WASHINGTON: Two US Navy sailors have been reported missing at sea while conducting operations off the coast of Somalia, the US military said Friday.
The two sailors went missing Thursday evening, US Central Command said in a brief statement.
“Search and rescue operations are currently ongoing to locate the two sailors. For operational security purposes, we will not release additional information until the personnel recovery operation is complete,” it said.
The sailors were “forward-deployed” to the US 5th Fleet area of operations “supporting a wide variety of missions.”
The 5th Fleet’s area of operations covers about 2.5 million square miles of water and includes The Gulf, Red Sea, Gulf of Oman and parts of the Indian Ocean, according to the military’s website.
US forces have long operated in Somalia in coordination with and on behalf of the government, mostly conducting regular aerial strikes to support official forces fighting extremist Al-Shabab rebels.
Washington has designated Al-Shabab as a terrorist organization.
According to the US Africa Command, Al-Shabab is “the largest and most kinetically active Al-Qaeda network in the world and has proved both its will and capability to attack US forces and threaten US security interests.”
Two US Navy sailors missing off coast of Somalia
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Two US Navy sailors missing off coast of Somalia
- US forces have long operated in Somalia in coordination with and on behalf of the government
- The sailors were deployed to the US 5th Fleet area of operations supporting a wide variety of missions
German railway Deutsche Bahn hit by cyberattack
- The distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack caused problems with the railway’s website
- “Our defensive measures were effective in minimizing the impact on our customers,” DB said
BERLIN: A cyberattack against Germany’s state-owned railway Deutsche Bahn briefly disrupted ticketing systems and timetable information services this week, the company disclosed Wednesday.
The distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack caused problems with the railway’s website and its widely used DB Navigator app on Tuesday afternoon.
The website and app issues were mostly resolved by Tuesday evening, but resurfaced again on Wednesday morning.
Deutsche Bahn is Germany’s dominant rail service, operating both passenger and cargo trains as well as suburban commuter railways in many cities.
“Our defensive measures were effective in minimizing the impact on our customers,” Deutsche Bahn said.
The company has been in contact with Germany’s BSI cybersecurity authorities, an interior ministry spokeswoman said Wednesday, adding that she could provide few additional details about the attack.
