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Headlines December 17, 2025 from Democracy Now!

MIT Professor Fatally Shot in His Home

Dec 17, 2025

An MIT professor was fatally shot at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts. Authorities have opened a homicide investigation into the killing of 47-year-old Nuno Loureiro, who was the director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center. In January, President Biden had awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers to Loureiro.

 

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Hacking by US from Brazil Goes Corporate

A new pattern has emerged in hacking that requires great firepower and little skill. The ammunition required is a /22 of IP addresses acquired from vendors who specialize in exactly this item. Here is an example of a pattern that is active right now. I could show you a video of the fast scrolling attacks in my log from a set of these addresses, ostensibly from Brazil, but the store where I shopped said they could make me look like I was coming from anywhere I chose. Further study with timing and triangulation is required in order to get an idea of where the source is.

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