Homeland Security News
Sea-Tac Airport, Port of Seattle hit with suspected cyberattack
A “possible cyberattack” led to an internet outage and web system issues at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Saturday, the Port of Seattle reported. The agency posted an initial alert on the social media platform X shortly after 9 a.m., advising passengers to check with their airlines for the latest information on their flights. In an…
Read MoreGermany: Solingen attack suspect named, remanded in custody
German prosecutors on Sunday released the name of the 26-year-old Syrian man suspected of a multiple stabbing attack in the western city of Solingen that killed three people and injured eight others. Issa Al H., who was identified without his family name due to German privacy laws, was flown by helicopter to the Federal Court…
Read MoreRussian snipers kill Islamist hostage-takers to end prison siege
Russia’s security services shot dead four inmates on Friday who had taken hostages at a penal colony, fatally stabbed four of its staff and posted online videos describing themselves as Islamic State militants, officials said. “Snipers of the special forces of the Russian National Guard in the Volgograd region, with four precise shots, neutralised four…
Read MoreKnife-wielding Russian convicts take prison staff hostage and kill one guard
A group of prisoners identifying themselves as Islamic State militants seized hostages in a maximum security jail in Russia’s southern Volgograd region and killed at least one member of staff, the country’s prison service said. “During a session of a disciplinary commission, convicts took staff of the penal institution as hostages,” the prison service said in a…
Read MoreNATO air base in Germany raises security level due to ‘potential threat’
The NATO air base in the German town of Geilenkirchen has raised its security level “based on intelligence information indicating a potential threat,” it said late on Thursday. A spokesperson for the base in Geilenkirchen said the threat level had been raised to Charlie, the second-highest of four states of alert, which is defined as…
Read MoreSomalia’s bomb disposal experts face down fear to save lives
Wearing a bulky protective suit and helmet, Mohamed Ahmed inches towards the truck where explosives wired to a mobile phone have been planted in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. Bombings using this technique, or suicide attacks with vehicles, are a common occurrence in Somalia, where insurgents linked to al Qaeda have been fighting the government since 2007.…
Read MorePakistan authorities charge man with cyberterrorism over misinformation that sparked riots in U.K.
Authorities in Pakistan on Wednesday arrested and charged a man with cyberterrorism for his alleged role in spreading misinformation that led to widespread rioting in the U.K. earlier this month.The suspect was identified as freelance web developer Farhan Asif, 32, said Imran Kishwar, deputy inspector general of investigations in Lahore, the capital of eastern Punjab…
Read MoreFrom cybercrime to terrorism, FBI director says America faces many elevated threats ‘all at once’
The country is facing heightened threats from many corners at a time when law enforcement agencies are struggling, FBI Director Christopher Wray said in an exclusive interview, adding that he is “hard pressed to think of a time in my career where so many different kinds of threats are all elevated at once.” Wray spoke…
Read MoreFBI probes insect attack on Democratic breakfast in Chicago
Chicago Police and the FBI are investigating if saboteurs placed bugs in a breakfast buffet prepared for delegates at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday. “We were all coming down to breakfast, and there were these two women who had hidden themselves in the bathroom,” a witness said. “And they ran out and threw maggots…
Read MoreGreek Tanker Left Burning and Drifting After Suspected Houthi Attacks
Amid tensions in the Red Sea, a Greek-flagged oil tanker was left drifting and burning on Wednesday after a series of suspected attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the British military said, according to the Associated Press (AP). The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) center reported that the attack began when men aboard small boats…
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