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ONE Championship’s growth further expands with additional equity investment

By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
Senior Reporter
ONE Championship’s ascent as a global sports media property continued after recently closing a $166-million Series D financing round led by Sequiao Capital.
In an announcement released by the group on Monday, with the latest equity investment, that counts Temasek, Greenoaks Capital, and others as new investors, ONE said its total capital base has now exceeded $250 million.
Established in 2011, ONE Championship has steadily grown across the board, with its offerings going beyond top-class mixed martial arts action.
Just last weekend, it staged its first boxing event that featured the title defense of World Boxing Council super flyweight champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai of Thailand and challenger Iran “MagnifiKO” Diaz of Mexico in a show dubbed “ONE: Kingdom of Heroes” in Bangkok.
It has also been active in promoting other forms of martial arts by way of its Super Series, which is a unique league designed to give martial artists another pathway to showcase what they can do on a professional level, be it in Muay Thai, Lethwei, Silat, Karate, Taekwondo, Sambo, Kung Fu, Sanda and Wushu.
ONE Championship, too, has expanded its reach, making itself available in various platforms, including via its mobile super app which was launched in May.

Retrieval ops for Naga landslide victims closed; focus now on rehabilitation, investigation

AUTHORITIES HAVE terminated the retrieval operations in Naga City, Cebu, where massive landslides killed at least 78 people on Sep. 20,. Efforts will now focus on rehabilitation. As of Sunday, five people remain unaccounted for. Naga Councilor Carmelito Cruz, Jr., also the head of the head of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office and the Emergency Operations Center, said at least P400 million will be needed for the permanent relocation of 400 families. “We are in the process of conducting a Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) with the guidance of Cebu Province and the (regional) Office of Civil Defense. The inputs during the PDNA will form part of the Recovery and Rehabilitation Plan,” Mr. Cruz told The Freeman. The city currently has P55 million in local funds for the rehabilitation, excluding the P10 million in donations. Mr. Cruz said the national government has committed to give P175 million through the National Housing Authority. Meanwhile, the Cebu provincial board started on Monday its own investigation into the Naga landslides, which is being blamed on quarrying operations. — The Freeman
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China is double champion

43rd Chess Olympiad (Open Division)
Batumi, Georgia
Sept. 23 — Oct. 6, 2018

Final Standings

Country/Points TB1 TB2

1. China 18/22 372.5 28.5

2. USA 18/22 360.5 29.0

3. Russia 18/22 354.5 29.0

4. Poland 17/22 390.0 28.0

5. England 17/22 340.0 27.5

6. India 16/22 388.0 29.0

7. Vietnam 16/22 379.5 30.5

8. Armenia 16/22 371.0 27.5

9. France 16/22 366.0 28.5

10. Ukraine 16/22 337.0 26.0

11. Sweden 16/22 333.0 29.0

12. Czech Rep. 16/22 331.5 27.5

13. Germany 16/22 317.5 27.0

14. Austria 16/22 300.5 27.0

15. Azerbaijan 15/22 402.5 29.5

Total of 185 teams from 183 countries. Georgia as the host country was allowed to field three teams.
Time Control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 30 minutes play-to-finish, with 30 seconds added to your clock after every move starting move 1.
Back in 1975 we had the Philippines vs China Friendship Matches where a 10-man Filipino squad (Grandmaster [GM] Eugene Torre, International Master [IM] Rodolfo Tan Cardoso, IM Renato Naranja, IM Rosendo Balinas Jr, Glenn Bordonada, Rico Mascariñas, Roger Abella, Rafaelito Maninang, Cesar Caturla, and Phil Junior Champion Frederic Tumanon) met the best player of China, ostensibly to test the playing level of China in preparation for their first participation in the Chess Olympiad. Anyway, there were six matches of 10 games each, held in various cities around China and the Philippines won 35.0-25.0.
I can talk on and on about this. For example our team had a fixed board order, but the Philippine delegation head, the late Florencio Campomanes, gave the host country the freedom of varying their board orders as they please. In other words he allowed them to identify and target the weak points in our team but the Philippines won nevertheless.
The rest is history. Apparently China took their lessons well and joined their first Chess Olympiad in 1978 Buenos Aires – they did not do too badly – 20th place, and this included a beautiful win by Liu Wenzhe over Jan Hein Donner to allow China to tie Netherlands, a world chess power, 2-2. Here is that “Chinese Immortal:”

