Polish authorities have arrested six people accused of illegally shipping military components to Russia, four of whom have been charged with espionage. Investigators say the group supplied Moscow with significant quantities of parts used to make ammunition and weapons systems, despite an embargo. Intelligence coordinator Tomasz Siemoniak said the suspects are five Poles aged 25 […]
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Blood banks in France were among the targets of cyberattacks that hit refrigeration systems in several European countries on Sunday and Monday, French authorities said on Wednesday. The French Blood Establishment (EFS) said a “cybersecurity incident” targeted a refrigeration service provider, affecting control systems at three cold storage sites for plasma and blood samples. According
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Ukraine and Russia both said their emergency alert apps were hacked overnight on Sunday, sending false warnings to citizens about air raids and chemical and nuclear attacks. The alerts coincided with the expiry of a six-day local ceasefire in southern Ukraine brokered by US first lady Melania Trump, the longest such pause since Russia’s 2022
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pulled ahead in Israel’s election, but his coalition has reportedly lost its parliamentary majority. With nearly 86% of votes counted and record turnout, Israel’s three main broadcasters project 53 seats for Netanyahu’s bloc of right-wing, far-right and ultra-Orthodox parties. Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition bloc trails on 48. Neither bloc reaches
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On Tuesday, British prosecutors charged two men under the National Security Act over a September incident near RAF Fairford. The Gloucestershire airbase was used by US bombers to strike Iran. Mohmed A., 24, of London, is charged with conduct likely to materially assist a foreign intelligence service. Laurence Taylor, head of UK counterterrorism policing, said
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Serbia’s longtime leader Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat to the student-led Students’ List in Sunday’s parliamentary elections. The result ends more than a decade of rule by his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). Vucic said projections gave the Students’ List 135 to 140 seats in the 250-seat parliament, with the SNS on around 105. Turnout was
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The first Russian diesel cargo sent under the new Trump-Putin deal is reportedly on its way to New York, according to ship-tracking data. The Malta-flagged tanker Agioi Fanendes loaded 40,000 metric tons of ultra-low sulphur diesel at Russia’s Baltic port of Primorsk on October 22. It is due to arrive on November 7. The buyer
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Governments and companies worldwide rushed on Thursday to patch critical flaws in PHP, the programming language that underpins much of the internet. The vulnerabilities reportedly sat undetected in the software for years before being uncovered using AI. PHP developers released fixes on Wednesday and urged users to “update immediately”. According to Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince,
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France will deploy troops alongside police and mount a “massive” security operation ahead of more protests planned for Saturday, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Tuesday. It follows rioting and looting across Paris, Marseille, Lyon and other cities on October 17. Lecornu acknowledged intelligence failures and police deployments that were too static. He also said
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