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Illegal adoptions statistics in Ireland could be as many as 15,000

Irish adoption agency records are to be examined to determine the extent of the illegal adoption practice in Ireland.

Mothers who were told that their babies had died,” Fergus Finlay told RTÉ’s radio show Morning Ireland.

Tusla revealed that as many as 79 people in these cases may be "entirely unaware of the circumstances of their birth.".

Read more: Tuam babies adopted in large numbers to US, says historian who broke the scandal.

Campaigners say they have been raising the issue of illegal adoptions for many years and the practice was extremely widespread.https://t.co/vIgdJMJBDo.

“I suspect every single adoption agency in the country is involved, that’s 150,000 babies, it would be amazing if at least ten percent of them were not illegal.”.

Over 100 institutions and individuals may have been involved in the illegal adoption scandal in Ireland. »

Ajit Pai’s FCC lied about “DDoS” attack, ex-chair’s statement indicates

Authored by arstechnica.com

Wheeler's statement disputes claims made by the FCC under current Chairman Ajit Pai, who is under fire for unproven claims about DDoS attacks.

To bolster its case, Pai's FCC claimed that a similar outage during the 2014 net neutrality proceeding was also caused by a DDoS attack.

Bray was the commission's CIO in both 2014 and 2017 and claimed that both outages were due to DDoS attacks. »

Research Finds Tipping Point for Large-scale Social Change

Authored by asc.upenn.edu

This idea of a social tipping point applies to standards in the workplace, and any type of movement or initiative.

Over the past 50 years, many studies of organizations and community change have attempted to identify the critical size needed for a tipping point, purely based on observation.

“The classical model, called equilibrium stability analysis, would dictate that 51% or more is needed to initiate real social change. »

A&W Canada to eliminate plastic straws from all restaurants

Authored by cbc.ca

A&W restaurants in Canada will eliminate plastic straws from its locations by January 2019.

The burger shack will become the first fast-food chain in North America to eliminate plastic straws in favour of biodegradable paper straws, according to representatives from A&W Canada.

The move will prevent 82 million plastic straws from ending up in landfills every year, according to A&W Canada. »

Chinese hackers 'steal US navy data on undersea warfare and supersonic missiles'

Authored by news.sky.com

China's state hackers have reportedly stolen a large amount of highly-sensitive US navy data on its undersea warfare, including plans for supersonic anti-ship missiles on submarines.

Hackers reportedly targeted a contractor which works for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center - a research and support centre in Newport, Rhode Island.

Also accessed were signals and sensor data, submarine radio room information relating to cryptographic systems and the navy submarine development unit's electronic warfare library. »