Liu, Wenzhe — Donner, Jan Hein [B07]
Olympiad-23 Buenos Aires (8), 02.11.1978

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.g4
Liu Wenzhe is later to become the head coach of China and have a direct hand in the development of their chess talents. He is the author of the book “The Chinese School of Chess.” The idea he uses against the Pirc, which is 4.Be2 together with 5.g4 succeeds here because Donner was not taking his opponent seriously. I have appended the game Kovacevic vs Seirawan at the end of this column to give an idea on how it should be met.
5…h6
IM Andrew Martin recommends 5…c5 here. “A more fluid, Sicilian-type of game would certainly increase the likelihood that Black could expose g2–g4 as something of a luxury.”
6.h3 c5 7.d5 0–0?
Castling into it. GM Robert Byrne suggested here 7…Na6 followed by …Nc7.
8.h4! e6 9.g5 hxg5 10.hxg5 Ne8 11.Qd3 exd5 12.Nxd5 Nc6 13.Qg3 Be6 14.Qh4
We are just on the 14th move and already White has forced mate.
14…f5 15.Qh7+ Kf7 16.Qxg6+! Kxg6 17.Bh5+ Kh7 18.Bf7+ Bh6 19.g6+ Kg7 20.Bxh6+ 1–0
According to GM Kavalek, after Donner lost the game he sat in his chair for another 15 minutes, staring at the chessboard with amazement. And then, understanding the humor of the situation, he mocked himself: “Now I will be known as the Chinese Kieseritzky.”
And now see how far they have gone. Here in Batumi the Chinese Men’s and Women’s Teams both struck gold. We will discuss the women’s Olympiad in another column – today we will look at the Men’s.
China, USA and Russia all tied for first with 18 out of a maximum of 22 points, so the first tie-break system of Olympiad Sonneborn-Berger points was applied. As I explained in our Sept. 27 column, this means that the match points of the teams against which you had played during the Olympiad are multiplied with the number of team points you scored in the match against that team, followed by dropping the result against the lowest-ranked team.
Having come from behind the Russian squad had much lower Sonneborn-Berger tiebreak points than the other two and their bronze medals were perhaps the most that they could have hoped for.
Before the round started however the Americans had higher tie-break points than the Chinese so they didn’t try too hard to win their match and were content with four draws. Their misfortune is that all their opponents from previous rounds did worse than the Chinese team’s opponents and by the time all the results of round 11 were tallied it was China which jumped ahead.
The Chinese squad is composed of:

bd 1 GM Ding Liren 2804, 5.5/8

bd 2 GM Yu Yangyi 2765, 7.0/11

bd 3 GM Wei Yi 2742, 3.5/7

bd 4 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2712, 7.5/10

bd 5 GM Li Chao 2708, 5.0/8

Wei Yi did not do as well as expected. He had wins against two IMs but lost to GM Jorge Cori (2664) of Peru and GM Jiri Stocek (2574) of the Czech Republic and drew the rest. He was benched in the final two matches of China.
Yu Yangyi and Li Chao did more or less what is expected of them. Bu Xiangzhi, at one time the world’s youngest-ever GM in history until Sergey Karjakin broke his record, delivered for his country scoring the decisive win against the Netherlands and Azerbaijan to tow them back into contention after a bad start.
Ding Liren, still in crutches because of a broken hip he suffered during the Norway Altibox tournament last June, played well. He was undefeated and had three wins (against GM Emilio Cordova PER 2609, GM Ivan Saric CRO 2689 and GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda POL 2739) and 5 draws.

