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· NIH Director: We Need an Investigation into the Wuhan Lab-Leak Theory
· The M.T.A. Is Breached by Hackers as Cyberattacks Surge
· Hungary Arrests Islamist Terror Suspect Targeting Euro 2020: Media
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NIH Director: We Need an Investigation into the Wuhan Lab-Leak Theory (Peter Wehner, The Atlantic)
Francis Collins calls for a “thorough, expert-driven, and objective” inquiry, and shares what most surprised him about the virus.
The M.T.A. Is Breached by Hackers as Cyberattacks Surge (Christina Goldbaum and William K. Rashbaum, New York Times)
A hacking group believed to have links to the Chinese government penetrated the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s computer systems in April, exposing vulnerabilities in a vast transportation network that carries millions of people every day, according to an M.T.A. document that outlined the breach. The hackers did not gain access to systems that control train cars and rider safety was not at risk, transit officials said, adding that the intrusion appeared to have done little, if any, damage. But a week after the agency learned of the attack, officials raised concerns that hackers could have entered those operational systems or that they could continue to penetrate the agency’s computer systems through a back door, the document also shows. Transit officials say a forensic analysis of the attack has not revealed evidence of either and that hackers did not compromise customers’ personal information. The agency reported the attack to law enforcement and other state agencies, but has not disclosed it publicly. The breach was the third — and most significant — cyberattack on the transit network, North America’s largest, by hackers thought to be connected to foreign governments in recent years, according to transit officials.
Hungary Arrests Islamist Terror Suspect Targeting Euro 2020: Media (Times of Israel)
Hungarian counterterror police say they’ve arrested an Islamist terror suspect who plotted to attack mass events, including the Euro 2020 football tournament venue in Budapest, local media reports. The 21-year-old male was “a completely average young Hungarian” who identified as an Islamist, Janos Hajdu, head of the counterterror police tells reporters. The man, a university student in Budapest, communicated on websites containing “explicit jihadist propaganda” linked to the Islamic State about how to carry out attacks, says Hajdu. “He committed to making a pipe-bomb and using it at a mass event, in Budapest or elsewhere in Hungary… in the near future,” says Hajdu. The man had also discussed driving a car into a large group of people, says Hajdu, without elaborating.
