News about virus, fire, AI and hack (Friday, May 8)

Two people from the cruise ship Hondius have the hantavirus in the Netherlands. They are hospitalized in the LUMC (Leiden University Medical Center) in Leiden and the Radboudumc (Radboud University Medical Center) in Nijmegen. The hospitals have taken measures, and visitors are not at risk.

A documentary has been made about wheelchair tennis player Niels Vink from Helmond. The film follows his journey to the Australian Open. That is the last Grand Slam title he still lacks.

The fire in the NorthC data center in Almere is under control. The fire started in a technical room and stopped part of the power supply. As a result, there are disruptions at the CBS (Statistics Netherlands) and Utrecht University.

Translation company DeepL is cutting approximately 250 jobs. That is about a quarter of the staff, says CEO Jarek Kutylowski. According to him, this is due to the rapid growth of artificial intelligence.

Hacker group ShinyHunters briefly took over several Canvas sites on Thursday evening. A message was displayed for half an hour on sites of the UvA (University of Amsterdam) and the Vrije Universiteit (Free University). According to NRC, most of the stolen data appears not to be sensitive.