Cyber security news October 2026

This posting is here to collect cyber security news in October 2026.

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  1. Tomi Engdahl says:

    One CEO made Elon Musk’s Grok Bot his chief financial officer, only to discover his personal financial information littered across Slack for his employees to see. More: https://cnews.link/grok-bot-leaks-bank-information/

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  2. Tomi Engdahl says:

    Georgia Power, Alabama Power Data Breach Hits 400,000 Accounts

    Southern Company is notifying customers that their utility account information was accessed by hackers.

    https://www.securityweek.com/georgia-power-alabama-power-data-breach-hits-400000-accounts/

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  3. Tomi Engdahl says:

    Anthropic Introduces 3-Tier Cyber Verification Program for AI Access

    Anthropic is integrating the CVP and Project Glasswing into a single offering, with three levels of access to its most capable AI models.

    https://www.securityweek.com/anthropic-introduces-3-tier-cyber-verification-program-for-ai-access/

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  4. Tomi Engdahl says:

    Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russia’s largest search engine targeted in first major data centre strike by Kyiv
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-live-putin-zelensky-missile-drone-stikes-b3063202.html

    Drones have struck a major data centre belonging to Russia’s largest search engine and AI company Yandex, according to a company statement.

    The company said the attack targeted a facility in Russia’s Ryazan region, causing a fire and forcing Yandex to fully suspend the centre’s operations.

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  5. Tomi Engdahl says:

    First it was washing machine and now coffee maker
    Next, oven? Maybe

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    Coffee machine uses 1,000GB of traffic in 10 days, leaves IT Pro shocked
    It overtakes a notorious washing machine, which only sent 3.6GB.
    https://cybernews.com/security/smart-coffee-maker-cought-generating-massive-amount-of-data/?hl=en-US

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  6. Tomi Engdahl says:

    The 6-hour breach affects 28 million accounts: https://cnews.link/discord-user-data-breach/

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  7. Tomi Engdahl says:

    “About time we leave adobe for good.” https://trib.al/rTI5ngD

    Clone Zone
    Adobe in Trouble After Someone Reverse Engineered Adobe Creative Suite and Released It as Open Source
    “About time we leave adobe for good.”
    https://futurism.com/future-society/adobe-creative-suite-software-open-source-artcraft?fbclid=IwdGRjcAU1XupjbGNrBTVexGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHBkb2YFc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEeQHugSzAv0rI5v_FBZaVmt7HZqH0ppcNpZwCr0t4qcLa5v-JOk-RySWTbGFg_aem_anldGaELHZH7I3l0dwtJOA

    For years, illustrators, photographers, designers, and video editors have been held under the thumb of a single software company: Adobe.

    The infamous Adobe Creative Suite, later rebranded as the Creative Cloud — a change which brought about an end to true offline use — has long dogged creatives with its incredibly high subscription fees, representing an ironclad grip on the world of artists and other creatives.

    Though plenty of competitors have tried to ram their way into the market, few have been able to make a dent against the dominant Creative Cloud. That may be about to change — and not because of a tech giant like Apple, but thanks to the efforts of a four-person team vibecoding out of Atlanta, Georgia.

    Introducing ArtCraft: a new free and open-source software suite for creatives whose apps bear a striking similarity to Adobe’s perennial editing tools.

    There are a few caveats here. For starters, the ArtCraft apps are all in active development, with a few tools in the “early alpha” stage, meaning a professional user is probably stuck with Adobe for the time being. The apps are also packed with various AI offerings, so anybody seeking the manual Creative Suite experience of yesteryear will probably have to dodge some prompt windows, though AI use is by no means required by ArtCraft’s apps.

    The vibe-coded nature of the project has likewise given some pause — as one user commented on the “FuckAdobe” subreddit, it’s a “very impressive” effort, but though “AI makes it much easier to build prototypes quickly,” they aren’t “necessarily polished, stable products.”

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  8. Tomi Engdahl says:

    Microsoft’s Nadella says treat AI models like insider threats: assume they’re compromised and build an “emergency brake”.

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  9. Tomi Engdahl says:

    Norjan puolustusvoimien suurharjoituksessa paljastui vakava tietoturva-aukko, kun käytössä olleiden kiinalaisten vuokra-autojen havaittiin kuvanneen ja tallentaneen sotilaiden toimintaa. Vakavimpana havaintona pidettiin pääsykoodien tallentumista kamerakuvaan.
    https://www.iltalehti.fi/autouutiset/a/0013396e-23c9-46c8-a078-90e45d42b095

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  10. Tomi Engdahl says:

    https://cnews.link/danfoss-refrigeration-hack-france-supermarkets-1/

    Hackers turn up supermarket fridges to 50°C, threatening millions in food losses
    Retailers see profits melting away
    https://cybernews.com/security/danfoss-refrigeration-hack-france-supermarkets/?utm_source=cn_facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cybernews&utm_content=post&source=cn_facebook&medium=social&campaign=cybernews&content=post&fbclid=IwVERDUAU6CG9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mBXNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHgy-S94i5emmYrGY3CAbdmDF3M8B7ifiN2T06YsXRGBO3H2M_ViOYsMcvFjB_aem_W7LG1gJvLhyM0Ct0twsChw

    Key takeaways
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    Around 400 Intermarché, Netto, and Coopérative U stores were affected, according to BFMTV.
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    Hackers reportedly made defrost systems run continuously, pushing some refrigeration units to 50°C.
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    Two Alsace supermarkets reportedly lost €270,000 in stock, and nationwide losses could reach millions of euros.
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    French prosecutors and ANSSI are investigating the attack and possible risks linked to Danfoss systems.

    Hundreds of French supermarkets have been hit by a cyberattack targeting internet-connected refrigeration systems supplied by Danish manufacturer Danfoss, with hackers reportedly turning up temperatures and destroying frozen food stocks.

    Around 300 Intermarché and Netto stores and nearly 100 Coopérative U outlets were affected, according to French broadcaster BFMTV.

    E.Leclerc, France’s largest supermarket chain, was also reportedly targeted, although it has not confirmed the disruption.

    The attack began overnight on Sunday and affected refrigeration control software, reportedly running older versions of Danfoss systems.

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  11. Tomi Engdahl says:

    Experts say covert troll farms usually hide behind proxies, hacked devices, virtual private networks, and Western cloud providers. Read more: https://cnews.link/yandex-data-centers-bot-traffic-drop/

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  12. Tomi Engdahl says:

    https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1A3AL9ujAt/

    Elon Musk accidentally leaked his own billing address and credit card digits while trying to prove his AI chatbot can shop.

    SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk posted an unredacted screenshot to his X account on October 11, 2026, revealing his personal shipping information. The billionaire was attempting to demonstrate how his company’s Grok Bot could seamlessly order Star Wars Lego sets.

    The transaction cost exactly $241.34. That image clearly displayed his order number, dual addresses, and the final four digits of his payment card. Musk later defended the post by stating, “That’s where my security team receives mail,” noting the address was already public knowledge.

    The blunder highlights severe cybersecurity concerns as xAI actively encourages users to upload pictures of their physical credit cards for automated shopping.

    #ElonMusk #GrokBot #Cybersecurity #ArtificialIntelligence

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  13. Tomi Engdahl says:

    “I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of Russian bot accounts cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.”

    Bot Wars

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  14. Tomi Engdahl says:

    https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1E2mAE9553/

    Chinese Rental Volvos Recorded Norwegian Military Exercise

    Norwegian Home Guard personnel found that rental cars had stored footage of soldiers, movements, and military gate codes. Vehicle shortages kept the cars in use.

    Part of the captured data included gate codes used during manuvers.

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  15. Tomi Engdahl says:

    Appliances that are part of critical infrastructure should be designed as internet ready (also security thought out) and then connected to a network separate from Internet.
    It seems that those were not internet ready but were connected to Internet.