Ding, Liren (2804) — Duda, Jan-Krzysztof (2739) [D24]
43rd Olympiad 2018 Batumi GEO (10.1), 04.10.2018

The Poles were the surprise team of Batumi. They had no big names but that didn’t stop Poland from defeating top seed USA and second seed Russia, not to say anything about powerhouses Ukraine and France. China stopped them in round 10 with a big 3–1 victory. Ding Liren got the brilliancy prize as well for defeating the Polish Champion Jan — Krzysztof Duda, so this was a very good day at the office for him.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5
Mainline Vienna is 5…Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 but Duda had already played the text move in the 2018 Polish Championship, so I guess Ding was not surprised by it.
6.e5 Nd5 7.Nxb5 Nb6 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0–0 Be7 10.Qd2!?
A new try, relocating his queen to the kingside. The “normal” 10.Be3 does not seem to give White any edge. 10…0–0 11.Qd2 (11.Nc3 Rb8 12.a3 Bb7 13.Qc2 Na5 14.Rad1 h6 15.Nd2 Qd7 16.f4 Nd5 Mamedyarov, S (2801)-Caruana, F (2822) Saint Louis 2018 1/2 61.) 11…Rb8 12.Rfd1 Bb7 13.b3 a6 14.Nc3 cxb3 15.axb3 Nb4 Black is completely fine. Wojtaszek, R (2750)-Duda,J (2724) Warsaw POL 2018 0–1 55.
10…0–0 11.Qf4 Rb8 12.Nc3 f5 13.Qg3 Kh8 14.Rd1 Nb4 15.b3 cxb3 16.axb3 a6 17.Bc4 Nc2 18.Ra2 Nb4 19.Ra1 Nc2 20.Ra2 Nb4 21.Re2 a5 22.d5! exd5 23.e6 Bd6 24.Qh3 Qf6! <D>
The bishop on c4 cannot be taken: 24…dxc4? 25.Ng5 h6 26.Nf7+ Rxf7 27.exf7 followed by Re8+.
POSITION AFTER 24…QF6
The critical position. Ding thought on his next move for 30 minutes and then flashed out his next moves fast.
25.Nb5!!
This appears to be an only move:
25.Bg5 Qg6 (not 25…Qxc3? 26.Rc1 the queen has nowhere to go) 26.Bb5 Bxe6 Black has parried all threats and White’s forces are uncoordinated. For example, 27.Bd2 c6 28.Ba4 Bd7 White’s bishop on a4 is completely shut out of action;
25.Ng5 h6 26.Nf7+ Rxf7 27.exf7 Qxf7 White has no attack
25…dxc4 26.Nxd6 cxd6 27.e7 Re8 28.Ng5 Qg6
[28…h6 29.Qh5! Bd7 30.Rxd6! Qxd6 31.Nf7+]
29.Rxd6! f4! 30.Qh4 Qb1
Everything is hanging.
31.Re1
After the game some commentators pointed out that 31.Qxf4! would have been better because of 31…Bd7 32.Rf6!! Kg8 33.Rxb6 Rbc8 (33…Rxb6 34.Qf7+ Kh8 35.Qf8+) 34.Qf7+ Kh8 35.Re1 but I do not believe any human being would go into that line, especially in such a pressure situation.
31…Bf5 32.Rd8! Bg6
[32…Rbxd8 33.exd8Q Rxd8 34.Nf7+ Kg8 35.Qxd8+ Kxf7 36.Re7+ Kg6 37.Qd6+ Kh5 38.Qxf4 h6 (otherwise Qg5 mate) 39.Rxg7 mate is coming up]
33.Rxb8 Rxb8 34.Qxf4 Rg8 35.Nf7+ Bxf7 36.Qxf7 Nd7 37.e8Q Nf6 38.Bg5! Threatening both the black queen and mate. 1–0
Here is the Seirawan game I promised.

Kovacevic, Vlatko (2510) — Seirawan, Yasser (2510) [B07]
Hoogovens Wijk Aan Zee (9), 26.01.1980

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.g4 c6 6.g5 Nfd7 7.h4 b5 8.h5 Rg8 9.hxg6 hxg6 10.Nf3 b4 11.Nb1 a5 12.a4 c5 13.d5 Nb6 14.c4 Kd7 15.Nbd2 Rh8 16.Rg1 Kc7 17.Rb1 Rh3 18.b3 Qh8 19.Nf1 N8d7 20.Bf4 Ne5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.Bxe5 Qxe5 23.f3 Bd7 24.Qc2 Qd4 25.Rg2 Rh1 26.Rf2 Qh8 27.f4 Qh4 28.Rd1 f6 29.gxf6 exf6 30.e5 fxe5 31.fxe5 Rf8 32.exd6+ Kb7 33.Bd3 Re8+ 34.Be2 0–1
 
