Post-Brexit headlines for June 24, 2016, and more

As stated in the past, the Brexit will have ramifications that won’t bode well for Great Britain and some that will. For starters, the British finally have a voice that has been heard.

It’s also better that they don’t become subjugated to the Berlin-Brussels axis. However, the benefits and disadvantages get tricky as it will also make it easier for this axis to consolidate control and rein over Europe unimpeded, allowing for the United States of Europe to be created.

The largest problem Britain faces is isolation and lack of representation on the European continent. This will prove to be true in the coming months and years as they will lose support for British territories world-wide, especially Gibraltar.

Spain is now pouncing on an opportunity that was warned about months ago, if not years: It’s gunning for Gibraltar.

 

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The Next Wave of Cyberattacks Won’t Steal Data — They’ll Change It

The big attacks that have been disclosed so far in 2015 involved the theft of data, and a lot of it. Some 21 million personnel records were taken from the Office of Personnel Management, likely by China, while 4,000 records, some with “sensitive” information, were stolen from the Joint Chiefs civilian email system, a theft blamed on Russia.

But America’s top spies say the attacks that worry them don’t involve the theft of data, but the direct manipulation of it, changing perceptions of what is real and what is not.

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper spelled out his concerns in written testimony presented to the House Subcommittee on Intelligence today. Continue reading