputer has not obtained the ransom note, we found an encrypted file uploaded to VirusTotal today related to this attack.

This encrypted file has an extension of '.tylertech911-f1e1a2ac,' which includes Tyler Technologies' name and is the same format used in other RansomExx attacks.

RansomExx does not have a ransomware data leak site, but that does not mean they do not steal unencrypted files before deploying their ransomware.

BleepingComputer has contacted Tyler Technologies with further questions but has not received a response.

Thx to Fate112 for the tip!

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The Tale Of The Electoral College: Tyler Technologies Is Not Havin A Very Good Week With Its Crappy Predictive Modeling Electoral College Databases

Tyler Technologies is not having a very good week.

Wanna know why?

Because, "She was hoisted by her own petard, again."

IDIOTS!

Meet the Electoral College Corporate Parent of the vote, because in order to vote, one must live in the

National Governors Association

geopolitical district, which is administrated by SOCRATA, like all the municipal property taxes, and county registry of deeds, and court records, and school records, and Medicaid fraud in child welfare records, which are used through the certification process of the vote, to generate a finding on the Electoral College votes for a POTUS.

So, that would mean if there was a situation of fake ass property taxes, fake ass foreclosures, fake ass bankruptcy, fake ass Detroit Land Bank Authority, running some fake ass public and private mortgage fraud schemes in the name of the tax exempt lord, there would definitely not be found any corruption in the chain of command of the record when it comes to the chain of command of the certification of the election, in a situation of more illegitimate certifiers, covering up all the mean things they did to my Sweetie, because something like that would just jack the entire 2016 Presidential Election Algorithm, right?

National Conference of State Legislatures

 U.S. Presidential Elections are based on the Electoral College, not the popular vote, which is why the issue is election interference.

They negotiate who wins before the vote.

But, when those wily plans go awry, we have a serious question ask ourselves"

"When will Trump stop obstructing justice and pull that IG Report from his backpocket?"

#maytheheavensfall

Tyler Technologies: Ransomware Locked Our Network, But Election Info Not At Risk

In a late Friday afternoon update to the single page of attack information that now passes for Tyler Technologies’ website, the company admitted to being hit by ransomware, but insisted customers were safe.

Tyler Technologies has copped to the ransomware attack that still has the company’s phone lines and website off line.

In an update to its online statement, Plano, Texas-based Tyler confirmed that early Sept. 23 it was hit with ransomware. It did not specify which variant was used against its network.

The company -- No. 46 on the 2019 CRN Solution Provider 500 -- is sticking by its claims that the only portion of its system that was attacked was the internal network used by Tyler Technologies employees, as well as the telephone systems.

Tyler said addressing this with clients is the company’s “highest priority.”

“We are deploying every resource at our disposal, both internal and external, to take whatever steps are needed to return to business as usual,” the company said. “We are committed to doing that in a responsible, deliberate way, and we are laser-focused on those efforts.”

Tyler said it has been in contact with the FBI “and we are cooperating with them.”

The attack on Tyler Technologies is setting off alarm bells in the security community, not just because it is yet another ransomware attack this year against a massive solution provider, but because the company’s website and phone system remains down.

Kyle Hanslovan, CEO of Huntress Labs, said solution providers that are Tyler’s size typically have network redundancies built in, meaning the phone systems and website should be restorable quickly. The fact that the site has not yet come back online, likely means Tyler does not know the extent of the intrusion.

“It’s concerning. Redundancies are hard. Redundancies are expensive, but they should be part of any company’s resiliency plan,” he said. “They could be one of these companies that is very operationally mature when it comes to sales and products, but inside their network it is a house of cards.”

A call to Tyler’s spokeswoman could not be routed through the switchboard, an operator who picked up the phone yesterday said.

“We’re still having problems with the phones,” she said. In an email, a spokesperson directed CRN to an update on the website. Tyler’s website – which was offline following the attack – has been replaced by a single-page statement about the ransomware attack, a part of which insists that none of its clients’ systems were accessed.