Bobby Ang is a founding member of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) and its first Executive Director. A Certified Public Accountant (CPA), he taught accounting in the University of Santo Tomas for 25 years and is currently Chief Audit Executive of the Equicom Group of Companies.
bobby@cpamd.net

P1B set for Davao underground cable project phase 2

CABLES around Davao City government buildings have been moved underground. — ABOITIZPOWER.COM

THE SECOND phase of the underground cable project in Davao City will cost about P1 billion, an official of its major proponent, Aboitiz-owned Davao Light and Power Co. (DLPC), said over the weekend. DLPC President Jaime Jose Y. Aboitiz said the company, in partnership with the city government and other utilities, have already started implementation. “Our immediate goal is to transfer some six circuit kilometers of overhead lines underground from CM Recto Street up to Quirino Avenue,” said Mr. Aboitiz. Mayor Sara Z. Duterte-Carpio, in her state of the city address last week, said the phase 2 is expected to be completed in June 2019. In 2014, the late councilor Leonardo R. Avila III pushed for transfer of cables underground. Phase 1 was completed last year, covering the downtown area around the city government buildings. Early last year, the city government passed an ordinance that mandated utilities to place all cables underground. Under the ordinance, non-compliant companies will face a fine. — Carmelito Q. Francisco

No takers

Considering the Timberwolves’ insistence on getting back for the buck, their intent to move four-time All-Star Jimmy Butler has not surprisingly hit a snag. Even as they were close to getting a deal done, going so far as to share medical records with the Heat, their 11th-hour demand “to amend the framework of the trade,” per ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski, led their otherwise-willing partner to back off.
That the Timberwolves actually “advanced to the brink of a blockbuster trade” was no small feat. True, Butler wanted out and made his plan to explore free agency next year public, effectively sealing his fate; one way or another, he was going, going, gone. On the other hand, his insistence on playing for employers with the wherewithal to offer him a maximum five-year, $190-million contract has severely limited options.
It also hasn’t helped that head coach Tom Thibodeau continues to hold out hope for Butler suiting up in blue and white anew. With his job on the line, he’s reluctant to part with the single biggest reason for the Timberwolves’ first playoff appearance in 14 years. The incongruity with owner Glen Taylor’s pronouncements has effectively shooed away potential suitors.
Taken in this light, the Heat’s offer prior to backing out may well be hard to top. Even as Butler’s the National Basketball Association’s finest two-way workhorse not named Kawhi Leonard, the miles on his odometer and notable predilection for injury discount his overall effectiveness. That he will be an aging financial albatross on the tail end of the contract he seeks likewise gives interested parties pause.
That said, the Timberwolves clearly believe they can get better. Forget that the little leverage they have is eroded by the day. Never mind that Butler isn’t planning on hitting the court unless and until he sports a new address. As far as they’re concerned, he’s worth more than what they’ve seen so far. It’s a gamble, but evidently one they’re willing to take. Too bad for fans; no matter what happens, they lose.
 
Anthony L. Cuaycong has been writing Courtside since BusinessWorld introduced a Sports section in 1994.

Sea show


As Zamboanga City celebrates its month-long Hermosa Festival, crowds flocked to the R.T. Lim Boulevard Sunday, Oct. 7, to watch the Regatta de Zamboanga where some 200 traditional sailboats joined the annual race, followed by a 20-minute Capability Demonstration by the Philippine Navy, along with the Air Force, Marines, and the Army as well as the Philippine Coast Guard.

Nation at a Glance — (10/09/18)

News stories from across the nation. Visit www.bworldonline.com (section: The Nation) to read more national and regional news from the Philippines.

Boracay task force sets guidelines to sustain island rehab

boracay
THESE new guidelines set provisions for sewage management, traffic alleviation, and, most significantly, a cap on the number of people allowed in Boracay at any one time. — PHILSTAR

By Anna Gabriela A. Mogato
THE Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF) has set the guidelines for the island’s continued rehabilitation, following its formal opening on Oct. 26.
“We cannot and will not let the influx of people destroy Boracay again or undo all the improvements and innovations that we have introduced and will be introducing,” said Task Force Chief and Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu.
Mr. Cimatu said that these guidelines will be turned into resolutions by government agencies and adopted into ordinances by the local government unit.
Under the accepted guidelines, the taskforce has approved the use of electric vehicles, set the moratorium for water sports and building new establishments, while prohibiting casinos and online gambling businesses on the island.
They have also set provisions for sewege management among small and large resorts, and a revised traffic scheme to alleviate Boracay’s notorious congestion issues.
Most significantly, these guidelines also limit the number of people allowed to stay on the island, tourists and workers alike.
A study by the Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau found that Boracay’s capacities can can only accomodate 54,945 people at any one time.
That number breaks down to 19,215 tourists, and 35,730 residents, migrants, and stay-in workers.
Prior to Boracay’s closure, its population already exceeded its carrying capacity by almost 30% at 70,700.
The BIATF is currently working on a relocation facility for Boracay-based employees in nearby Aklan, as well as a transportation system to take workers from the mainland to Boracay.

PCC green-lights SYNNEX acquisition of Convergys

By Anna Gabriela A. Mogato
THE Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has green-lighted American business process outsourcing firm Synnex Corp.’s acquisition of US-based call center company Convergys Corp.
In the decision signed last Sept. 20, PCC claimed that the acquisition would not result in a substantial lessening of competition in the market, citing continued post-transaction restraints from competitors and no added “significant barriers to entry and expansion in the market.”
SYNNEX earlier announced that it was set to acquire Convergys for $2.8 billion. Convergys would then be merged with Concentrix, a SYNNEX subsidiary which also operates call centers.

Online hiring jumps 18% in August — Monster.com

By Anna Gabriela A. Mogato
Online hiring activity in the Philippines grew by 18% year on year in August, data from job listing platform Monster.com showed.
In its latest Monster Employment Index, which measures online job posting activities, the retail and healthcare industries led the double-digit growth with a 40% and 33% increase respectively.
The business process outsourcing and information technology-enabled services industries, consistent economic drivers, saw online recruitment activities stagnate in August. Meanwhile, education posted the lowest growth, with a 3% decline year on year.
Despite the high surge in retail and healthcare online hiring activities, professionals in the fields of purchase, logistics, and supply chain management were the most sought after, posting a 38% increase in demand.
Professionals in sales and business development, healthcare, human resources, and administration followed with a 32% increase in demand.
Customer service jobs, on the other hand, saw its demand slip by 1%.
Monster.com Chief Executive Officer for Asia Pacific and Middle East Abhijeet Mukherjee pointed to the country’s ongoing infrastructure drive as the reason behind the high demand for talent in logistics and supply chain management.
“The government’s Build, Build, Build campaign is looking to pave the way for a new era of growth and prosperity in the Philippines,” Mukherjee said.
But while numbers were positive in August, Mukherjee cautioned firms to stay vigilant against potential irregularities.
“While the medium-term outlook may be positive, the labour market can be exposed to domestic risks and vulnerabilities as a consequence of market irregularities and structural changes,” he said.

Meet the Roaming Mantis, the world’s most pervasive smartphone malware threat

Meet the Roaming Mantis. No, it’s not a yoga pose. Or Poblacion’s newest speakeasy. It’s likely one of the largest, fastest-growing cybersecurity threats the world is facing today.
The Roaming Mantis was first discovered in April by Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research & Analysis Team (GReAT) APAC Director Vitaly Kamluk. At the time, it was a formidable piece of malware worming its way into Android phones across Asia. Now, it’s expanded to users in Europe and the Middle East. Latest reports claim the Roaming Mantis is now digging into iOS devices as well.
“We’re pretty much looking at cyber criminals who show no traces of stopping anytime soon,” said Suguru Ishimaru, security researcher at GReAT.
Speaking at Kaspersky Lab’s Annual Cyber Security Weekend in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Mr. Ishimaru shared the latest developments in the Roaming Mantis’ global campaign:

It spreads through various means

While the Roaming Mantis has its roots in MoqHao, a related piece of SMS-carried malware that spread through South Korea in July 2017, it has since moved on to hijacking Domain Name Systems (DNS), a protocol that commands how devices on the Internet communicate.
Through the DNS, the malware has been able to target Android smartphones, creeping in through various means, including routers with weak passwords. As soon as malicious actors gain control of the DNS, Mr. Ishimaru says, they control the network.
Other methods include redirecting users to fake sites that request for their private data, and SMS spoofing delivery services that pretend to send messages from legitimate sources. Phishing, essentially.
The malware has also begun targeting iOS devices used for cryptocurrency mining through CoinHive.

