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• Honda announced a recall of 143,083 model
year 2007-2008 Fit vehicles due to an issue where water could enter the master
power window switch and cause damage to a wire harness. – AutoTalk
3. July 1, AutoTalk – (National) Honda recalls 143,083
Fit vehicles to replace master power window switch. Honda announced a
recall of 143,083 model year 2007-2008 Fit vehicles due to an issue where water
could enter the master power window switch and cause overheating, melting, and
other damage to a wire harness. Source: http://www.autotalk.com/honda-recalls-143083-fit-vehicles-to-replace-master-power-window-switch-20999/
• The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention announced that another 4 people are now known to have been sickened
in the ongoing hepatitis A outbreak linked to pomegranate seeds from Turkey. – Food
Safety News
14. July 1, Food Safety News – (National) 131 sickened by
Hepatitis A outbreak linked to Pomegranate seeds in Berry Mix. The Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention announced that another 4 people are now
known to have been sickened in the ongoing hepatitis A outbreak linked to
pomegranate seeds from Turkey. A total of 131 people have fallen ill and 59
have been hospitalized. Source: http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/07/131-sickened-by-hepatitis-a-outbreak-linked-to-pomegranate-seeds-in-berry-mix/
• Sacred Heart Hospital in Chicago notified
the Illinois Department of Public Health of their immediate closure July 1
after the hospital’s executives and doctors were arrested for allegedly
conspiring to exchange kickbacks for referrals of patients insured by Medicare
and Medicaid. – Associated Press
17. July 1, Associated Press – (Illinois) Chicago hospital
closes after investigation. The Sacred Heart Hospital in Chicago notified
the Illinois Department of Public Health of their immediate closure July 1. The
hospital is under investigation after the hospital’s owner and other executives
and doctors were arrested for allegedly conspiring to exchange kickbacks for
referrals of patients insured by Medicare and Medicaid. Source: http://www.wgem.com/story/22737369/chicago-hospital-closes-after-investigation
• Crews reached full containment of a wildfire
burning in El Dorado County, California, that shut down Highway 50 and knocked
out power to roughly 49,000 Pacific Gas and Electric customers. – Sacramento
Bee (See item 21)
21.
July 1, Sacramento Bee – (California) El
Dorado County fire contained, Highway 50 reopened. Crews reached full
containment of a wildfire burning in El Dorado County that shut down Highway 50
and knocked out power to roughly 49,000 Pacific Gas and Electric customers for
several hours July 1. Source: http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/07/wildland-fire-closes-section-of-highway-50-in-el-dorado-county.html
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Banking and Finance Sector
4. July 2, Softpedia – (International) Bulgarian
man involved in Shadowcrew hacking forum extradited to the US. A Bulgarian
man who allegedly acted as a vendor for illegal merchandise and services on the
Shadowcrew identity theft and hacking forum was arrested in Paraguay and
extradited to the U.S. to face charges. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bulgarian-Man-Involved-in-Shadowcrew-Hacking-Forum-Extradited-to-the-US-364803.shtml
5. July 1, Reuters – (California) Former KPMG
partner pleads guilty for insider trading scheme. A former senior partner
in accounting company KPMG pleaded guilty to passing along insider information
that netted a friend $1.27 million in illegal profits. Source: http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/07/01/former-kpmg-partner-pleads-guilty-for-insider-trading-scheme/
6. July 1, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission –
(Michigan; Texas) SEC charges three with insider trading on confidential
acquisition negotiations between Rohm & Haas and Dow. The U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission charged a former Dow Chemical Company
officer and two others with allegedly engaging in insider trading ahead of
Dow’s acquisition of Rohm & Haas Co. that generated $1.1 million in illegal
profits. Source: https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2013/lr22738.htm
For another story,
see item 25 below in the Information Technology Sector
Information Technology Sector
25.
July 2, Help Net Security –
(International) Litecoin-stealing trojan found. Researchers at ESET
discovered a trojan that targets the Litecoin virtual currency and attempts to
send users’ wallet.dat files to an FTP server under the attacker’s control.
Source: https://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=2529
26.
July 2, Softpedia – (New York) Man
arrested after pulling former employer’s website from Google search results. A
British national living in New York was arrested for allegedly accessing his
former employer’s Web site and altering the robots.txt file so that the site
would not show up in search engine results. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Man-Arrested-After-Pulling-Former-Employer-s-Website-from-Google-Search-Results-364869.shtml
For
another story, see item 4 above in the Banking and Finance Sector
Communications Sector
27.
July 2, Roanoke Times – (Virginia) Reduced
signal has been restored for WDBJ-TV antenna users. Twenty percent of
antenna users and WDBJ-TV 7 Roanoke/Lynchbug viewers lost their signal July 1
after an over-the-air transmitter failed. Technicians hoped to have the signal
fully restored July 2. Source: http://www.roanoke.com/news/2047753-12/reduced-signal-has-been-restored-for-wdbj-tv-antenna.html
28.
July 2, Denver Post – (Colorado) Front
Range Internet outage cuts e-mail service for nearly a week. Software-compatibility
issues on its new platform caused Front Range Internet Inc.’s 16,000 Colorado
residential and business customers to have degraded services for nearly a week.
The company expected to resolve the issue by July 2. Source: http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_23578009/front-range-internet-outage-cuts-e-mail-service
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