“Based on all of the evidence gathered to date through our around-the-clock response efforts, all information available to us continues to indicate that this incident is limited to Tyler‘s internal corporate environment and does not impact the separate environment where we host client systems,” the statement reads. “ We have disconnected points of access between Tyler’s internal systems and our client systems to further protect our clients.”

The company also said its internal payroll systems are part of a separate system and were also not hit.

However, Hanslovan said it is very difficult for the best security forensics to determine how far-reaching an attack was, even weeks afterwards. At best, those reports will only indicate “high confidence” that an attack did not spread beyond the area that it impacted.

Tyler Technologies serves 15,000 customers around the world, but focuses primarily on state and local government customers. The company offers dozens of solutions for courts, police, EMS, fire department, probation, as well as resourced to pay parking tickets and water bills.

The company bought Socrata, an advanced AI platform in 2018, which extracts information from municipal systems giving decision makers actionable datasets used in urban planning. A part of that includes data from elections departments, raising the concern that ransomware actors could be attempting to tamper with elections.

The company said the Socrata system is housed on an AWS server and has not been touched.

“Based on all of the evidence gathered to date through our around-the-clock response efforts, all information available to us continues to indicate that this incident is limited to Tyler‘s internal corporate environment and does not impact the separate environment where we host client systems. In addition, our Socrata platform is hosted offsite on AWS (Amazon Web Services), and our Tyler Federal Entellitrak and Tyler Cybersecurity platforms are maintained in entirely separate environments. There is no evidence of any impact on those environments whatsoever.

The company also insisted that none of its products are used in voting. The Socrata system reads the information that is provided.

“None of our products is a system of record for voting or any other election- or voting-related activities. Users of our open data solution may use our platform to post aggregated information about election returns, or to provide information about polling stations and campaign finance, but Tyler does not store individual voting records. Our open data solution is hosted offsite on AWS, not on Tyler‘s internal network that was impacted.”

The company also disputed some online comments that its utility bill payment systems used by cities and towns was having trouble following the outage.

“Tyler‘s Online Services and Support teams have reviewed all the logs, monitoring, traffic reports, volume reports, and cases related to utility and court payments,” the company said. “There were no outages with any of our online payment systems and payment activity has functioned normally during this time.”

Brett Callows, a threat analyst at Emsisoft, said the looming U.S. election, and the danger posed by ransomware to municipal systems, regardless of vendor, is real.

“The threat ransomware groups present cannot be overstated,” he said. “They’re using APT-level tools and techniques to successfully attack - and extract data from - courts, government agencies, companies in the Defence Industrial Base sector, financial institutions and public and private entities in multiple other sectors. These incidents could potentially be a risk to national security, economic security and, of course, election security.”

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Omar Awan Has Been Found In A Burnt Out Tesla

Here is Omar Awan.

If this is the same one in congress, this is going to be interesting, but hey, what do I know?

I know someone should ask Imran Awan.

Dad died in burning Tesla because its futuristic doors wouldn’t open, lawsuit claims

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A Tesla driver burned to death after a crash because the “futuristic handles” on his car trapped him inside and rescuers couldn’t open the doors, it is claimed.

Dr. Omar Awan, 48, lost control of his car, skidded across a road and smashed straight into a palm tree in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in February.

Smoke and then flames engulfed his blue Model S Tesla shortly after the crash.

A police officer arrived almost immediately, and crowds gathered outside the vehicle, but no one was able to save the father of five because of the “inaccessible door handles,” a lawsuit claims.

The car’s retractable door handles are meant to “auto-present” or pop out when they detect a key fob nearby.

But it malfunctioned, stopping first responders from opening the doors and saving Awan, it is claimed.

His loved ones are now suing the electric car company for wrongful death, alleging the car’s lithium-ion battery caught fire.

Enlarge ImageDr. Omar Awan lost control of his Tesla, skidded across a road and smashed straight into a palm tree in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Dr. Omar Awan lost control of his Tesla, skidded across a road and smashed straight into a palm tree in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.Local 10
The smoke from this suffocated Awan and burned him from his feet upwards, it claimed.

