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Britain to develop offensive cyber capability, Osborne says

November 17, 2015 publisher are-building, cheltenham, dissuade-people, gchq, george-osborne, heidari, london, said-on-tuesday, saleh-nikbakht

CHELTENHAM, England (Reuters) – British spies are developing an offensive cyber capability to fight Islamist militants, hackers, criminals and hostile powers who threaten British interests, Chancellor George Osborne said on Tuesday. “We need to establish deterrents in cyber space. We need to not just defend ourselves against attacks but rather to dissuade people and states from targeting us in the first place,” Osborne said

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NY judge rebuffs fantasy sports companies’ bid to block AG’s move

November 17, 2015 creative are-building, attorney, been-pressuring, cheltenham, dissuade-people, games, gchq, saleh-nikbakht, vendors

A New York state judge denied a temporary restraining order sought by daily fantasy sports companies DraftKings and FanDuel in an effort to keep operating in the state after New York’s attorney general deemed the games to be illegal gambling. In seeking the restraining orders, the companies said that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office had been pressuring their vendors to stop doing business with them, and they could be forced to close up shop in the state