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Sunday Recap: CENTCOM Footage of Marines Seizing Iranian Cargo Ship

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CENTCOM Releases Footage of Marines Seizing Iranian Cargo Ship Touska

The U.S. Central Command released footage showing Marines boarding and seizing the Iranian-flagged cargo vessel M/V Touska in the Gulf of Oman during a Sunday operation. The ship was intercepted after attempting to breach a declared U.S. naval blockade.

Maritime security sources cited by Reuters said the vessel may have been carrying dual-use goods when it attempted to pass through the blockade. Meanwhile, Iran’s military on Monday warned it would respond to the seizure. (Read More)​

US Army Special Operations Soldier Arrested for Prediction Market Bet on Maduro Raid

The DOJ arrested Army Master Sergeant Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, for using classified intelligence from the planning of Operation Absolute Resolve to win more than $409,000 on Polymarket. Van Dyke placed 13 bets totaling $33,000 in the week before the January raid that captured Maduro.

The case is the first federal insider trading prosecution tied to a prediction market. Van Dyke, a communications specialist supporting JSOC, was charged with commodities fraud, wire fraud, and theft of nonpublic government information. (Read More)​

SOFX Explainer: The Anthropic Mythos Threat, Simply Explained

Anthropic's new AI model, Claude Mythos Preview, discovered thousands of high-severity security flaws that survived decades of human review, including a 27-year-old vulnerability in OpenBSD. The company is withholding public release over fears the technology could empower hackers to attack critical infrastructure.

Our latest explainer breaks down what CMP can do, why Anthropic is holding it back, and what experts say it means for cybersecurity and national security. Read the full piece below. (Read More)​

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CONFLICT UPDATES

➤ Two soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division were attacked by a brown bear during land navigation training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska. Both were injured and are currently receiving medical care. (Read More)​

➤ Iran has released a new video purportedly showing the seizure of two commercial container ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The video, which aired on state television, appears to show a speedboat approaching one of the ships before armed personnel carrying rifles storm the vessel. (Read More)​

➤ Syrian authorities arrested a former intelligence officer suspected of leading the 2013 Tadamon massacre that killed roughly 290 civilians in Damascus. Security forces captured Amjad Youssef after a days-long tracking operation in Hama, where he had been hiding since the fall of the Assad regime. (Read More)​

SECURITY UPDATES

➤ A gunman killed eight children, including seven of his own, in Shreveport, Louisiana, in the deadliest U.S. mass shooting in over two years. Police pursued the suspect into Bossier Parish, where he was shot and killed. (Read More)​

➤ The two American officials killed in a vehicle accident in Chihuahua, Mexico, were CIA employees, according to sources cited by multiple news outlets. The pair were killed along with two Mexican officials when their vehicle plunged about 600 feet off a cliff and burst into flames. (Read More)​

➤ A Discord-based group reportedly gained unauthorized access to Anthropic’s Claude Mythos model. The unauthorized access is said to have begun around April 7, the same day Anthropic announced limited testing of Mythos with select partners. (Read More)​

TECHNOLOGY UPDATES

➤ The Air Force will replace aging UH-1N Twin Hueys at Andrews Air Force Base with 26 HH-60W Jolly Green IIs for the "doomsday" mission of evacuating senior officials from Washington during catastrophic events, with retrofitting set to begin in fiscal year 2028. (Read More)​

➤ The U.S. Navy will select its next-generation carrier fighter, expected to feature extended range, enhanced stealth, and AI-enabled mission systems, in August, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle said. (Read More)​

➤ The U.S. Navy tested the LOCUST laser weapon system aboard the supercarrier USS George H.W. Bush last October, AeroVironment, Inc. announced Tuesday, saying the 20-kilowatt system detected, tracked, and neutralized multiple drones during live-fire testing. (Read More)​

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Special Interest

SPECIAL CATEGORY

➤ The Pentagon has ended the annual flu vaccine mandate for all service members and civilian personnel, making flu shots optional for troops. The decision followed similar changes to COVID-19 vaccine requirements.

➤ Archaeologists uncover a 4,000-year-old beer receipt on a clay tablet from ancient Mesopotamia, showing a transaction of 16 liters of “high-quality beer” and 55 liters of “ordinary beer.” The tablet was found among a collection that also included medical treatments and magical incantations.

➤ A new study suggests that cocaine pollution in rivers and lakes can affect salmon brains and alter their behavior. It found that exposed juvenile Atlantic salmon swam farther, suggesting the substance can influence where they go and what they eat. Experts say the full impact is still unclear but warn the fish may face increased exposure to predators.
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