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Russian Winter Olympics security
Athletes and spectators
attending the Winter
Olympics in Sochi in
February will face some
of the most invasive and
systematic spying and
surveillance in the history
of the games, documents
show.
Russia’s powerful FSB
security service plans to
ensure that no communication
by competitors or spectators
goes unmonitored during
the event, according to a
dossier compiled by Russian
investigative journalists.
Government procurement
documents and tenders from
Russian communication
companies indicate that
newly installed telephone and
internet spying capabilities
will give the FSB free rein to
intercept any telephony or
data traffic and even track
the use of sensitive words or
phrases mentioned in e-mails,
webchats and on social
media.
The journalists, Andrei
Soldatov and Irina Borogan,
collated dozens of open
source documents published
on the Zakupki government
procurement agency website,
as well as public records
of government oversight
agencies.
They found that major
amendments have been
made to telephone and Wi-fi
networks in the Black Sea
resort to ensure extensive and
all-permeating monitoring
and filtering of all traffic
using Sorm, Russia’s system
for intercepting phone and
internet communications.
UAP Deliver Yuletide Cheer with Roses!
UAP Limited will be spreading yuletide
cheer with Roses this Christmas by
giving customers a tin of the very festive
Cadbury’s chocolates with every order
over £250 + VAT.
The company has gained a reputation
over the years for treating its customers
during the holidays and it has now
become a tradition to expect a sweet treat
with an order during a seasonal period.
UAP sent out bags of sweets throughout
October for Halloween and Treacle Toffee
for Bonfire Night, it is now continuing its
tradition of doing something special for
customers with this festive treat.
Customers will be able to take advantage
of the deal and get a free tin of Roses
chocolates up to December 19 for every
order over £250 + VAT.
David Jennings, MD of UAP Limited
said: “We appreciate all of the support we
receive from our customers and so we like
to do something special for them when
we can. This is why we have made it a UAP
tradition to send out a tin of chocolates
every Christmas, something which we
know they look forward to.”
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Thieves ‘using fake locksmith
stickers to mark houses’
Thieves fronting as locksmiths are using
fake stickers to flag up London properties
that are empty or have vulnerable locks.
They pretend to be distributing marketing
material as they check security on doors
and windows.
Properties that are believed to be easy
targets are then marked with a tiny
transparent sticker that advertises a “24hour locksmith”
.
Police busted the scheme after phoning
the number listed and realising it was a
fake.
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Detectives in Wandsworth, south west
London, found dozens of the stickers
plastered on front doors and said “scouts”
operating in the borough were to blame.
“There is growing evidence that some
organised teams of burglars may be using
this method to target homes in south
London,” Wandsworth council’s crime
prevention spokesman Jonathan Cook said.
“We are urging local residents to keep a
very close eye out for these stickers and if
they find one to remove it straight away and
report it to the police.”
Similar schemes have been uncovered by
police elsewhere in the UK: chalk symbols
were being used on houses and pavements
in Manchester as signs for thieves.
To read more, visit www.locksmithjournal.co.uk