The complaint said the car burned for hours, reigniting several times even after firefighters extinguished the flames and also when it was being towed away.

The lawsuit added: “After the Tesla hit the tree, he was alive. He had no internal injuries or broken bones.

Enlarge ImageDr. Omar Awan
Dr. Omar Awan
“He died from the smoke he inhaled as he sat locked inside the Tesla, despite that a police officer and others were there and ready to help, until flames forced them away.

“The fire engulfed the car and burned Dr. Awan beyond recognition — all because the Model S has inaccessible door handles, no other way to open the doors, and an unreasonably dangerous fire risk.”

The Sun has contacted Tesla for a statement.

The company’s lawyers have not yet responded in court.

Tesla, the maker of electric vehicles, claimed the Model S once achieved the “best safety rating of any car tested.”

Awan’s family lawyer Stuart Grossman described the victim as environmentally sensitive and safety conscious.

He insisted Awan could afford a Mercedes or another luxury vehicle but went with the 2016 Tesla because of its safety.

He added: “These things, they just love to burn. The car is so over-engineered.

“It’s so techy, it makes you want to buy a Chevy pickup truck.”

Enlarge ImageSmoke and flames engulfed his blue Model S Tesla shortly after the crash.
Smoke and flames engulfed his blue Model S Tesla shortly after the crash.Local 10
After the incident, Tesla said in a statement: “We understand that speed is being investigated as a factor in this crash, and know that high-speed collisions can result in a fire in any type of car, not just electric vehicles.”

His family is seeking more than $15,000 in damages.

The emergency guide says: “If the door handles do not function, open the door manually by reaching inside the window and using the interior door handle.”

It is not the first time Tesla has been blamed for a death.

In May 2018, Barrett Riley and his friend Edgar Monserratt, both 18, died when they lost control of Riley’s dad’s car at 116 mph.

Dad James Riley claimed Tesla is at fault for the speed, fire and the teens’ deaths.

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We Have Everything - Clinton & Her Rogue Ass Crew Emails - We Do Not Need The Servers - We Have The Content

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Cocktails & Popcorn: September 21, 2019. Trump Ukraine “Whistleblower”, Sue Gordon, Is Long Time CIA Employee

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DOJ: WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Charged in 18-Count Superseding Indictment - DEFANGO

FUN FACT! I SENT WIKILEAKS DOCS ON MEDICAID FRAUD IN CHILD WELFARE WAY BACK.

Links: https://pastebin.com/Rczkh2nC

Charges Related to Illegally Obtaining, Receiving and Disclosing Classified Information

A federal grand jury returned an 18-count superseding indictment today charging Julian P. Assange, 47, the founder of WikiLeaks, with offenses that relate to Assange’s alleged role in one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the United States.  Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger for the Eastern District of Virginia, Assistant Director John Brown of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division and Acting Assistant Director in Charge Timothy Dunham of the FBI’s Washington Field Office made the announcement.

The superseding indictment alleges that Assange was complicit with Chelsea Manning, a former intelligence analyst in the U.S. Army, in unlawfully obtaining and disclosing classified documents related to the national defense.  Specifically, the superseding indictment alleges that Assange  conspired with Manning;  obtained from Manning and aided and abetted her in obtaining classified information with reason to believe that the information was to be used to the injury of the United States or the advantage of a foreign nation;  received and attempted to receive classified information having reason to believe that such materials would be obtained, taken, made, and disposed of by a person contrary to law; and  aided and abetted Manning in communicating classified documents to Assange. 

After agreeing to receive classified documents from Manning and aiding, abetting, and causing Manning to provide classified documents, the superseding indictment charges that Assange then published on WikiLeaks classified documents that contained the unredacted names of human sources who provided information to United States forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and to U.S. State Department diplomats around the world.  These human sources included local Afghans and Iraqis, journalists, religious leaders, human rights advocates, and political dissidents from repressive regimes.  According to the superseding indictment, Assange’s actions risked serious harm to United States national security to the benefit of our adversaries and put the unredacted named human sources at a grave and imminent risk of serious physical harm and/or arbitrary detention.

