Friday briefing: After a week of disruption, is living with threats our new normal?
Summary
Hoax bomb threats disrupted at least 25 commercial flights across Europe, while cyberattacks targeted supermarket refrigeration systems and blood-storage facilities in several countries. Investigators had not identified those behind the incidents or found evidence linking the flight threats to a hostile state or terrorist group; the article discusses these events amid concern about sabotage and cyber operations that fall short of conventional warfare.Key Facts
- At least 25 commercial flights across Europe faced hoax bomb threats, and some made emergency landings.
- Similar malicious alerts on Tuesday led to seven planes being searched or diverted.
- Investigators had not identified the people behind the threats and had not established that a hostile state or terror group organized them.
- Cyberattacks targeted supermarket refrigeration systems in Belgium, Sweden and the UK, as well as cold-storage facilities belonging to France’s national blood service.
- The article says European states have seen more sabotage since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, with some incidents believed to trace back to Russia.
- The article describes cyberattacks and proxy actions below the threshold of conventional military conflict as part of a hybrid or “shadow” war.
- Russell Brand was found guilty of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others, according to the briefing.
- Cancer diagnoses in England reached a record high of more than 1,000 people per day, NHS figures showed.
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