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China’s Sinovac Biotech began manufacturing a vaccine candidate on a pilot basis. Japanese Prime Minister Abe plans to set down due to ill health. The Fed will adopt a 2 percent average inflation target to compensate for persistently low inflation rates in Treasury yields.

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A rundown of important global developments in markets, in business, and region-by-region, as well as statistical risk assessments by country and by US state.

The Rise of QAnon in US Politics

Once a fringe community found only in the far corners of the internet, QAnon has emerged over the past year as a genuine political force in the US. Generally considered a far-right conspiracy theory, the movement has also been likened to a church, and alternative-reality video game, a collaborative fiction and a terrorist group.Whatever it may be, it has increasingly made its presence known offline. 

Increasing Proliferation of Ransomware Variations, Data Dump Sites in 2020

Ransomware is effective because it plays upon the fears of individuals and organizations. Cyber criminals are popularizing “name and shame” tactics to threaten victims on public forums to force handovers of money. Common ways nefarious online operators are exfiltrating data include ransomware dump sites and vulnerability exploitation.  

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