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Glasgow Times
07-05-2025
- Business
- Glasgow Times
Co-op cyber attack leaves Glasgow stores shelves empty
The food store is the main retailer in parts of Scotland, like the Western Isles, where there have been reports that the chain's stores are running low on fresh food supplies. Pictures from the supermarket's shelves in Portree and Skye show row upon row of sparse and empty shelves, with some people even reporting some Co-ops in Glasgow having similar supply issues. The disruption comes after the retailer said there had been an attack on its systems on Friday, which resulted in 'significant' amounts of customer data being stolen. READ NEXT: Filming for exciting new TV series to close several Glasgow roads READ NEXT: Warrant issued for woman who 'falsely claimed to be pregnant to extort £7k' A Co-op spokesperson said deliveries to its stores were also impacted by the "sustained malicious attempts by hackers to access our systems", and staff were working around the clock to reduce disruption. There have been reports of stores also being affected across other parts of the UK. One shopper who visited the Co-op's Dennistoun store said the store was barren of any fresh fruit or vegetables. They said: 'I was shocked to see the empty shelves on Monday night. 'It honestly looked worse than during Covid. 'There was no fresh produce, and I had to resort to the clearance section to find anything for my dinner.' (Image: Supplied) Adam Gordon said that milk had to be rationed at the Portree supermarket before it all sold out. He told BBC Radio Scotland: 'It's a boorach (mess) here at the Co-op. 'There's no fresh milk, all fruit and veg is gone, there's no meat and no dairy.' Gordon said there were similar situations at Co-ops in Broadford and Kyle of Lochalsh, adding that staff at the stores said deliveries were expected to arrive in 'dribs and drabs'. On Monday, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warned that criminals launching cyber attacks at British retailers were impersonating IT help desks to break into organisations. Marks & Spencer and Harrods were also targeted by hackers in the last two weeks, with the anonymous group telling the BBC there will be more attacks soon. NCSC, the government agency responsible for cyber security, has also issued guidance to organisations urging them to review their IT helpdesk 'password reset processes' to reduce their chances of getting hacked.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Yahoo
Dad in coma, son dead and 10-year-old daughter missing after migrant boat capsizes; 5 charged
Five Mexican citizens have been charged with participating in human smuggling after a small boat carrying migrants capsized off San Diego on Monday, killing four people including two children, authorities said. Tragic new details about the deadly smuggling incident came to light Tuesday. The body of a 14-year-old boy from India was among three recovered following the accident, and his 10-year-old sister remains missing at sea and is presumed dead, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The siblings' parents were rescued, but the father is now in a coma, and the mother remains hospitalized. 'The drowning deaths of these children are a heartbreaking reminder of how little human traffickers care about the costs of their deadly business,' U.S. Atty. Adam Gordon said in a statement. 'We are committed to seeking justice for these vulnerable victims, and to holding accountable any traffickers responsible for their deaths.' The U.S. Coast Guard received a call around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday reporting that a small panga-style boat with an estimated 16 people on board had overturned just north of Torrey Pines State Beach, said Hunter Schnabel, a Coast Guard public affairs officer. Bystanders and San Diego lifeguards were able to rescue four people. Three bodies were recovered from the scene, and nine people were initially unaccounted for. Two of the smuggling suspects — Jesus Ivan Rodriguez-Leyva, 36, and Julio Cesar Zuniga-Luna, 30, both of Mexico — were arrested on the beach, prosecutors said. They have been charged with bringing in migrants resulting in death, which has a maximum penalty of death or life in prison. Although the death penalty remains legal in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a moratorium on executions, in effect halting them during his tenure. They are also charged with bringing in migrants for financial gain, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Three additional arrests were made Monday night after Border Patrol agents spotted a car, which had been seen earlier near the accident scene, some 25 miles south in Chula Vista, which is just 10 miles north of the Mexican border. The driver of the vehicle fled the scene. Agents continued their investigation and successfully stopped two other vehicles involved in the smuggling incident, authorities said. Inside the vehicles, they discovered eight of the nine missing migrants, with the exception of the 10-year-old girl, prosecutors said. The drivers of the vehicles — Melissa Jenelle Cota, 33, Gustavo Lara, 32, and Sergio Rojas-Fregoso, 31 — were arrested and charged with the transportation of undocumented immigrants, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Rojas-Fregoso faced an additional charge for being in the country illegally after having been previously deported in December 2023, prosecutors said. This charge is punishable by up to two years in prison. "Human smuggling, regardless of the route, is not only illegal but extremely dangerous. Smugglers