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CISA says more than 100 internet-exposed U.S. water and wastewater systems were targeted in July, often through programmable logic controllers connected directly to cellular modems. "That's the first time the feds have put a number on the digital intrusions, but they have yet to attribute the campaign, widely suspected to be linked to Iran, to a particular group," reports The Register. From the report: Suspected Iranian attackers targeted water and wastewater facilities across at least a dozen states in July, including internet-exposed PLCs. While neither federal nor state officials have identified all 12, we know that the cyberattacks occurred at mostly small, rural utilities in Minnesota, Michigan, Georgia, South Dakota, and New Jersey. "This is very serious. What stands out isn't any single incident. It's the scale," Matt Hartman, chief strategy officer at the Merlin Group and CISA's former acting head of cyber, told The Register.

"More than 100 water systems with internet-exposed assets were hit in a single month, which points to a systemic vulnerability across the sector, not a run of isolated, unlucky targets," Hartman said. "Much of this infrastructure runs on operational technology that was built for closed, physical environments. It was never designed with the assumption that it would be reachable from the open internet."

John Gallagher, VP at Viakoo, an OT and IoT cybersecurity provider, told us that while 100 systems represent a small fraction - only about 0.5 percent - of water utilities in the US, the "real threat is that these are test runs for a larger-scale attack." While the 100-plus water incidents occurred in July, just last week five US federal agencies warned that attackers are using AI-generated exploitation scripts to break into internet-exposed Siemens S7 Series PLCs at water, manufacturing, energy, and other critical facilities.

"This appears to be a continuation of the same suite of activity we suspect is affiliated with Iran targeting PLCs," Halcyon Ransomware Research Center SVP Cynthia Kaiser told The Register a week ago. "Iran-affiliated actors and adversaries are actively targeting a wide swath of operational technology because these PLCs underpin essential health, safety, and critical infrastructure across society," Kaiser, a former FBI cyber division deputy assistant director, added. CISA urges organizations to keep PLCs off the public internet, route remote access through VPNs or gateways, replace default passwords, enable stronger authentication, and restrict access to allowlisted IP addresses from trusted OT systems.

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Donderdagavond vindt de lancering plaats van een satelliet die snelle veranderingen in het weer beter in beeld kan brengen. Er zit onder meer een zeer geavanceerde bliksemdetector op.

Veel van de getroffen toeristen in Nepal waren waarschijnlijk op doorreis naar Tibet, meent Mees Tierolff, eigenaar van reisorganisatie Top of the World.

We maken Nederland natter om ons te wapenen tegen klimaatverandering. Maar wat betekent dat voor muggen, vogels en virussen? Bijvoorbeeld voor het westnijlvirus, waaraan deze week iemand overleed?

​Uit nieuw onderzoek is gebleken dat gezond zijn lang niet zo gezond is als we dachten. “Gezond zijn is de stille killer."

“Gezond zijn heeft een heel gezonde associatie in onze samenleving, maar het is niet per definitie altijd gezond”, schrijven de onderzoekers van de Universiteit Utrecht. “Te gezond is ongezond. Niet zo ongezond als ongezond zijn, maar ook weer niet gezond.“

Volgens de onderzoeker is er meer bewustwording nodig. “Gezond zijn is het nieuwe zitten. Als je écht gezonder wil leven, wees dan af en toe wat minder gezond.”

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Weer voor Rotterdam ☀️ - 27-08-2026 13:15 CEST

In één oogopslag:
• 24.6°C · Zonnig ☀️ | Min 17.3°C / Max 28.2°C | Kans op neerslag 22%

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 17.3°C, Max 28.2°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.9 mm, Kans op neerslag 22%, 🧭 1008.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 20.2 km/u (5.6 m/s), richting: ↖ 115°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

• 14:00: 27.0°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 53%, 🧭 1009.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 12.6 km/u (3.5 m/s), richting: ↖ 149°
• 15:00: 28.2°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 49%, 🧭 1009.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.0 km/u (3.6 m/s), richting: ↗ 244°
• 16:00: 27.7°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 35%, 🧭 1008.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 15.8 km/u (4.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 230°
• 17:00: 27.3°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 25%, 🧭 1009.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 15.1 km/u (4.2 m/s), richting: ↗ 244°
• 18:00: 26.3°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 21%, 🧭 1008.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 12.2 km/u (3.4 m/s), richting: → 254°
• 19:00: 25.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 20%, 🧭 1008.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.2 km/u (3.1 m/s), richting: → 269°
• 20:00: 24.9°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 22%, 🧭 1008.3 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.8 km/u (1.9 m/s), richting: → 292°
• 21:00: 23.8°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.5 mm, Kans op neerslag 28%, 🧭 1009.1 hPa ↗️ +0.8 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 3.2 km/u (0.9 m/s), richting: → 252°
• 22:00: 22.5°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 38%, 🧭 1009.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 12.6 km/u (3.5 m/s), richting: ← 111°
• 23:00: 21.5°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 47%, 🧭 1007.5 hPa ↘️ -1.8 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.5 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: ↖ 144°
• 00:00: 21.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 57%, 🧭 1008.5 hPa ↗️ +1.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.9 km/u (2.2 m/s), richting: ↘ 304°
• 01:00: 21.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 67%, 🧭 1008.0 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.4 km/u (2.6 m/s), richting: ↑ 193°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

