OMV locations remain closed this morning because of Monday’s attempted ransomware attack on state computer systems. Louisiana cybersecurity commissioner Jeff Moulton says someone installed unauthorized software onto a state computer. Moulton says the software contained a virus that holds data hostage until a ransom is paid…
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Moulton says this particular virus was contained to about 130 servers and 16-hundred work stations.

U-L Lafayette researchers have developed technology that can warn when a seizure is imminent for a person who suffers from epilepsy. Doctor Magdy Bayoumi (Mag-Dee Buy-oo-me) says special sensors embedded in headgear similar to a swimmer’s cap can predict the seizures…
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The technology was tested on 22 patients at Boston Children’s Hospital and there was a 99 percent rate of accuracy.

Former LSU student Matthew Naquin’s sentencing hearing is underway. He’s facing up to five years in prison for his role in the 2017 hazing death of fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver, who drank himself to death during a hazing ritual. Legal analyst Franz Borghardt says since Naquin does not have a previous criminal history, he could just get probation…
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Two other co-defendants who were charged with a misdemeanor, received the maximum sentence, 30-days in jail.

The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about phony money after deputies arrested two people involved in a counterfeiting operation. Captain Scott Lee says 44-year-old Kenyatta Meads and 46-year-old Lynn Pommier produced mostly small bills.
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Meads has been arrested on two separate occasions for counterfeiting.