The superseding indictment alleges that beginning in late 2009, Assange and WikiLeaks actively solicited United States classified information, including by publishing a list of “Most Wanted Leaks” that sought, among other things, classified documents.  Manning responded to Assange’s solicitations by using access granted to her as an intelligence analyst to search for United States classified documents, and provided to Assange and WikiLeaks databases containing approximately 90,000 Afghanistan war-related significant activity reports, 400,000 Iraq war-related significant activities reports, 800 Guantanamo Bay detainee assessment briefs, and 250,000 U.S. Department of State cables.

Many of these documents were classified at the Secret level, meaning that their unauthorized disclosure could cause serious damage to United States national security.  Manning also provided rules of engagement files for the Iraq war, most of which were also classified at the Secret level and which delineated the circumstances and limitations under which United States forces would initiate or conduct combat engagement with other forces.

The superseding indictment alleges that Manning and Assange engaged in real-time discussions regarding Manning’s transmission of classified records to Assange.  The discussions also reflect that Assange actively encouraged Manning to provide more information and agreed to crack a password hash stored on U.S. Department of Defense computers connected to the Secret Internet Protocol Network (SIPRNet), a United States government network used for classified documents and communications.  Assange is also charged with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for agreeing to crack that password hash.

Assange is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.  If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison on each count except for conspiracy to commit computer intrusion, for which he faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison.  Actual sentences for federal crimes are typically less than the maximum penalties.  A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after taking into account the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Tracy Doherty-McCormick, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kellen S. Dwyer, Thomas W. Traxler and Gordon D. Kromberg, and Trial Attorneys Matthew R. Walczewski and Nicholas O. Hunter of the Justice Department’s National Security Division are prosecuting the case.

An indictment contains allegations that a defendant has committed a crime.  Every defendant is presumed to be innocent until and unless proven guilty in court.

Attachment(s): 

Download Assange Superseding Indictment

Download Remarks from the Briefing Announcing the Superseding Indictment of Julian Assange

Topic(s): 

National Security

Component(s): 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

National Security Division (NSD)

USAO - Virginia, Eastern

Press Release Number: 

19-575

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Build The Wall: Trafficking Of Souls Has Gone AI - Schengen Information System, European Union, Vatican, Bitcoin & Children's Trust Funds

Walls are no longer brick and mortar.

Walls are AI.

The U.S. has no AI border wall.

The U.S. likes to traffic tiny human and their souls over the border for lots and lots of money.

But do not just ask Chuck & Nancy because it is personal inurement of office and how politicians fund their campaigns, which would be an issue of self incrimination.

We would not want Chuck & Nancy to incriminate themselves but we could ask Betsy DeVos, a subject matter expert on trafficking the souls of tiny humans.

And that is why we are going to have a Constitutional Crisis because we would like to know who is in our country and the purveyors of tiny humans do not want to stop salvaging all the souls, which includes our intellectual property.

Trump is championing the end of stealin' the children, the land and the votes.

European–Vatican relations

QUESTION*: What does the Vatican and European Union have in common?

ANSWER: A Bitcoin Wall

According to Wikipedia:
Holy See–European Union relations is the relationship between the European Union (EU) and the Holy See (or Vatican City).   This is framed by the Holy See's geography (within an EU state capital) while being unable to join.

According to Wikipedia:

The Schengen Information System (SIS) is a governmental database maintained by the European Commission. The SIS is used by 31 European countries to find information about individuals and entities for the purposes of national security, border control and law enforcement. A second technical version of this system, SIS II, went live on 9 April 2013.^{Schengen Information System}

What is the Schengen Information System (SIS)?

