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May 11 0400 UTC Brief
In cybersecurity and tech
More than 500 organizations have been hit by a years-long phishing campaign, with victims in aviation, critical infrastructure, energy, logistics, public administration, and technology. Separately, data centers are drawing growing scrutiny over water use, including cases where records have been kept secret, water supplies have been strained, and one legal fight claims a nuclear-weapons data center is getting special treatment. The servers, it turns out, are not watering themselves.
Public health and travel
Seventeen American passengers from the cruise ship M/V Hondius have left Tenerife and are being flown back to the United States after concerns about a hantavirus exposure. CDC teams interviewed them on arrival, and they will be taken to a quarantine center in Nebraska while officials assess the risk.
In U.S. news
Former Florida Congressman Bill Posey has died at 78. In Delaware, police arrested a man after a barricade situation inside a Wawa store. And in Morocco, the remains of Army 1st Lt. Kendrick Lamont Key Jr. were recovered after he fell off a cliff during an off-duty hike.
In academia and culture
Bath Spa University is telling staff to warn students in advance about potentially distressing material, and letting students leave lectures without explanation if they need to, even if that affects their grades. The university says the point is to give notice while still keeping room for difficult debate. Elsewhere, a BBC documentary on Israel’s attacks on Gaza’s health system and medical personnel has won a BAFTA after previously being dropped by the broadcaster.
In business and politics
Dua Lipa is suing Samsung for at least $15 million, alleging the company used her image on TV packaging in the U.S. without permission or payment. In Thailand, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been released early from prison and will serve a four-month probation period with an electronic monitor. And in Scotland, Green MSP Iris Duane is facing backlash after an old social media post mocking Queen Elizabeth II resurfaced.
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