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// IN TODAY’S EDITION
- Hackers sabotage supermarket freezers
- Russia finds booby-trapped goggles
- Ukrainian commandos ambush inside Russia
- Fake radiation alert hits Kyiv
- Army's first production laser weapon
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Supermarkets in Europe Hit by Another Wave of Cyberattacks Targeting Refrigeration Systems
Cyberattacks disrupted supermarket refrigeration systems in at least a dozen European countries on Monday, spoiling food at major retailers including Carrefour, Ikea, Coop and Delhaize. The incidents follow a similar attack on hundreds of French supermarkets on Oct. 12.
EU Commissioner for Agriculture Christophe Hansen described the attacks as a "deliberate attempt to disrupt our food supply chain" and called their repeated occurrence "deeply concerning." MORE ›
Russia Says It Intercepted Explosive-Rigged Drone Goggles Mailed to Its Troops
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said it intercepted shipments of FPV drone goggles allegedly rigged with explosives.
The devices were disguised as humanitarian donations and sent to servicemen through postal deliveries. The FSB blamed Ukrainian intelligence for the operation, which resembles a February 2025 incident that reportedly left at least eight Russian soldiers blind. MORE ›
Saab Introduces Optionally Crewed CB90 Combat Boat for Naval Warfare
Saab unveiled the CB90 CX, a larger version of its Combat Boat 90 designed for crewed or uncrewed operations. The vessel can reach speeds exceeding 46 mph and carry more than 50 percent more payload than the CB90 Next Generation.
Sweden is the launch customer, although Saab has not disclosed delivery timelines. The CB90 family is currently in service with nine navies worldwide, including the U.S. Navy. MORE ›
Ukrainian Special Operations Forces ambushed Russian troops inside Russian territory, killing several personnel, destroying a vehicle, and capturing military documents and communications equipment. According to Ukraine’s 73rd Naval Special Operations Center, the operators spent several days conducting reconnaissance before launching the attack. More
Somali pirates hijacked the Iranian fishing vessel Azini off northeastern Somalia on Thursday, taking 23 people hostage, including 21 Iranian crew members. The seizure comes amid a resurgence of Somali piracy, with six commercial vessels hijacked since April. More
Houthi forces captured Al-Maqatirah district after a three-day offensive, forcing Yemeni government troops to retreat toward Tur al-Bahah, according to sources cited by Reuters. Yemen’s information minister did not immediately respond to a request for comment. More
Ukraine and Russia accused each other of hacking their emergency alert systems after residents received false warnings of nuclear danger, radiation threats and street fighting. The incidents occurred Sunday as a rare humanitarian ceasefire between the two countries expired, raising fears of renewed fighting. More
An Accenture employee allowed a personal Claude AI agent to access an unclassified Pentagon network for two months, WIRED reported. The agent reportedly sent login credentials, passwords and network information to a high-risk third-party website. Accenture denied the allegations, saying an independent investigation found them without merit. More
A 50-year-old South African cattle farmer, Donovan Marx, was shot, stabbed and had both ears cut off during a brutal attack by two robbers at his farm on Wednesday. The attackers also reportedly attempted to castrate him but fled when a farm worker arrived. South African police later arrested five suspects in connection with the attack. More
Leonardo DRS joined the Army's first production program for a laser weapon. The company will help prime contractor AeroVironment mount its LOCUST X3 anti-drone laser on Army vehicles under a nearly $500 million contract. More
The U.S. Army has successfully flight-tested a 3D-printed heavy-fuel rotary-engine hybrid propulsion system aboard its VICTOR Group 3 drone. Developed with Griffon Aerospace, the system aims to improve drone endurance, payload capacity and range. Test findings will also inform PULSAR, a proposed drone swarm based on VICTOR aircraft. More
A new report warns that China’s dominance of critical mineral supplies could disrupt U.S. weapons production and military readiness. An analysis identified more than 28,000 affected components across 1,400 weapons systems. Virginia-class submarines are among the most vulnerable, with each requiring more than 300 components containing critical minerals. More
➤ Binance customers withdrew $4.6 billion after a cyberattack linked by the FBI to North Korean hackers resulted in $6.3 billion in stolen cryptocurrency. Binance said it had frozen about $3 billion in stolen assets and covered roughly 95 percent of affected customer losses.
➤ NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere uncontrollably in the coming days after a rescue mission failed to raise its orbit. The 3,300-pound space telescope, launched in 2004, stopped operating after orbital decay prevented it from maintaining its altitude. Its exact reentry time and location remain unknown.
➤ Boom Supersonic’s planned supersonic passenger jet may not be ready by its 2029 target, with United Airlines’ CEO saying development and safety approval will take longer. The company has also turned to making gas turbines to power AI data centers, while its aircraft factory in North Carolina remains largely unused despite receiving more than $50 million in state funding.
// ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
On November 3rd, 1903, Panama declared independence from Colombia as the US gunboat Nashville blocked Colombian troops from crossing the isthmus. Fifteen days later, Washington signed a treaty giving it control of a zone to build the Panama Canal.
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The combat record arrived before the shipyards did.
China holds roughly 230 times the shipbuilding capacity of the United States, a gap Saronic's founders cite constantly and the Pentagon no longer disputes. Saronic's answer is small, cheap, autonomous hulls built at software speed. This summer, that pitch stopped being theoretical.
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