DORDRECHT (ANP) - Het valt nog niet uit te sluiten dat patiëntgegevens zijn ingezien tijdens de cyberaanval bij softwareleverancier ChipSoft. Dat zeggen twee ziekenhuizen tegen het ANP na berichtgeving van de NOS.

De NOS meldde woensdag dat meerdere ziekenhuizen gebruikmaken van een speciale website van ChipSoft voor de toegang van patiënten tot hun dossier. Dat internetverkeer loopt via ChipSoft-servers. De hackers konden dat verkeer mogelijk bekijken. De NOS noemt een aantal ziekenhuizen die gebruikmaakten van de website.

Het Albert Schweitzer ziekenhuis in Dordrecht is er daar een van en bevestigt het gebruik van de website via een woordvoerster. Het ziekenhuis kan "op dit moment niet uitsluiten dat aanvallers dit verkeer hebben kunnen inzien." Ook het Meander MC in Amersfoort weet nog niet zeker of de hackers patiëntgegevens inzagen, al heeft ChipSoft volgens een woordvoerster laten weten dat het ziekenhuis "ervan uit kan gaan" dat dat niet het geval is.

DEN HAAG (ANP) - De reguliere postbezorging blijft in handen van PostNL. Twee andere bedrijven hadden aangeboden de zogenoemde universele postdienst (UPD) over te nemen, maar hun verzoek om daar een selectieprocedure voor te starten, is afgewezen. Zij hebben daartegen geen bezwaar gemaakt, meldt minister Heleen Herbert (Economische Zaken, CDA) aan de Tweede Kamer.

Zakelijk postbezorger Business Post en reclameverspreider Spotta dienden hun voorstel vorig jaar in. De twee bedrijven zeiden de bezorging van bijvoorbeeld brieven en kaarten te kunnen overnemen tegen dezelfde voorwaarden waarvan PostNL zegt dat ze tot te hoge kosten leiden.

Herberts voorganger Vincent Karremans wees het verzoek van Business Post en Spotta in december af. De VVD'er vond het "niet opportuun" om van postbezorger te veranderen, net nu de eisen die aan de bezorging worden gesteld op verzoek van PostNL worden versoepeld. Hij zei daarnaast te betwijfelen of de twee bedrijven het beter en efficiënter zouden doen dan PostNL.

ANTWERPEN (ANP/BELGA) - In de haven van Antwerpen worden voor de zesde dag op rij schepen en kaaien gereinigd, nadat vorige week zware stookolie in het water terechtkwam bij het tanken van een schip. Zondag komt de Schelde hoger te staan door springtij en zullen de gevolgen voor de natuur pas echt zichtbaar worden.

"We merken dat de olie nog steeds richting Nederland opschuift, kilometers ver", zegt een woordvoerder van de Belgische natuurbehoudsvereniging Natuurpunt woensdag. "Pas op maandag, na springtij, zullen we de ware schade van het lek zien. We hopen natuurlijk dat die zo klein mogelijk is."

Eerder deze week gingen medewerkers van natuurorganisatie Het Zeeuwse Landschap met een gespecialiseerde aannemer het gebied van de voormalige Hedwigepolder in om olieresten weg te halen. "We hebben niet veel olie kunnen opruimen, omdat het kleine beetjes en dunne laagjes waren", zei een woordvoerder van de natuurclub.

Amazon is buying satellite communications company Globalstar for $10.8 billion to expand its Leo satellite-internet network and compete more directly with SpaceX's Starlink. The deal also includes a partnership with Apple to support satellite connectivity for iPhones and Apple Watches, with Amazon planning voice, data, and messaging services starting in 2028. The New York Times reports: Leo was Amazon's move to enter the market for beaming high-speed internet to the ground from orbit. That is an arena dominated by Elon Musk's SpaceX, which operates the Starlink satellite-internet service. Starlink, which has thousands of satellites in orbit, already serves several million customers around the world. This month, SpaceX filed to go public in what is shaping up to be one of the largest-ever initial public offerings. Mr. Musk has valued SpaceX -- which has landed contracts with federal agencies such as NASA and the Department of Defense -- at more than $1 trillion. Other companies are racing to catch up to what Mr. Musk has built for space.

