Posts Tagged ‘critical infrastructure’
Suspected arson triggers Berlin blackout, 40,000 homes and businesses without electricity
A fire on two high-voltage pylons in southeastern Berlin triggered a major power outage Tuesday morning, leaving more than 40,000 households without electricity in what authorities suspect was an arson attack. The fire in the Johannisthal/Königsheideweg area damaged several 110-kV lines connected to substations on Moissistraße and Wegedornstraße as well as the Neukölln district heating…
Read MoreState of Nevada still digging out from under cyber attack
If Nevada state officials know what — or who — crashed the state government’s information technology systems and brought multiple state offices and services to a screeching stop, they’re not saying. “The State was targeted in a cyber attack, and the incident is under active state and federal investigation. To protect internal systems during an…
Read MoreHungary and Slovakia in spat with Ukraine over bombed Druzhba oil pipeline
In a comment on Sunday, Zelenskyy indicated that the future of the pipeline could depend on Hungary’s behaviour. Budapest said Kyiv harms its sovereignty, and Slovakia warned Ukraine might be left without fuel, if the attacks continue. Ukrainian attacks on the Druzhba oil pipeline have blocked oil imports into Hungary and Slovakia for days and…
Read MoreGermany: 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…
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