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JULY 28, 2019

Louisiana has declared a state of emergency after a series of cyberattacks impacted three of the state’s school districts. The attacks shut down the districts’ phones, as well as locked and encrypted files and computer equipment in school districts in Sabine, Morehouse and Ouachita parishes in North Louisiana. As a result, Gov.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Card issuers are fielding new technologies and utilizing next-gen identity verification technology to expose the fakers and make social media — and the wider digital domain — safe for kitten vids and funny memes again. federal government doesn’t issue a national identity card, so a number of states have taken it upon themselves.

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MARCH 12, 2020

Digitized national identities are becoming popular around the world, with countries such as Australia, Estonia and Sierra Leone working to provide them. Digital driver’s licenses (DDLs) offer various advantages, including improved security. Colorado and Louisiana meanwhile have the most established implementation.

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MARCH 2, 2018

Earlier this week, PIRS Capital announced it has secured a revolving credit line from an unnamed institution to continue providing working capital to borrowers, while the alternative lending space overall has emerged as a huge target for venture capitalists in recent years.

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JULY 17, 2019

Louisiana Sen. should “absolutely” lead the way when it comes to creating global cryptocurrency structures — and further asserted it is Facebook’s belief that blockchain technology is inevitable and it falls to the U.S. Brown was far from the only voice on the committee during the hearing with sharp words for the manager Facebook sent.

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