often treat people as disposable commodities," Shawn Gibson, special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations, San Diego, said in a statement. "Yesterday's heartbreaking events are a stark reminder of the urgent need to dismantle these criminal networks driven by greed." Read more: Migrants make increasingly dangerous journeys to enter California through the coast The smuggling of migrants is a persistent problem along the California coastline and one that often has deadly consequences. In 2023, at least eight people died when two migrant smuggling boats overturned off Black's Beach in San Diego County. A year earlier, a man and two women died when a panga boat crashed into rocks at the base of the cliffs of Point Loma in San Diego. Times staff writer Hannah Fry contributed to this report Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Epoch Times
07-05-2025
- Epoch Times
5 Mexican Nationals Charged After Migrant Boat Capsizes Off California, Killing at Least 3
Five Mexican nationals have been arrested for alleged human smuggling activities in San Diego that resulted in the deaths of at least three illegal immigrants, including a 14-year-old boy from India whose 10 year old sister is missing at sea and presumed dead. Their father, who is in a coma, and mother are currently hospitalized, according to a The dramatic ordeal began after a panga boat, or small open-air fishing boat, carrying the illegal immigrants overturned at sea off San Diego's Pacific coast on Monday morning. Initially, nine people were thought to be missing but search efforts by the U.S. Coast Guard lead to them being saved, including the parents of the deceased boy. 'The drowning deaths of these children are a heartbreaking reminder of how little human traffickers care about the costs of their deadly business,' U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon said. After being arrested Monday at the beach, Julio Cesar Zuniga Luna and Jesus Juan Rodriguez Leyva were charged on Tuesday, May 6, with bringing in aliens resulting in death and bringing in aliens for financial gain. Related Stories 3/19/2025 1/29/2025 In the United States, human smuggling that results in death is a crime that carries a maximum penalty of death or life in prison. Melissa Jenelle Cota, Gustavo Lara, and Sergio Rojas-Fregosa, who were in vehicles observed at the scene of the maritime smuggling incident, were arrested and charged with transportation of illegal aliens. Rojas-Fregoso was previously deported from the United States back to Mexico on Dec. 19, 2023. 'We are committed to seeking justice for these vulnerable victims, and to holding accountable any traffickers responsible for their deaths,' Gordon added. Court records show that law enforcement officials recovered the three deceased bodies after bystanders and San Diego lifeguards engaged in rescue efforts around an overturned panga boat at Del Mar beach on May 5. Among the deceased were a man and an 18-year-old boy from Mexico, according to the Mexican consulate. The boy's 16-year-old girlfriend, whose lungs had filled with water, survived and has been hospitalized. Pangas are known to depart from the Mexican coast in the middle of the night to accommodate migrants who are willing to engage in the illegal, risky pathways that smugglers offer, which involves traveling by sea since the land borders, such as the border with California, are currently heavily guarded. 'Human smuggling, regardless of the route, is not only illegal but extremely dangerous,' special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) San Diego Shawn Gibson said. 'Smugglers often treat people as disposable commodities, leading to tragic and sometimes deadly consequences, as we saw in this case.' The defendants had not yet contacted Mexican authorities for legal help by press time, according to the Mexican consulate. The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
Los Angeles Times
07-05-2025
- Los Angeles Times
Dad in coma, son dead and 10-year-old daughter missing after migrant boat capsizes; 5 charged
Five Mexican citizens have been charged with participating in human smuggling after a small boat carrying migrants capsized off San Diego on Monday, killing four people including two children, authorities said. Tragic new details about the deadly smuggling incident came to light Tuesday. The body of a 14-year-old boy from India was among three recovered following the accident, and his 10-year-old sister remains missing at sea and is presumed dead, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The siblings' parents were rescued, but the father is now in a coma, and the mother remains hospitalized. 'The drowning deaths of these children are a heartbreaking reminder of how little human traffickers care about the costs of their deadly business,' U.S. Atty. Adam Gordon said in a statement. 