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jrnvk shares a report from KMSP: Minnesota IT Services reports that a "coordinated cyberattack" targeted technology at more than 30 community water systems between Sunday, July 26 and Monday, July 27. The state has activated its cybersecurity incident response capabilities to respond to the attacks.
On Monday and Tuesday, FOX 9 reported on notices from four cities that had disclosed the attacks: Plymouth, South St. Paul, Maple Plain, and Braham. All four cities said the impacts of the attacks were limited or mitigated and residents could continue normal water use. The Minnesota Department of Health is not aware of any municipality asking residents to alter their drinking water use as a result of the attacks.
State officials are working with federal and private-sector partners to investigate the attacks, support the affected communities, and strengthen the security of Minnesota's critical infrastructure.
On Monday and Tuesday, FOX 9 reported on notices from four cities that had disclosed the attacks: Plymouth, South St. Paul, Maple Plain, and Braham. All four cities said the impacts of the attacks were limited or mitigated and residents could continue normal water use. The Minnesota Department of Health is not aware of any municipality asking residents to alter their drinking water use as a result of the attacks.
State officials are working with federal and private-sector partners to investigate the attacks, support the affected communities, and strengthen the security of Minnesota's critical infrastructure.
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A talk by Terence Tao.
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De plekken in Zuid-Europese landen waar bosbranden woeden zijn erg in trek bij vakantiegangers. Dat is ook impopulaire vakantiebestemmingen opgevallen. Het gaat om Liechtenstein, Roemenië, Bosnië en Herzegovina, Letland en België. Ook zij steken nu maar wat bossen in brand om toch nog wat toeristen te trekken.
“Blijkbaar willen mensen brand”, zegt een woordvoerder van het toerisme in België. “Waar brand is, zijn toeristen. En wij willen meer toeristen. Daarom hebben we besloten om vier brandhaarden te creëren in de Ardennen.”
Ook Letland doet mee. “Het is natuurlijk niet ideaal voor mens en omgeving, maar je moet er wat voor over hebben om toeristen naar je land te trekken. Een groot attractiepark bouwen midden in het bos heeft ook z’n gevolgen voor natuur en dier, dus waarom dit dan niet?”
In Bosnië neemt het toerisme wel wat toe sinds een aantal jaren, maar toch heeft het land besloten mee te doen aan de nieuwe trend. "Nouja, nu komen er op zich best wat toeristen naar ons land, maar het kan altijd beter. Dus waarom niet gewoon wat bossen in de hens zetten om dat wat extra te stimuleren?"
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Kijk nou kijk nou kijk nou. Er lijkt wat te gebeuren. We hadden vorige week stukken in Trouw, op GeenStijl, en op de LinkedIn van Pieter Omtzigt over het opzienbarende rapport over de Belastingdienst die heus wel wist dat er data in de datakluis zaten die interessant zouden kunnen zijn voor de parlementaire enquête in het toeslagenschandaal. Daarna volgden een column in de T., een hoofdredactioneel commentaar in de T., géén artikel van de politieke redactie van de T., een column van Renske Leijten, een optreden van Renske Leijten in NvdD (hierboven), een opiniestuk van Renske Leijten en Pieter Omtzigt en nu deze Kamervragen (tweetje hieronder) van Gidi Markuszower, Mona Keijzer, Henk Vermeer en Jan Struijs (wat een kwartet) aan Rob Jetten, de minister-president. Doet een beetje denken aan juli 2019, toen Pieter Omtzigt het toeslagenschandaal tot Chefsache wilde maken (duurde nog even). Want wat denkt de premier er eigenlijk van dat het ministerie van Financiën als een slager (van ouders) zijn eigen vlees keurt, en waarom doet de Rijksrecherche geen onderzoek naar het misdadige achterhouden van gegevens voor de parlementaire enquête? Nou?