The Schengen Information System (SIS) is the most widely used and largest information sharing system for security and border management in Europe. SIS enables competent national authorities, such as the police and border guards, to enter and consult alerts on persons or objects. An SIS alert does not only contain information about a particular person or object but also instructions for the authorities on what to do when the person or object has been found. Specialised national SIRENE Bureaux located in each Member State serve as single points of contact for the exchange of supplementary information and coordination of activities related to SIS alerts. At the end of 2017, SIS contained approximately 76.5 million records, it was accessed 5.2 billion times and secured 243 818 hits (when a search leads to an alert and the authorities confirm it).

What is the purpose of the SIS?

The main purpose of SIS is to make Europe safer. The system assists the competent authorities in Europe to preserve internal security in the absence of internal border checks. The scope of SIS is defined in three legal instruments:

1. Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 (Border control cooperation):
   SIS enables border guards and visa issuing and migration authorities to enter and consult alerts on third-country nationals for the purpose of refusing their entry into or stay in the Schengen area.
2. Council Decision 2007/533/JHA (Law enforcement cooperation):
   SIS supports police and judicial cooperation by allowing competent authorities to create and consult alerts on missing persons and on persons or objects related to criminal offences.
3. Regulation (EC) No 1986/2006 (Cooperation on vehicle registration)
   Vehicle registration services may consult SIS in order to check the legal status of the vehicles presented to them for registration. They only have access to SIS alerts on vehicles, registration certificates and number plates.

How will SIS be in the future?

The changes proposed in 2016 by the European Commission will strengthen significantly the system.

In June 2018, the co-legislators reached political agreement on the new SIS package. The new functionalities in SIS will be implemented in different stages, with a requirement for the work to be completed by 2021.

The changes will entail enhancements in the following areas:

• Biometrics: SIS will contain palm prints, fingerprints, facial images and DNA concerning, for example, missing persons to confirm their identity.
• Counter-terrorism: More information will be shared on persons and objects involved in terrorism-related activities, allowing the authorities of the Member States to better pursue and prevent serious crimes and terrorism.
• Vulnerable persons: Competent authorities will have the possibility of entering preventive alerts in the system to protect certain categories of vulnerable persons (missing persons, children at risk of abduction or potential victims of trafficking in human beings or gender-based violence).
• Irregular migration: Return decisions and entry bans will be part of the information shared in the system to enhance their effective enforcement.
• Enhanced access for EU Agencies: Europol will now have access to all alert categories in the SIS while the European Border and Coast Guard Agency operational teams will be able to access SIS for the purpose of carrying out their tasks in the hotspots.

Moreover, the introduction since March 2018 of an AFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification System) in SIS, and the resulting possibility of making searches using fingerprints, makes it even more difficult for criminals to move unnoticed across Europe.

In which countries is SIS in operation?

SIS is in operation in 30 European countries, including 26 EU Member States (only Ireland and Cyprus are not yet connected to SIS) and 4 Schengen Associated Countries (Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland).

EU Member States with special arrangements:

• Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia are not yet part of the area without internal border checks (the 'Schengen area'). However, since August 2018, Bulgaria and Romania started using fully SIS. A Council Decision is still required for the lifting of checks at the internal borders of these two Member States. In the case of Croatia, there are still some restrictions regarding its use of Schengen-wide SIS alerts for the purposes of refusing entry into or stay in the Schengen area. Those restrictions will be lifted as soon as Croatia has become a part of the area without internal border checks.
• The United Kingdom operates SIS but, as it has chosen not to join the Schengen area, it cannot issue or access Schengen-wide alerts for refusing entry and stay into the Schengen area.
• Ireland and Cyprus are not yet connected to SIS. Ireland is carrying out preparatory activities to connect to SIS, but, as is the case for the UK, it will not be able to issue or access Schengen-wide alerts for refusing entry or stay. Cyprus has a temporary derogation from joining the Schengen area and is not yet connected to SIS.

EU Votes to Create a Gigantic Biometrics Database

The European Union has moved forward with its plans to create a gigantic biometrics database, despite facing criticism for putting privacy rights at stake through it.