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  16. Tomi Engdahl says:

    “It suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms.” https://trib.al/LqzDcqu

    Alien Bot Farm
    Eyebrows Raise When Elon Musk’s Twitter Engagement Shrivels After Destruction of Russian Data Centers Linked to Bot Farms
    “It suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms.”
    https://futurism.com/future-society/elon-musk-engagement-shrivels-destruction-russian-bot-farm?fbclid=IwdGRjcAU7VJJjbGNrBTtUdWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHBkb2YFc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEe3nwv20nGxIwsOUanIBkbJEMVB3KQCQg4k14lHdtNbyO9mY8hrOW7FxeJSIM_aem_bXxzzIZZDq3e-m8RRd2USw

    Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky claimed on Monday that the country’s three strikes on Russian tech giant Yandex’s data centers last week had been a resounding success.

    Zelensky told reporters that social media platforms had seen a notable drop in Russian bot activity. Following the strikes, “it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms,” he said.

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  17. Tomi Engdahl says:

    security most propably not up to date and lax security practices.
    There are good business incentives to have those devices networked. Usually the business managers do not see the value to invest enough to secure their devices well until a major disaster happen.

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  18. Tomi Engdahl says:

    “Instead of having to go to a million different systems… we can get it in one platform in one place somewhat instantaneously.” https://trib.al/TbvoCf7

    Always On Guard
    Flock Cameras Are Really Just the Start of Our Dystopian Surveillance Hell, Experts Warn
    “Instead of having to go to a million different systems… we can get it in one platform in one place somewhat instantaneously.”
    https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-axon-alpr-police-surveillance-cameras?fbclid=IwdGRjcAU7W7ZjbGNrBTtboGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHBkb2YFc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEet-IIvmvOIU1k90SdLM7cSYeAR7yKBu0QipXIt3m-vO5FQOwi7f_LxzWUuho_aem_b5aELFq7PFF_nOBm1iIdTA

    Spring and summer of 2026 have seen a sharp increase in the public’s awareness of pervasive police tech in the United States, primarily through the rising infamy of AI surveillance company Flock Safety. But as many Americans now revile automatic license plate readers, privacy advocates say we’ve only just scratched the surface of the web of police surveillance quickly enveloping the country.

    As Flock cameras come down, either at the hands of an outraged community or an angry guy with a Sawzall, they’re being replaced with an even more perfidious system: Axon’s Fusus platform.

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  19. Tomi Engdahl says:

    “Unprecedented.” https://trib.al/4h1WH7A

    Rotten Behavior
    Hackers Break Into Supermarket Fridges and Spoil All the Groceries
    “Unprecedented.”
    https://futurism.com/future-society/hackers-supermarket-fridges?fbclid=IwdGRjcAU7bL9jbGNrBTtssWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHBkb2YFc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEet3RG-F2bKBGI_ZUbUSxlhUJJK7M3hrM7F60gwpGGrOduGktkgxxvTAnq-lQ_aem_mjBEu1hCdmeYeyrTgGIv_w

    Over Sunday night, some spoilsport hackers hijacked the fridge systems of hundreds of supermarkets across France and cranked up their thermostats to temperatures as high as 122 degrees Fahrenheit, ruining incalculable stores of groceries and even causing fires.

    As Reuters reports, the Paris prosecutor’s office described it as a “large-scale” attack that affected “several major food retailers across France.”

    The numbers are incredible. The chain Carrefour said that 80 of its supermarkets were attacked. The owner of Intermarche said that fridges at 150 stores were heated up to 122 degrees for six hours overnight. And Monoprix, which has 490 stores in France, said that about five percent of its locations were affected.

    Intermarche CEO Thierry Cotillard, in comments to BFM TV quoted by Reuters, estimated that the attack has caused losses amounting to “tens ​of millions of euros nationwide in a single day,” calling it “unprecedented.”

    Cooperative U CEO ​Dominique Schelcher, who says 80 of his supermarket locations were also affected, echoed those comments.

    “Targeting equipment essential to the preservation of fresh products and to the food supply of the French people is of extreme gravity and is unprecedented,” he wrote in a statement on X.

    Supermarket fridges and freezers are designed to be accessible over the internet so organizations can monitor their temperatures and remotely adjust them as needed. But evidently these setups weren’t as secure as they should have been. France’s National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI) is reportedly investigating the attack and has identified a vulnerability in the software supplied by the Danish firm Danfoss.

