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1. Jan Marsalek, the ex-COO of collapsed German payment service Wirecard, likely fled to Russia, not Belarus or the Philippines, intelligence sources have told Insider. Marsalek entered Russia over 60 times in the past decade on six Austrian passports and three "diplomatic" passports issued by another, unidentified country, sources said.
   
2. UK companies are marketing and selling spy tech to countries accused of using such technology to abuse human rights. Data analysed by Business Insider showed firms were licensed during the first three months of 2020 to sell surveillance kit to Pakistan, Oman, and the UAE, among other nations.

3. Twitter said on Wednesday that the hackers who breached its systems last week likely read the direct messages of 36 accounts, including one belonging to an elected official in the Netherlands. In tweets from its support account and an updated blog post, Twitter said it had no indication that the private messages of any other elected officials were obtained.
   
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