Monday, July 15, 2013
Daily Report
Top Stories• Dayton Power & Light crews worked to restore power to 45,000 DP&L customers in Dayton, Ohio, after severe thunderstorms swept through the region July 11. – Dayton Business Journal
5. July 11, Dayton Business
Journal – (Ohio) Storms
knock power out for thousands in Miami Valley. Dayton Power & Light
crews worked to restore power to 45,000 DP&L customers in Dayton after
severe thunderstorms swept through the region July 11. Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/blog/morning_call/2013/07/storms-knoock-power-out-for-thousands.html
• A shopping center was evacuated and foam trucks from Fairfax, Virginia, and Dulles International Airport were called to aid in cleanup after a tanker with an 8,500 gallon gas load flipped on its side as its driver turned into the shopping center.– Inside NoVa News
20. July 12,
Inside NoVa News – (Virginia) Gas tanker overturns in Bristow, spills thousands
of gallons of fuel. The Braemar Village Plaza was evacuated July 11 and
foam trucks from Fairfax and Dulles International Airport were called to aid in
cleanup after a tanker with an 8,500 gallon gas load flipped on its side as the
driver turned into the shopping center. Fuel was believed to have entered Broad
Run, prompting fire officials to ask the operators to close the gates at the
Lake Manassas Dam to prevent tainted water from further spreading. Source: http://www.insidenova.com/news/local/bristow/updated-gas-tanker-overturns-in-bristow-spills-thousands-of-gallons/article_80e7efc4-eaa0-11e2-bb88-001a4bcf887a.html
• Patients admitted to Texas Health Harris
Methodist Hospital Fort Worth between 1980 and 1990 were notified after the
hospital discovered a portion of a microfiche that contained the patient’s
personal information was found in a park. – Health IT Security
25. July 12,
Health IT Security – (Texas) Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital reports data
breach. Patients admitted to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort
Worth between 1980 and 1990 were notified after the hospital discovered a
portion of a microfiche that contained the patient’s personal information and
was meant to be destroyed
by its paper-shredding vendor, Shred-It, was found in a park. As a result, the
hospital changed its paper destruction vendors. Source: http://healthitsecurity.com/2013/07/12/texas-health-harris-methodist-hospital-reports-data-breach/
30.
July 11, Reno Gazette-Journal –
(Nevada) Bison Fire south of Reno is 80 percent contained. Crews reached
80 percent containment of Nevada’s Bison Fire July 11 after it burned through
24,136 acres. Road closures were lifted and firefighters expect full
containment by July 14. Source: http://www.rgj.com/viewart/20130711/NEWS06/130711004/Bison-Fire-containment-up-to-75-percent
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Banking and Finance Sector
8. July 11, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – (Missouri) FBI
seeks ‘I-55 Bandit’ who has robbed four banks in St. Louis area. The FBI
announced that they are seeking a suspect dubbed the “I-55 Bandit” in relation
to four bank robberies in the St. Louis area between May 6 and July 2. Source: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/fbi-seeks-i--bandit-who-has-robbed-four-banks/article_35945a7a-cb38-527d-88f0-ff9122560d2a.html
Information Technology Sector
32.
July 12, Softpedia – (International) Another
Android vulnerability allows hackers to turn legitimate apps into malware. Researchers
reported finding a vulnerability in Android that can allow an attacker to
modify Android apps without altering cryptographic signatures in APK files
under 64KB in size, similar to a recent vulnerability reported by Bluebox
Security that works on larger files. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Another-Android-Vulnerability-Allows-Hackers-to-Turn-Legitimate-Apps-into-Malware-367723.shtml
33.
July 12, Softpedia – (International) Experts
reveal how Chinese APT hackers abuse Dropbox and WordPress. A report by
Cyber Squared detailed how a Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) group
utilized cloud-based platforms in attacks such as the 2012 attack on the New
York Times. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Experts-Reveal-How-Chinese-APT-Hackers-Abuse-Dropbox-and-WordPress-367652.shtml
Communications Sector
34. July 11,
WCAX 3 Burlington – (New York) Mountain Lake PBS still fixing lightning damage. Officials
reported that while cable and satellite services were restored to nearly all
Mountain Lake PBS customers, off-air viewers in the Plattsburgh area were
likely to remain without service for a couple more weeks. Flood damage and a
nearly inaccessible road delayed repairs to the transformers at the Lyon
Mountain transmitter station after June storms set the transformers on fire.
Source: http://www.wcax.com/story/22819227/mountain-lake-pbs-still-fixing-lightning-damage
35. July 11,
Hampshire Review – (West Virginia) Frontier restored after outage affected
20,000 customers. Thieves in search of copper cut a fiber optics line 16
miles outside of Martinsburg, causing 20,000 Frontier customers to lose
services July 10. Source: http://www.hampshirereview.com/blog/2013/07/11/7-11-13-frontier-restored-after-outage-affected-20000-customers/
For another story, see item 31 below:
31.
July 11, KOKI 23 Tulsa – (Oklahoma) 911
back in service in McIntosh County. Crews repaired an AT&T cable that
knocked out power to landline and cellphone lines impacting 9-1-1 service for
11 hours in Latimer, Pittsburg, and McIntosh counties July 11. Callers were
directed to call Checotah Police during the outage in case of an emergency.
Source: http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/911-back-in-service-in-McIntosh-County/jY9i62oJyEaASyIGXPo_Jw.cspx
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