    Danfoss told Reuters it was “aware of incidents in France affecting a limited number of refrigeration management systems,” and said that the affected units “were running outdated firmware.” Recent software updates patched a series of vulnerabilities found by the cybersecurity firm Team82 in August which could allow attackers to bypass authentication controls and remotely execute code, the reporting noted.

    The attack may not be limited to France. The Dutch retailer Ahold Delhaize, which also owns supermarket chains like Food Lion and Giant in the US, said it was dealing with a “security issue” on its end and took some of its systems offline as a precaution. It insisted, though, that there was no reason to draw a link with the French incidents.

    Given the recent noise around AI’s role in hacking sprees, it’s difficult not wonder if this was yet another example. A CrowdStrike report published February found that there was a nearly 90 percent year over year increase in AI-enabled cyberattacks.

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  20. Tomi Engdahl says:

    OpenAI said a “sophisticated recording device” was found in one of its offices and that the company’s own models identified the person who planted it.

    OpenAI says it found a ‘hidden’ recording device planted in its office : https://mrf.lu/26gn3

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  21. Tomi Engdahl says:

    A French supermarket hack saw fridges heated to 50C. Could your smart appliances be next?

    Could hackers target my fridge? French supermarket hack raises fears over home smart devices
    Many homeowners have switched from simple fridges to elaborate internet-connected devices
    https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/france-supermarket-hack-home-fridges-b3065834.html?fbclid=IwdGRjcAU7gihjbGNrBTuCCGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHBkb2YFc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEef_qz5H7vXmhiLotWhRT-fhCPBN8kn6yhWUJNiOH9Hro5cMO5QgIRsoGMwC0_aem_TpELt8WxEbjAgZLsMrJHoQ

    A French supermarket hack, which saw fridges heated to 50C in an attempt to spoil food, has raised concerns over the growing number of internet-connected devices within homes.

    Fridges used to be simple appliances. Their only vulnerability was to someone leaving the door open. But in the age of smart appliances the fridge is just one of many mechanical devices that is now internet connected, from locks to thermostats.

    While the ability to monitor and control your fridge remotely can be convenient, especially when you’re away from home, there are fears these useful features could potentially be used in a cyber attack on a smaller scale than the one in France.

    Could a hacker access my fridge?
    In short, yes, any device that uses the internet can potentially be targeted by hackers. As far back as 2015, researchers at a hacking conference in Las Vegas used a Samsung smart refrigerator to demontrate how these devices could be compromised. Whether your fridge is connected directly to your home’s internet, or via an app or cloud service, it could be at risk.

    Could other household devices be at risk?
    Yes. Common targets include internet connected devices that can be controlled remotely such as security devices like cameras, video doorbells, smart locks and alarm systems, as well as central heating systems and thermostats.

    Smart appliances connected to the wider internet such as ovens, fridges, and washing machine scan be vulnerable, and even devices such as internet-connected toothbrushes can be at risk. However, three-quarters of attacks were focused on routers rather than appliances, according to data from the security industry.

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  22. Tomi Engdahl says:

    Some low-cost Android phones are infected before you even turn them on.

    Bitdefender’s Midnight Mimosa malware ships in firmware, silently installs apps & deploys payloads for ad fraud and residential proxies. A normal uninstall won’t remove it.

    Read: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/low-cost-android-phones-ship-with.html

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  23. Tomi Engdahl says:

    Cyberattacks that knocked out fridges and spoiled food across French supermarkets may have spread beyond Danish supplier Danfoss, with one retail boss confirming hackers gained access to installations controlled by US rival Copeland.

    An E.Leclerc supermarket near Albi in southern France suffered a major refrigeration failure early on Tuesday – despite using Dixell equipment rather than the Danfoss controllers implicated in Monday’s attacks.