Last week, the European Parliament has adopted a legislation that will enable EU information systems to exchange records through the Common Identity Repository (CIR), which is set to gather data for over 150 million individuals. The move has been taken as a further attempt to simplify the jobs of EU border and law enforcement officers.

According to a press release by the European Parliament, the new system will facilitate the tasks of border guards, migration officers, police officers and judicial authorities by providing them with more systematic and faster access to various EU security and border-control information systems.

“The systems covered by the new rules would include the Schengen Information System, Eurodac,the Visa Information System (VIS) and three new systems: the European Criminal Records System for Third Country Nationals (ECRIS-TCN), the Entry/Exit System (EES) and the European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS),” the press release reads.

The EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos asserted that the Security Union is steadily taking shape with a whole range of tools, actions and rules being put in place to protect all EU citizens.

Whereas, the Commissioner for the Security Union Julian King said that the new adoptions mark another important milestone in the work of the EU towards an effective and genuine Security Union.

“Interoperability will help those working in the frontline to keep EU citizens safe – ensuring police and border guards have efficient access to the information they need, including to fight identity fraud, enables them to do their jobs properly,” he said a day after the Parliament had adopted the legislation.

EU Criticized for Putting Privacy Rights at Stake

Watchdog and non-profit organizations have long criticized the move for establishing such a system.

Non-profit organization Statewatch published a report last year titled “Interoperability morphs into the creation of a Big Brother centralized EU state database including all existing and future Justice and Home Affairs databases.”

According to the report the notion that these plans are simply bringing together existing data and biometrics, and so there is nothing to be afraid of, is untrue.

“If there has been one clear lesson since 11 September 2001 it is that function creep is the name of the game. From the late 1970s onwards each new stage of the technological revolution has been justified on the grounds that there is nothing new, it is just making life easier for law enforcement and border control agencies to get access to the information they need to do their job more efficiently. Whereas the reality is that at each stage databases become ever more intrusive as security demands cumulatively diminish freedoms and rights,” the report concludes among others.

*I had to spell out "QUESTION" because there are humans who like to worship a random letter of the alphabet.

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Cocktails & Popcorn: Democrats Want Transparency - Let's Give It To Them

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DEFANGO: Amazon Altas Data Center Map Released | Wikileaks #questofrandomclues

We have everything, too.

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Day 197.3 Wiretaps, Frame Ups, and School Plays

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DOJ: OIG Horowitz Announces Review Of DOJ FISC Of A "Certain Person"

Something tells me the review is already completed.

They have everything, and I mean everything.

The phone calls.

The emails.

The videos.

The photos.

The financial transactions.

The whistleblowers.

Now, who, exactly, is this "certain person"?

Stay tuned.

DOJ OIG Announces Initiation of Review Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz announced today that, in response to requests from the Attorney General and Members of Congress, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) will initiate a review that will examine the Justice Department’s and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) compliance with legal requirements, and with applicable DOJ and FBI policies and procedures, in applications filed with the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) relating to a certain U.S. person.

As part of this examination, the OIG also will review information that was known to the DOJ and the FBI at the time the applications were filed from or about an alleged FBI confidential source.

Additionally, the OIG will review the DOJ’s and FBI’s relationship and communications with the alleged source as they relate to the FISC applications.

If circumstances warrant, the OIG will consider including other issues that may arise during the course of the review.

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Title Source Has Been Anointed As A $706 Million Corporate Shape Shifter

What we have here is another example of a Corporate Shape Shifter.

These Corporate Shape Shifters come in all forms and sizes so you never know who is in charge, or rather who to charge, or rather what is the proper jurisdiction to charge, or rather who is willing to find a proper jurisdiction that is not part of the Corporate Shape Shifters.

Amrock, but which one is which?

I only ask at which point in time is the true existence of a Corporate Shape Shifter, for only a judge may toll a statute.

Either way, it does not matter because they were stealin'.