• vrijdag 28 augustus: Min 17.3°C, Max 21.9°C (Zware regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 16.8 mm, Kans op neerslag 56%, 🧭 1007.5 hPa ↘️ -1.3 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 21.2 km/u (5.9 m/s), richting: ↗ 215°
• zaterdag 29 augustus: Min 17.1°C, Max 21.3°C (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 3.6 mm, Kans op neerslag 65%, 🧭 1008.6 hPa ↗️ +1.1 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 24.4 km/u (6.8 m/s), richting: ↗ 212°
• zondag 30 augustus: Min 17.0°C, Max 21.7°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.8 mm, Kans op neerslag 46%, 🧭 1009.1 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 22.7 km/u (6.3 m/s), richting: ↗ 219°
• maandag 31 augustus: Min 15.5°C, Max 19.8°C (Lichte onweersbui) ⛈️, Neerslag 11.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 62%, 🧭 1009.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 27.6 km/u (7.7 m/s), richting: ↗ 235°
• dinsdag 01 september: Min 14.6°C, Max 19.7°C (Lichte buien) 🌧️, Neerslag 7.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 36%, 🧭 1015.7 hPa ↗️ +6.6 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 17.8 km/u (4.9 m/s), richting: ↗ 239°
• woensdag 02 september: Min 14.2°C, Max 18.0°C (Zware motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 6.5 mm, Kans op neerslag 38%, 🧭 1018.6 hPa ↗️ +2.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 19.9 km/u (5.5 m/s), richting: → 250°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 13:15): 24.6°C (Zonnig)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 27.9°C (+3.3°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 19.1 km/u (5.3 m/s), richting: ↖ 115°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 40.0 km/h (11.1 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 53%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1009.2 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 29.0 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 4.8
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 06:45 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 20:40

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 57 🟡 (Matig)
• PM2.5: 8.4 μg/m³
• PM10: 13.8 μg/m³

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Kremlin dismisses US media reports after meeting as ‘scare stories’, as Pentagon policy chief prepares to meet Nato secretary general

Former JPMorgan Chase executive Jes Staley told US lawmakers he repeatedly shared confidential and market-sensitive bank ⁠information with Jeffrey Epstein and ⁠was at one ​point named as a trustee of his estate, according to a transcript released by the House oversight committee on Wednesday.

These admissions come as lawmakers investigate the late convicted ⁠sex offender’s ties with political and business elites. Staley appeared before the committee in July as part of its investigation into Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell. Transcripts ⁠from the meeting were released on Wednesday.

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Analysis by Institute for Policy Studies found that between 2019 and 2025, CEO compensation increased 41.4%

The average CEO of the US’s 100 largest, lowest-paying corporations earned 614 times more than their average worker last year, according to an analysis by the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS).

IPS’s latest executive excess report analyzed compensation at the 100 S&P 500 corporations with the lowest median worker pay. Between 2019 and 2025, CEO compensation increased 41.4%, unadjusted for inflation, twice as much as the median worker pay increased at these firms during the same period, at 20.7%.

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Marks & Spencer has brought out some 1980s classics in original packaging for those wanting to go full Rivals: look out for Now!, Jet, Sparks and Coconut Grove and see which chocolate classics they remind you of. My testers loved them.

