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Top US Diplomat Takes Post In Caracas As Part Of Post-Maduro Transition Plan For the first time in many years, the United States has a top diplomat officially in residence representing Washington to Venezuela. Veteran US diplomat John M. Barrett has arrived in Caracas to serve as chargé d’affaires at the US Embassy in Venezuela, the mission announced Thursday, marking a new phase in Washington's diplomatic presence in Venezuela, and after a US military raid on Jan.3 ousted and captured longtime leader Nicolás Maduro. Image via Prensa Libre Barrett is a career member of...

AI Is Making Business Email Compromise Nearly Impossible To Spot Authored by Adam H. Douglas via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Business email compromise (BEC) is a targeted fraud scheme in which criminals impersonate vendors, executives, or accountants to steal money from businesses. AI has made these attacks dramatically harder to detect by generating personalized emails that mirror real writing styles and existing business relationships. Criminals are using AI to create highly convincing business email scams that can drain company accounts. Who is Danny/Shutterstock The FBI reported more than $20 billion in internet...