    Dixell is part of a brand owned by US ventilation and industrial systems giant Copeland.

    https://cybernews.com/security/copeland-dixell-cyberattack-french-supermarket-refrigeration/?utm_source=cn_facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cybernews&utm_content=post&source=cn_facebook&medium=social&campaign=cybernews&content=post&fbclid=IwVERDUAU7jXFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mBXNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHsU0L684746HhbFj8RDoZ-1oTFsmXPjJAR6kAjK7LZZ5CROlFJnkZFgNqkw1_aem_OQosbFJckIdzYS3nDulhQg

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  24. Tomi Engdahl says:

    K-kauppias arvioi, onko Ranskan kaltainen ruokakauppahyökkäys mahdollinen Suomessa
    Hannu Aaltosen mukaan kylmälaitteiden valvontajärjestelmien kehitys on tuonut mukanaan uudenlaisia riskejä, joista kyberhyökkäykset ovat yksi esimerkki.
    https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/92759953-a1ef-4203-ac5f-25ff66aeff5a

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  25. Tomi Engdahl says:

    K-kauppias arvioi, onko Ranskan kaltainen ruokakauppahyökkäys mahdollinen Suomessa
    Hannu Aaltosen mukaan kylmälaitteiden valvontajärjestelmien kehitys on tuonut mukanaan uudenlaisia riskejä, joista kyberhyökkäykset ovat yksi esimerkki.
    https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/92759953-a1ef-4203-ac5f-25ff66aeff5a

    Ranskassa hyökkäys vaikutti vähintään 400 eri myymälään. Sen seurauksena roskiin heitettiin muun muassa valtava määrä lihaa, pakasteita ja maitotuotteita. Ruokahävikin lisäksi hyökkäys sytytti tulipaloja.

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  26. Tomi Engdahl says:

    Let’s just start with “Why in the hell would you put a refrigerator on the internet, and with temperature controls to boot””

    Server farms might have similar access? Electric grid? HVAC systems? Security cameras? Dams? TVs? Garage doors? Refrigerators (home), Dishwashers……….
    Isn’t the Internet of Things wonderful?

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  27. Tomi Engdahl says:

    Audio glasses are now available. Iconic Ray-Ban styles in our lightest glasses yet: https://www.meta.com/ai-glasses/ray-ban-meta-audio/

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  28. Tomi Engdahl says:

    The cyber attack, which took place on Sunday, impacted about 80 out of Coopérative U’s 2,000 stores, Dominique Schelcher told a radio station on Tuesday.

    Hundreds of stores at other French supermarket chains including Carrefour, Intermarché and Netto were also affected, with attackers taking control of refrigeration systems and drastically raising their temperatures https://ft.trib.al/TvGyu7W

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  29. Tomi Engdahl says:

    https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1Ds2jzw1MD/

    A new kind of food crisis in France: Hackers took control of cooling systems at hundreds of supermarkets across the country, allowed temperatures to skyrocket , leaving food to spoil. It’s expected to cost millions of euros. Authorities are calling the cyberattack a “weaponization of food.” The attack also sparked fires and is leaving empty shelves and taped-off refrigerators.

    Major chains, including Carrefour, Intermarché, Monoprix, Coopérative U and Leclerc, were affected. Some stores threw out entire stocks of fresh and frozen food, with losses expected to reach millions of euros.

    French prosecutors have opened an investigation. No group has claimed responsibility.

    Thousands of refrigeration systems were reportedly exposed online.

    Ready for daily cyberwarfare?

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  30. Tomi Engdahl says:

    FBI pidätti Open AI:n saudiarabialaisen työntekijän epäiltynä yhtiön salakuuntelusta
    Yhtiö löysi äänitallentimen johtoryhmän kokoustiloista. Open AI on siirtänyt asian käsittelyn liittovaltion poliisi FBI:lle, joka jatkaa tapauksen tutkintaa.
    https://yle.fi/a/74-20251352

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  31. Tomi Engdahl says:

    DN: Kiinalaiset autot kuvasivat salaa norjalaisten sotilaiden toimintaa
    Norjan puolustusvoimien suurharjoituksessa paljastui vakava tietoturva-aukko, kun käytössä olleiden vuokra-autojen havaittiin kuvanneen ja tallentaneen sotilaiden toimintaa. Asiasta uutisoi norjalainen talouslehti Dagens Næringsliv.
    https://www.kauppalehti.fi/uutiset/a/073c034c-3c18-4148-b06b-ddbb0f075936?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwdGRjcAU8A9FleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mBXNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHoER5uqmdnUidJ-WTDhGLpeYwFDGbaDSNtORs7ofWvMSjGCApSaCkkKhjP5V_aem_jARrKsabs70m8ItVfMfILg

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