Globalstar, founded in 1991, is a Louisiana-based global telecommunications company. It operates networks of low-Earth orbiting satellites to provide internet connectivity to customers. Paul Jacobs, Globalstar's chief executive, said in a statement that together, the two companies "will advance innovations in digital connectivity."

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This colour-coded topographic image shows part of Utopia Planitia, a large basin on Mars.

It was created from data collected by ESA’s Mars Express on 9 November 2024 (orbit 26327) and is based on a digital terrain model of the region, from which the topography of the landscape can be derived. Lower parts of the surface are shown in blues and purples, while higher altitude regions show up in whites and reds, as indicated on the scale to the top right.

North is to the right. The ground resolution of the original image is approximately 17 m/pixel and the image is centred at about 43°N/102°E.

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[Image description: A wide, horizontal view of a planetary surface shown in cool turquoise and greenish-yellow tones. The terrain looks smooth in places and mottled in others, with faint circular shapes suggesting shallow craters. Subtle colour variations ripple across the surface, giving it a softly textured, almost painted appearance.]

Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

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Noticeable change on Mars can take millions of years – but ESA’s Mars Express has captured a blanket of dark ash creeping across the planet in just decades.

The image shows a scene of two halves, with Mars’s typical bright tan-coloured sands butting up against dark deposits of volcanic ash. When this part of Mars was viewed by NASA’s Viking orbiters in 1976, the ash was noticeably less widespread than it is today.

But this image shows far more than just colour differences. We’ve added labels to highlight features and regions of note. Be sure to click on these labels to explore the landscape in detail!

This image comprises data gathered by Mars Express’s High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on 9 November 2024 (orbit 26327). It was created using data from the nadir channel, the field of view aligned perpendicular to the surface of Mars, and the colour channels of the HRSC. North is to the right. The ground resolution of the original image is approximately 17 m/pixel and the image is centred at about 43°N/102°E.

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[Image description: A wide view of the Martian surface seen from above. The landscape is split into two contrasting halves: the left side is lighter, sandy beige with faint ridges and cracks, while the right side is darker, reddish-brown and more heavily cratered. The boundary between the two regions is uneven and gradual, creating a striking colour contrast across the scene.]

Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

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This close-up view is part of a larger image that shows ash creeping across the surface of Mars. Here we see a crater at the border between the light and dark patches. The crater is surrounded by an 'ejecta blanket', which is made of material thrown out by the impact that formed the crater itself.

This view was generated from the digital terrain model and the nadir and colour channels of the High Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA’s Mars Express.

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[Image description: An angled view across the Martian surface in warm orange and reddish tones. A small, shallow circular crater sits near the upper left, while the surrounding terrain looks rough and cracked, with faint ridges and mottled textures. The surface gradually darkens toward the top right, adding depth and contrast to the scene.]

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This image shows a curious feature seen often across Utopia Planitia: a series of shadowy ditches around 20 km long and 2 km wide stretching out across the surface, meeting to form a giant shape.

These ditches – also known as grabens – are formed when the surface cracks, either because layers of wet sediments form weak points or because of tectonic activity.

The grabens of Utopia Planitia are also featured in a 2016 image release by Freie Universität Berlin (where the working group behind these new images is based).

This view was generated from the digital terrain model and the nadir and colour channels of the High Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA’s Mars Express.

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[Image description: An overhead view of the Martian surface in warm orange and rust tones. The terrain appears rough and fractured, with long, winding cracks and lighter streaks cutting across darker rock. The surface looks dry and weathered, with subtle variations in colour and texture giving it a layered, broken appearance.]

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This stereoscopic image shows part of Utopia Planitia, a large basin on Mars. It was generated from data captured by the High Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA’s Mars Express orbiter on 9 November 2024 (orbit 26327). The anaglyph offers a three-dimensional view when viewed using red-green or red-blue glasses.

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[Image description: A wide, horizontal view of the Martian surface in muted grey tones. The terrain looks rough and uneven, with scattered circular craters and patchy textures. Some areas appear smoother and lighter, while others are darker and more mottled, giving the surface a worn, weathered look.]

Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO