The Associated Press reports:
New Zealand’s central bank said Sunday that one of its data systems has been breached by an unidentified hacker who potentially accessed commercially and personally sensitive information. A third party file sharing service used by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to share and store sensitive information had been illegally accessed, the Wellington-based bank said in a statement….
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What are cloud streets?
Cloud streets are a manifestation of Earth’s atmosphere in motion. They’re mostly seen by satellites looking down on Earth, but people sometimes catch them from the ground, too. Check out these cool images! Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/what-are-cloud-streets…
New Zealand Can’t Find Source of Its New Covid-19 Cases
A new cluster of Covid-19 cases in New Zealand prompted a widespread investigation to identify where they’re coming from. The New Zealand Herald reports:
Nearly 90 new cases of Covid-19 have now been linked back to the new cluster, which itself stemmed from an “index case” — a 50-year-old man working at Mt Wellington’s Americold coolstore, with no history or link to…
Watch 2 penguins explore closed Chicago aquarium
You’ll love this video of a couple of penguins openly exploring Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, closed due to COVID-19. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/penguins-explore-closed-aquarium-video…
10 tips to ease into Daylight Saving Time
Daylight saving time 2020 begins in the U.S. at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 8. Spring forward! Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/top-10-strategies-to-ease-your-body-into-daylight-saving-time…
DIA staff: ‘Wellington Archives are haunted’
New Zealand’s Department of Internal Affairs has been plagued by reports of ghosts, according to internal files. The alleged paranormal activity was r… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/331246/dia-staff-wellington-archives-are-haunted…
Google Maps Shows Sunken Car Where Missing Man’s Body Was Found
The remains of a man who went missing two decades ago in Florida have been found in a submerged car visible on Google Maps. The BBC reports: William Moldt, 40, was reported missing from Lantana, Florida, on November 7, 1997. He failed to return home from a night out at a club when he was 40 years old. A missing person…
Recipe for planets
It’s not every day that clues about the origin of our solar system fall from the sky, but one Victoria University of Wellington researcher has found just that—in a meteorite that collided with Earth 50 years ago. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-09-recipe-planets.html…