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Security researchers at Tenable suspect the Iran-linked faux hacktivist outfit CyberAv3ngers was behind the cyberattack that disrupted more than 30 Minnesota water facilities. Neither state-level nor federal officials have made any claims regarding attribution for the attacks, however, Tenable reckons the operational pattern is consistent with the crew's previous raids, noting the timing relative to recent government warnings. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) updated an advisory on Iran-linked attackers targeting programmable logic controllers (PLCs) across critical infrastructure on July 22, four days before Minnesota said the attacks targeted its systems. The advisory warned that Iran-linked hackers were attempting to disrupt operations using tactics previously associated with CyberAv3ngers. Government facilities, water and wastewater systems, and energy providers were among those urged to remain on high alert. What happened in Minnesota? On July 26 and 27, more than 30 community water systems across Minnesota were disrupted by what officials called "a coordinated cyberattack" targeting operational technology (OT). Minnesota IT Services (MNIT), the state's IT agency, said the Department of Health is working with the affected water facilities to ensure public health is maintained. No cities have yet asked citizens to modify the amount of drinking water they consume, per MNIT's latest update. The agency did not offer many other details about the attacks, other than to mention all the different agencies, organizations, and bodies it is working with as part of the investigation. One of the first cities to report issues, Braham, warned that its water reserves were limited in its initial notice. Citizens were asked not to water their lawns or use water for recreational purposes, although the problems were resolved the same day. No such directives were issued in other affected cities. Maple Plain declared a state of emergency, allowing it greater flexibility to coordinate resources, but did not ask residents to adjust their consumption. The same was true in the Twin Cities suburb of Plymouth and in South St. Paul, which both confirmed cyber-related problems on July 27 but did not ask residents to curb water use. "Cyberattacks against critical infrastructure require a coordinated, whole-of-government response," said John Israel, MNIT assistant commissioner and Minnesota CISO. "MNIT is working side by side with our partners to share intelligence, support affected communities, and help utilities restore operations safely while strengthening defenses against future attacks. "This incident demonstrates why Minnesota has invested in strong cybersecurity capabilities and partnerships. Our response worked as intended, enabling agencies at every level of government to rapidly coordinate, contain the incident, and help prevent more serious impacts to critical services." What is CyberAv3ngers? First identified around 2020, CyberAv3ngers is widely believed to be linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), specifically its Cyber-Electronic Command division (IRGC-CEC). For the first two years, the group began as a "propaganda persona," as Tenable puts it, claiming disruptive attacks on Israeli infrastructure – claims that were later debunked as fabrications. Its first sustained campaign came in November 2023, when it compromised PLCs at the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, defacing them anti-Israel messages. Tenable said CyberAv3ngers compromised at least 75 Unitronics Vision Series PLCs across the United States, Israel, the United Kingdom, and Ireland as part of the campaign. They did so by exploiting default passwords. Between 2024 and 2025, the crew developed the IOCONTROL malware kit, built for attacks on OT and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. OpenAI said in 2024 that the group's members used ChatGPT in the development process. CyberAv3ngers stepped up its activity in 2026, targeting US critical infrastructure through Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley PLCs from March onward. CISA's July 22 update added Schneider Electric and Siemens equipment to the list of potential targets. In some cases, the attacks - which targeted multiple critical infrastructure sectors - disrupted operations at affected facilities, federal officials said, though they offered no specifics on what those disruptions entailed. CyberAv3ngers is known for targeting small water and municipal facilities, which experts believe are among the lowest-hanging fruit in US critical infrastructure. Many small and rural facilities lack dedicated cybersecurity resources. Tenable said some operators manage OT environments using remote-access software such as TeamViewer and AnyDesk or leave their PLCs exposed to the web. "These access methods bypass enterprise security controls entirely, creating an attack surface that is invisible to conventional security monitoring," Tenable said. Poor segmentation between IT and OT environments can also allow a single intrusion to spread across much of the network. ®
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Medical adviser says he invokes right to refrain from answering questions, accusing Rand Paul of having ‘obvious obsession’ with him
Gary Peters, the Democratic ranking member on the homeland security committee, said that the committee has a long history of bipartisan inquiry and oversight, and the subject matter of risky research and the origins of covid-19 are a legitimate area to study.
But today’s hearing with Anthony Fauci was not an example of that, Peters said.
Continue reading...MADRID (ANP/AFP/DPA) - Inwoners van de Spaanse regio Ávila die moesten evacueren wegens een bosbrand, mogen allemaal weer terug naar huis. De Spaanse regering heeft besloten het evacuatiebevel per direct in te trekken.
Tienduizenden mensen kregen de opdracht te vertrekken vanwege de brand. Een deel van hen kreeg eerder al te horen dat ze huiswaarts mochten keren na een verbetering van de situatie. In Ávila is volgens voorlopige cijfers bijna 50.000 hectare in de as gelegd. Daarmee zou het de grootste bosbrand van Spanje zijn sinds het begin van de registratie van deze gegevens in 1968.
Ten westen van Ávila woedt ook een brand, in de regio van de hoofdstad Madrid. Daar hebben ook evacuaties plaatsgevonden en een deel van de evacuees is inmiddels weer thuis.
De Spaanse autoriteiten waarschuwen niet te vroeg te juichen vanwege de hittegolf in het land. Zij verwachten dat de hoge temperaturen de bluswerkzaamheden de komende dagen zullen bemoeilijken.
Thomas Hawk posted a photo:
handwritten on back of photograph, "taken the day before I had my hair cut, July 6, 1944"