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// IN TODAY’S EDITION
Pentagon probes base freezer hack
IRGC says three tankers hit Hormuz mines
Russian drone kills 14+ at Dnipro station
El Salvador sends 2,000+ troops to Haiti
Hackers breach four more South Korean firms
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(Credit: U.S. Army Fort Huachuca via Facebook)
Pentagon Investigating Base Freezer Failures as Suspected Cyberattack
The Pentagon is investigating suspected cyberattacks behind freezer failures at at least six U.S. military commissaries, Reuters reported. All freezers at Fort Huachuca switched to defrost mode overnight in August, while Fort Irwin in California reported similar problems in September.
U.S. Army investigators are working with French authorities to examine possible links to a separate October cyberattack that disrupted refrigeration systems at more than 350 establishments in France. Read
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said three tankers caught fire after striking sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz, while another vessel hit naval mines in the eastern part of the waterway. The incidents came a day after U.S. Central Command said it had cleared mines from key shipping routes through the waterway. Read
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A Russian jet-powered drone struck two passenger trains at a railway station in Dnipro, Ukraine, on Thursday, killing at least 14 people. The attack came despite a localized ceasefire in the southern Ukrainian city of Oleshky, which both Moscow and Kyiv credited to U.S. first lady Melania Trump. Read
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El Salvador has deployed more than 2,000 soldiers to Haiti to search for four missing air force technicians who were ambushed nearly two weeks ago while serving with the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force. The soldiers will also support ongoing operations against armed gangs. Read
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Several countries including France, U.K. and Japan are urging households to stockpile three to 10 days’ worth of food and other essentials amid growing threats of war, cyberattacks and climate change. Former SEAL Team commander Sam Havelock advises households to keep at least two weeks of supplies, one month’s worth of cash and physical precious metals for emergencies. Read
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Hackers breached four more South Korean financial firms, including crypto exchange Bithumb. The attacks follow a September wave targeting 16 South Korean financial firms, which researchers linked to a suspected China-based hacker using an AI-powered penetration testing tool called Artex. Read
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BAE Systems has completed the first live-fire test of its Adaptable Deck Launcher, a deck-mounted system that allows U.S. Navy warships to reload missiles at sea without returning to port. Developed under a U.S. Department of War contract, it uses the Mk 41 launch system’s existing architecture and can fire Evolved SeaSparrow Missile quad-pack canisters holding four missiles each. Read
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