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| *A 7.5 ] quake rattles ], ]. Police Sergeant Frank Kilaur says that the quake was "very, very violent" but no immediate reports of major damages or casualties have been reported. A Tsunami alert is issued by the ]. | *A 7.5 ] quake rattles ], ]. Police Sergeant Frank Kilaur says that the quake was "very, very violent" but no immediate reports of major damages or casualties have been reported. A Tsunami alert is issued by the ]. | ||
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*Fijian President ] asks developed nations, especially the United States, to help fight climate change to "prevent the current crisis from escalating into total chaos." | ||
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| **] confirms a major security bug on the app let hackers remotely install surveillance software on its users devices. All 1.5 billion users are urged to update their settings as a precaution. The technology used in the ] appears to have originated from ], a technology company operating out of ]. | **] confirms a major security bug on the app let hackers remotely install surveillance software on its users devices. All 1.5 billion users are urged to update their settings as a precaution. The technology used in the ] appears to have originated from ], a technology company operating out of ]. | ||
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May 14, 2019 (2019-05-14) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks- Saudi Arabia–Yemen relations, Yemeni Civil War (2015–present), Gulf of Oman incident
- Two Saudi Aramco oil pumping stations are attacked in an apparent drone strike according to Saudi Arabia's Energy Ministry. The stations are linked to a pipeline transporting oil from the eastern fields to the western coast port of Yanbu on the Red Sea. (Associated Press) (Bloomberg)
Disasters and accidents
- A 7.5 MMS quake rattles New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Police Sergeant Frank Kilaur says that the quake was "very, very violent" but no immediate reports of major damages or casualties have been reported. A Tsunami alert is issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. (Radio New Zealand) (Daily Express)
- Fijian President Frank Bainimarama asks developed nations, especially the United States, to help fight climate change to "prevent the current crisis from escalating into total chaos." (Radio New Zealand)
Law and crime
- Former New York congressman Anthony Weiner is released from a halfway house in the Bronx, completing his 21-month federal prison sentence for illicit online contact with a 15-year-old girl. (Los Angeles Times) (New York Post)
Science and technology
- ZombieLoad
- Security researchers from Graz University of Technology and Catholic University of Leuven discover a major new class of vulnerabilities called ZombieLoad in Intel chipsets which, if exploited, can be used to steal sensitive information directly from the processor. Almost every computer with an Intel chipsets dating back to 2011 are affected by these vulnerabilities. (ZombieLoad disclosure website) (TechCrunch)
- Linux kernel developers, Apple, Google and Microsoft release emergency patches for their products to mitigate ZombieLoad. (TechCrunch2) (Phoronix)
- Mass surveillance industry
- WhatsApp confirms a major security bug on the app let hackers remotely install surveillance software on its users devices. All 1.5 billion users are urged to update their settings as a precaution. The technology used in the cyberattack appears to have originated from NSO Group, a technology company operating out of Israel. (BBC) (The Independent)