Title Source Amended Michigan Articles of Incorporation Change of Name - Amrock 2018 by Beverly Tran on Scribd

If you follow the timeline of Title Sources' metamorphisis into a Corporate Shape Shifter, one shall witness, as so graciously recorded in the annals of history by the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, that Title Source, Inc., which was cashing checks and submitting fake tax filings to the IRS on behalf of the Detroit Land Bank Authority, may have been one of those magical, made up real estate Corporate Shape Shifters is because, according to the court filings, it did not exist when it took individuals money, billed TARP, levied taxes, and other nasty stuff.

Then, the Corporate Shape Shifters made Title Source go through a ritual ceremony of changing names over and over again, which means, it may have been improperly named in my FCA, leading it to argue out that it never existed, and as such, did not do anything, because it is now, Amrock.

Look at the software and applications.  They are all third party and there is nothing in federal  procurement policy which addresses the privatization of data, particularly if it sold through Corporate Shape Shifters.

They change appearance through the manipulation of data, the entire network of human intelligence, including the amalgamation of data to shove into those crappy predictive modeling algorithms to "maximize revenue" from "The Poors" (always said with clinched teeth).

Rumor has it there are some of these "real time" satellite technologies up in the Mayor of Detroit's office, a gift from Dan Gilbert/Rock Financial/Quicken/Title Source/Amrock. or whatever the Corporate Shape Shifter flavor of the week is.

You cannot hold someone accountable if you do not know who they are.

This is privatization and it is being implemented through that nanotechnology stuff.

I pulled the HouseCanary Docket against Title Source.

Correct me if I am wrong, but it seems that Title Source had contracted with HouseCanary to run some Detroit property scheme and it backfired sometime after I filed my case against Title Source for being a cloaking Corporate Shape Shifters of Michigan, one being Detroit Land Bank Authority.

It seems to me that HouseCanary could not run their stuff because Title Source was providing them with dirty data, so, instead of admitting they were selling dirty data, the "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending) for Title Source, came up with the brilliant idea to become a Corporate Shape Shifter, too!

Title Source has been officially anointed as a Corporate Shape Shifter.

The dirty data is all the Detroit fraudulent property titles...and deeds...and taxes...and ownership...and foreclosures...and judgments...and certified judgments...and mortgages...and bankruptcies...and the votes...  any other forms of stealin'.

See, it goes like this:

When you change your name, and you are a litigant in a federal court of law, you typically notify the court.

Once upon a time I went to court with the Detroit Land Bank Authority https://t.co/QftA6jc8u9 #fraud #falseclaims #detroit #Whistleblower pic.twitter.com/bKOYMjV7DV

— Beverly Tran (@beverlytran) August 2, 2017

"Amrock, formerly known as Title Source."

Perhaps, the reason why Title Source has yet to notify the court in my case that they are now Amrock is because it is part of the legal strategy, developed by the "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending), to get out of being busted for selling dirty data from Detroit Land Bank Authority.

Perhaps, the "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending) representing Title Source thought they would be able to use the same legal arguments in the Artist formerly known as Prince pulled on Warner Bros. to get his intellectual property back.

"We are Amrock, not Title Source.  We never gave dirty data to the U.S. Department of Treasury, Title Source did it and now they are no more.  Tah Dah!!!"

I just thought I would go out there on a limb and proffer this legal postulation in the Detroit investigations because that is what they said in response to the HouseCanary verdict.

In a statement Thursday night, Quicken Loans CEO Jay Farner said: "Quicken Loans and its parent Rock Holdings Inc. were never parties to the recent litigation between HouseCanary and Amrock, nor is either company subject to any liability in connection with yesterday's verdict announced in the state court in San Antonio, Texas. In addition, Quicken Loans and Rock Holdings Inc. were never a party to the contract at issue and there was never a single claim filed against Quicken Loans or Rock Holdings, Inc. in this lawsuit."

Quicken affiliate hit with $706M verdict

A Quicken Loans affiliate based in Detroit has been ordered to pay $706.2 million after a Texas jury this week found it had taken trade secrets from a real estate data firm, officials announced Thursday.