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The UK’s data protection watchdog has fined a nuisance call blocking biz £190,000 ($258,000) for bombarding elderly people with hundreds of thousands of - you guessed it - nuisance calls. Elderly Aids Ltd made 758,053 unsolicited direct marketing calls between May 27, 2024, and February 10, 2025, according to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). On average, that works out as 2,916 calls per day. Busy fingers. The ICO and Telephone Preference Service (TPS), a UK service to register one’s phone number to exclude it from unwanted marketing calls, received 20 complaints during this timeframe related to Elderly Aids. It is illegal for direct marketers to call a number registered with the TPS, unless the individual has given explicit consent to that specific company to call them. All 758,053 unsolicited direct marketing calls, in this case, were made to phone numbers registered with the TPS and belonged to people who had not given their consent for Elderly Aids to contact them. Complainants commonly cited aggressive and misleading sales tactics, with callers also failing to identify themselves. One said their father was pressured into signing up to Elderly Aids’ services, which required a £139 ($188) sign-up fee, and a recurring monthly £6.99 ($9.50) payment on top of this. Andy Curry, head of investigations at the ICO, said: “Not only did this company target vulnerable people who had explicitly asked not to be called – they harassed them to sell call-blocking devices. “EAL showed a complete disregard for the law and the people they were hounding. This penalty should serve as a clear warning to any business that thinks the law does not apply to them - we will hold them to account for both exploiting people in this way and trying to avoid accountability.” Russell Roach, director of preference services at the Data & Marketing Association (DMA), concurred and encouraged responsible businesses to screen their calling lists against the TPS and Corporate TPS (CTPS) registers. “People register with the Telephone Preference Service because they want greater control over who can contact them,” he said. “Cases like this demonstrate why those protections are so important. “Anyone making live marketing calls must respect the choices people have made about their privacy. When organizations ignore those preferences and contact individuals who have explicitly opted out of receiving unsolicited sales calls, particularly those who are most vulnerable, they undermine consumer trust and risk causing significant nuisance and distress.” The ICO said Elderly Aids failed to engage with the regulator, ignoring requests for information, while continuing to make illegal marketing calls. According to public Companies House filings, the company attempted to strike itself off the register three months after it started pestering the elderly with its phone calls, although this was swiftly suspended following an objection. The ICO said that in cases where a debtor cannot pay a fine, such as those in “genuine financial hardship,” they provide payment plans. Organizations that can pay don’t face formal recovery action, and when directors attempt to skirt fines through insolvency, insolvency practitioners are called in, potentially kickstarting a multi-year recovery process. ®

Philip Glass

Je rijdt over een Spaanse weg en ziet plotseling een auto naderen die onophoudelijk claxonneert. De alarmlichten knipperen en uit het raam wappert een doek. Weinig Nederlandse automobilisten weten wat dit betekent, maar het kan een teken zijn dat iemand dringend hulp nodig heeft.

Officieel Spaans noodsignaal

De Spaanse verkeersregels kennen een speciale regeling voor een gewone auto die door uitzonderlijk ernstige omstandigheden een spoedrit moet maken. Artikel 70 van het Reglamento General de Circulación beschrijft precies hoe de bestuurder andere weggebruikers daarvoor moet waarschuwen.

De bestuurder kan volgens de regels een onderbroken claxonsignaal geven en de alarmlichten gebruiken, als de auto daarover beschikt. Ook mag een doek of zakdoek uit het voertuig worden gebruikt om de noodsituatie duidelijk te maken, zo schrijft de krant El País

Elke kleur

Opvallend: nergens in de wet staat dat de doek wit moet zijn. Er wordt simpelweg gesproken over een doek of zakdoek. Dat het in de praktijk vooral bekend staat als "de witte doek", komt puur doordat het signaal zo is gaan leven onder weggebruikers.

Het gaat nadrukkelijk om uitzonderlijke situaties waarbij een spoedrit noodzakelijk is en er geen andere mogelijkheid is. Een medische noodsituatie is daarbij een voor de hand liggend voorbeeld.

Maak veilig ruimte

Zie je zo'n auto aankomen, dan moeten andere bestuurders volgens de Spaanse verkeersregels maatregelen nemen om de doorgang mogelijk te maken. Dat betekent bijvoorbeeld naar rechts uitwijken of, als dat nodig is, stoppen.

Doe dat altijd gecontroleerd. Kijk eerst waar de auto vandaan komt, verminder geleidelijk snelheid en maak ruimte zodra dat veilig kan. Plotseling remmen of onverwacht een rijstrook oversteken kan juist gevaar opleveren.

Geen vrijbrief

Belangrijk om te weten: de auto met de witte doek krijgt niet automatisch dezelfde status als een ambulance, politieauto of brandweerwagen. De bestuurder blijft gewoon gebonden aan de verkeersregels. De witte doek geeft dus geen vrijbrief om door rood te rijden, voorrang af te dwingen of onbeperkt snelheid te maken.

Het noodsignaal is uitsluitend bedoeld voor werkelijk ernstige situaties. De politie kan de bestuurder vragen om aan te tonen waarom de noodrit noodzakelijk was.

Misbruik wordt hard bestraft

Wie de regeling misbruikt, kan daarvoor worden bestraft. Het overtreden van artikel 70 geldt als een ernstige verkeersovertreding, waarvoor een boete van 200 euro kan worden opgelegd. Andere overtredingen tijdens de rit kunnen daar nog bovenop komen.

Bron: El Pais