It evolves really fast

“[The Roaming Mantis undergoes] rapid change, very fast., Mr. Ishimaru said. “In one day, they can modify one line, next day, two lines and edit new features. They are so active and very aggressive and rapidly improving.”
The Roaming Mantis initially launched with four languages supported, essentially targeting users communicating through those languages. Today, the malware supports 27 languages — including Tagalog. What does this mean?
If the malware supports a particular language, Mr. Ishimaru says, that means the hacker group behind it sees money to be made among those users. With a vast majority of Filipino smartphone owners on the Internet and using Android, there is absolutely every incentive for hackers to support Tagalog.

It’s difficult to measure damages, but the scale is definitely huge.

Mr. Ishimaru confessed that his team has had a difficult time measuring the scale of the Roaming Mantis’ damages. They’ve found that at least 4,000 users have experienced data leaks due to malware installed in their devices. But that doesn’t begin to paint the full picture.
“But they don’t only use malware. They use malware and phishing sites, and mining to get money,” Mr. Ishimaru said. “I can’t imagine how big, but I’m going to say it’s a very big campaign.”
Based on their research, Mr. Ishimaru’s team found that the Roaming Mantis has managed to glean names, addresses, credit card numbers, and bank information from affected users.
Security questions and their answers were intercepted as well, meaning cybercriminals have a chance to regain access to accounts even after passwords are changed.

Cybercriminals are like “mafia or yakuza.”

Recent developments in the Roaming Mantis campaign follow a global trend in cyber threats: Criminals are upscaling their attacks in a major way.
Mr. Ishimaru noted that the criminals behind the Roaming Mantis were strategic, but rapid in how they scaled their operations. “They just supported all platforms,” he said. “That’s it. Any platform that gives access to their server. They host malicious content for each device, each platform.”
As to why there are cyber threats such as Roaming Mantis still being developed by individuals, Kaspersky’s researchers have noted that it is all just for profit.
“Cybercriminals [are] like mafia or yakuza, they have a strong financial motivation,” Mr. Ishimaru said. “They want the money.” While their methods are sophisticating by the day, Mr. Ishimaru noted that at least understanding the group’s motivations provides clues to what may lie in store.

Thankfully,  it’s pretty simple to find out if the Roaming Mantis has found its way to your device.

“In my experience and [in the] case in Japan, the first time Roaming Mantis used DNS hijacking — any connection to the bad guy’s server, if you want to connect to Google, [you] cannot. If you want to connect to Yahoo, [you] cannot. If you want to access the bank, you cannot,” Mr. Ishimaru said.
Mr. Ishimaru said the key to keeping safe is a simple rule-of-thumb: Don’t allow third-party apps on your device. He noted that it’s very rare for malware to be found in the Google App store. As an added precaution, any user should have an anti-malware app installed on their device by default.
Home routers, which are not as frequently checked as phones and PCs, should also receive some TLC. Mr. Ishimaru said that IDs and passwords should be frequently changed.
While the Roaming Mantis is up for another update anytime soon, these safety precautions should keep it at bay.
“The intense financial motivation of this group is undoubtedly fueling it to try different attack and evasion tricks to widen its reach in a short period of time,” he said. “In its haste to jump on different platforms, languages, and territories, Roaming Mantis is leaving crumbs of clues that guide us in understanding and predicting its next moves.”
“We will keep monitoring their activity,” Mr. Ishimaru said. “We have to keep watching to save the world.”
As of writing, the Roaming Mantis was found to support the following languages:

  • Arabic
  • Armenian
  • Bulgarian
  • Bengali
  • Czech
  • English
  • German
  • Georgian
  • Hebrew
  • Hindi
  • Indonesian
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Malay
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Russian
  • Serbo-Croatian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Spanish
  • Tagalog
  • Thai
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Turkish
  • Ukrainian
  • Vietnamese

 

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