The case stems from a 2015 contract between Title Source, now known as HouseCanary. The contract was to develop software to provide appraisal as well as real estate valuations, attorneys said in a statement Thursday.

In a statement Thursday, Amrock CEO Jeff Eisenshtadt called the verdict “a travesty of justice” and the company planned to appeal.

Representatives for HouseCanary, which has offices in California, Colorado and Texas, could not be reached for comment Thursday night.

Its lawyers said Title Source declined to pay the company after 18 months of work and sued in Bexar County, Texas, to avoid contract fees for its real estate data, analytics and valuation technology.

Amrock is the nation’s largest independent company offering title insurance, valuations and closing services, its website says.

Through a countersuit HouseCanary alleged the company misappropriated trade secrets, which violated signed agreements governing non-disclosure and limiting use of the information.

“Title Source and its family of companies (including Quicken Loans) wanted access to HouseCanary’s technology and data to develop its own competing analytics and software,” HouseCanary attorneys said Thursday.

In a statement Thursday night, Quicken Loans CEO Jay Farner said: "Quicken Loans and its parent Rock Holdings Inc. were never parties to the recent litigation between HouseCanary and Amrock, nor is either company subject to any liability in connection with yesterday's verdict announced in the state court in San Antonio, Texas. In addition, Quicken Loans and Rock Holdings Inc. were never a party to the contract at issue and there was never a single claim filed against Quicken Loans or Rock Holdings, Inc. in this lawsuit."

After a seven-week trial, a jury on Wednesday awarded HouseCanary $235.4 million for misappropriation of the trade secrets and fraud claims and $471.4 million in punitive damages.

In response to the verdict, Eisenshtadt said: “HouseCanary made several unkept promises leading Amrock to file a contract claim. However, when we asked the court to intervene, a local attorney and professional plaintiff law firm spun a distorted and twisted counterclaim narrative leading a San Antonio jury to an unconscionable result.”

Eisenshtadt added Amrock never received working software from HouseCanary but “wireframes and half-developed apps that were completely unusable by the company. After HouseCanary breached its contract, we ended our relationship with the company and were forced to develop our own tool in-house.”

His company started out as Stewart Title of Michigan in the 1990s before becoming Title Source, according to its website. Last month, the company  It has offices in California, Ohio, Texas and Pennsylvania, with headquarters relocating to Detroit in 2012.

Quicken’s website describes Amrock as among its family of companies and “on the forefront of industry innovation, with a large team dedicated to developing new technology and software.”

Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 5, California.

The CAPITAL GOLD GROUP, INC., Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant, v. Stephen T. NORTIER et al., Defendants, Cross complainants and Respondents.

No. B207861.

    Decided: August 19, 2009

Skousen Law,Robert James Skousen, San Bernardino, James Allen, Los Angeles, and Cindy Tran, for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Defendants, Cross-complainants and Respondents.

Plaintiff was a Nevada corporation duly qualified to transact intrastate business in California when it filed this action in California.   Defendants cross-complained against plaintiff.   While the action was pending, plaintiff converted to a Delaware corporation, changed its name, and obtained a new certificate of qualification to transact intrastate business in California.   The trial court granted defendants' motion to strike the complaint and all responsive pleadings filed after the date of conversion on the ground that plaintiff failed to comply with the conversion requirements set forth in Corporations Code section 1157 1 or notify the court and California's Secretary of State of the corporate changes.   The court entered judgment in favor of defendants on the cross-complaint.

On appeal, plaintiff contends the trial court abused its discretion in striking plaintiff's pleadings because it was a corporation in good standing in its home state, as well as in full compliance with California laws regulating the transaction of business by foreign corporations.   We conclude that plaintiff had the capacity to maintain pending actions under Nevada and Delaware laws, plaintiff was duly qualified to transact intrastate business in California, and section 1157 does not apply to the conversion of a foreign corporation to another foreign business entity.   Therefore, we reverse.

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