Posts Tagged ‘critical infrastructure’
Germany: Arrest made over Nord Stream pipeline explosions
German prosecutors announced Thursday that a suspect had been arrested in connection with an alleged 2022 attack on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, which transported Russian gas to Europe. The suspect, a Ukrainian national, was detained near Rimini, Italy, prosecutors said. In a statement, they thanked their Italian counterparts and other international law…
Read MoreNo injuries reported after cargo ship explodes in Baltimore Harbor
A cargo ship in the Baltimore Harbor caught on fire on Monday evening, causing a huge explosion, not far from the remaining wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed last year. Around 6:30 p.m., the bow of the W-Sapphire cargo ship combusted in a fireball. Livestream video footage shows black smoke pluming from…
Read MoreNew York man arrested on arson charge for tampering with natural gas line in Malone, police say
A Malone man is being charged with arson after police said he purposefully damaged a gas line at an apartment complex. The incident happened on Sunday just after midnight. Police said they received a call about a suspicious man near The Trails at Malone, with the caller saying the man had damaged the inside of…
Read MoreNeo-Nazi leader sentenced for plotting attack on Maryland power grid
Brandon Clint Russell, leader of a neo-Nazi group, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for plotting to attack Maryland’s power grid in what prosecutors called a terrorist plan, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland said Thursday. Russell’s sentence will be followed by a lifetime of supervised release. Russell, 29, of…
Read MoreMissouri highly impacted by fiber cable ‘acts of terrorism’, Spectrum says
Missouri is one of the states most impacted by vandalism on fiber optic cables, telecommunications company Charter Communications said Monday, calling such attacks “acts of domestic terrorism.” According to a news release, internet and cable provider Spectrum, which is owned by Charter, has seen a 200% yearly increase in felony attacks on its network through…
Read MoreOklahoma man accused of targeting television news weather radar
An Oklahoma man is accused of vandalizing a TV station’s weather radar, police said Thursday, in what the station says could be an attack inspired by an anti-government militia group. Anthony Tyler Mitchell, 39, has been booked on suspicion of felony malicious injury to property, burglary and damage to critical infrastructure, Oklahoma City Police Capt.…
Read More5G mast in west Belfast deliberately set on fire
A fire at a 5G mast in west Belfast was deliberate, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has said. Firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze on Stewartstown Road after it broke out at about 00:30 BST on Wednesday. It followed a series of arson attacks on 5G masts in west Belfast, with the PSNI…
Read MoreAt least 12 injured after unknown powder found on package in DHL centre in Germany
At least 12 people were injured on Friday morning after white powder was reportedly found on a suspicious package at a German DHL distribution centre, triggering a police operation. At least a dozen people were injured on Friday after a suspicious package was located at a DHL distribution centre in Langenzenn in southern Germany. Several…
Read More2 Chinese nationals charged with smuggling ‘potential agroterrorism’ fungus into US: DOJ
Two Chinese nationals have been charged with allegedly smuggling into the U.S. a fungus called “Fusarium graminearum, which scientific literature classifies as a potential agroterrorism weapon,” the Justice Department said Tuesday. Yunqing Jian, 33, and Zunyong Liu, 34, citizens of the People’s Republic of China, were allegedly receiving Chinese government funding for their research, some…
Read MoreTwo anarchist groups claim responsibility for Cannes and Nice power outages
Nearly 45,000 homes were temporarily without electricity on Saturday night after a fire was started at an electrical transformer in western Nice. Two anarchist groups in France have claimed responsibility for a power outage that left more than 160,000 homes without power in the south of the country. The blackout affected the city of Nice…
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