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Russia's military intelligence unit known as Sandworm has, for the past decade, served as the Kremlin’s most aggressive cyberattack force, triggering blackouts in Ukraine and releasing self-spreading, destructive code in incidents that remain some of the most disruptive hacking events in history. In recent months, however, one group of hackers linked to Sandworm has attempted a kind of digital mayhem that, in some respects, goes beyond even its predecessor: They've claimed responsibility for directly targeting the digital systems of water utilities in the United States and Poland as well as a water mill in France, flipping switches and changing software settings in an apparent effort to sabotage those countries’ critical infrastructure.
They say any publicity is good publicity. It's true in the case of Alfa Romeo's new crossover. Company CEO Jean-Philippe Imparato says the website crashed following the controversy surrounding the initial name chosen for the firm's first EV: "We had an unprecedented number of visits to the online configurator, causing the website to crash for a couple hours."
Alfa Romeo is changing the name of the upcoming Milano compact SUV, following a public beef with the Italian government. Now, instead of being named after the iconic city from which the brand was born more than 100 years ago, Alfa Romeo's newest SUV will be called «Junior.»
The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) exposed the specs of the Stellantis-baked Leapmotor C16 SUV as it applied for the sales license. It is a mid-to-large SUV with BEV and EREV powertrain variants. Inside, the Leapmotor C16 has six seats. It will become a rival of the Aito M7. Later, the C16 can enter the global market.
The Alfa Romeo Milano is no more, and in its place lies the Alfa Romeo Junior. This tiny Alfa crossover – that won’t be sold in the U.S. – was only revealed just last week, but Alfa has already been forced to change the name at the request of the Italian government.
The Alfa Romeo Milano was introduced less than a week ago, but it’s already undergone a major change. In fact, it’s no longer even called the Milano.The surprising development comes shortly after Adolfo Urso, Italian Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy, suggested the name was illegal.
Alfa Romeo announced today it will change the name of its newly unveiled Milano SUV to "Junior" following pressure from the Italian government.