'We are committed to seeking justice for these vulnerable victims, and to holding accountable any traffickers responsible for their deaths.' The U.S. Coast Guard received a call around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday reporting that a small panga-style boat with an estimated 16 people on board had overturned just north of Torrey Pines State Beach, said Hunter Schnabel, a Coast Guard public affairs officer. Bystanders and San Diego lifeguards were able to rescue four people. Three bodies were recovered from the scene, and nine people were initially unaccounted for. Two of the smuggling suspects — Jesus Ivan Rodriguez-Leyva, 36, and Julio Cesar Zuniga-Luna, 30, both of Mexico — were arrested on the beach, prosecutors said. They have been charged with bringing in migrants resulting in death, which has a maximum penalty of death or life in prison. Although the death penalty remains legal in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a moratorium on executions, in effect halting them during his tenure. They are also charged with bringing in migrants for financial gain, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Three additional arrests were made Monday night after Border Patrol agents spotted a car, which had been seen earlier near the accident scene, some 25 miles south in Chula Vista, which is just 10 miles north of the Mexican border. The driver of the vehicle fled the scene. Agents continued their investigation and successfully stopped two other vehicles involved in the smuggling incident, authorities said. Inside the vehicles, they discovered eight of the nine missing migrants, with the exception of the 10-year-old girl, prosecutors said. The drivers of the vehicles — Melissa Jenelle Cota, 33, Gustavo Lara, 32, and Sergio Rojas-Fregoso, 31 — were arrested and charged with the transportation of undocumented immigrants, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Rojas-Fregoso faced an additional charge for being in the country illegally after having been previously deported in December 2023, prosecutors said. This charge is punishable by up to two years in prison. 'Human smuggling, regardless of the route, is not only illegal but extremely dangerous. Smugglers often treat people as disposable commodities,' Shawn Gibson, special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations, San Diego, said in a statement. 'Yesterday's heartbreaking events are a stark reminder of the urgent need to dismantle these criminal networks driven by greed.' The smuggling of migrants is a persistent problem along the California coastline and one that often has deadly consequences. In 2023, at least eight people died when two migrant smuggling boats overturned off Black's Beach in San Diego County. A year earlier, a man and two women died when a panga boat crashed into rocks at the base of the cliffs of Point Loma in San Diego. Times staff writer Hannah Fry contributed to this report
Korea Herald
07-05-2025
- Korea Herald
5 people charged after migrant boat capsized, killing 3, including 14-year-old boy from India
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Federal officials filed charges Tuesday against five people in connection to a boat carrying migrants that capsized a day earlier off San Diego's Pacific coast, killing three people, including a 14-year-old boy from India. The boy's 10-year-old sister is still missing at sea and is presumed dead, the United States Attorney's Office in San Diego said in a statement. Their parents were among four people who were injured and taken to the hospital, including the father, who is in a coma. The other two killed were from Mexico, including an 18-year-old boy and another man, according to the Mexican consulate. The 18-year-old's girlfriend, who is 16, remains hospitalized after water filled her lungs, the consulate said. The consulate is working with the families in Mexico to repatriate the bodies of those who died. Nine people were initially reported missing. All but the 10-year-old girl were found late Monday by Border Patrol agents conducting operations in the San Diego area, officials said. The search efforts by the US Coast Guard stopped late Monday. Crews combed the area via helicopter and a cutter for hours after the boat flipped shortly after sunrise about 56 kilometers north of the Mexico border. Officials described the skiff as a panga, a small wooden open-air boat used to fish but also commonly used by smugglers to bring people into the US from Mexico. Two Mexican citizens were arrested at the beach near where the boat overturned. They were charged with human smuggling resulting in death, a crime that carries a maximum penalty of death or life in prison. Border Patrol agents found eight migrants after they managed to make it to shore. The agents also identified vehicles with drivers who were waiting to pick up the migrants as part of the smuggling scheme, according to court documents. US authorities arrested the three drivers, all Mexican citizens, and charged them with unlawfully transporting migrants, according to court documents. One had been deported in 2023 from the US. It was unclear if any of the defendants had defense attorneys, and they could not be reached for comment. The Mexican consulate said they have not been contacted by any of the accused yet to ask for legal help. Seven of the eight migrants are also from Mexico and were interviewed by the consular staff. 'The drowning deaths of these children are a heartbreaking reminder of how little human traffickers care about the costs of their deadly business,' US Attorney Adam Gordon said. 'We are committed to seeking justice for these vulnerable victims, and to holding accountable any traffickers responsible for their deaths.' Migrants are increasingly turning to the risky alternative offered by smugglers to travel by sea to avoid heavily guarded land borders, including off California's coast. Pangas leave the Mexican coast in the dead of night. In 2023, eight people were killed when two migrant smuggling boats approached a San Diego beach in heavy fog. One capsized in the surf. It was one of the deadliest maritime smuggling cases in waters off the US coast. A federal judge sentenced a San Diego man to 18 years in prison in 2022 for piloting a small vessel overloaded with 32 migrants that smashed apart in powerful surf off San Diego's coast, killing three people and injuring more than two dozen others.
