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· Severe storms
August 26 knocked out power to up to 165,000 customers, flooded portions of
Interstates 75 and 94, and flooded other roads in the Detroit, Michigan area. –
Detroit News
1.
August 27, Detroit News – (Michigan) 120K
still without power after storms hit Metro Detroit. Severe storms August 26
knocked out power to up to 165,000 customers, flooded portions of Interstates
75 and 94, and flooded other roads in the Detroit metro area. Around 120,000
customers were still without power early August 27. Source: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140827/METRO08/308270047/120K-still-without-power-after-storms-hit-Detroit-area
· Exxon Mobil
Corp agreed to pay $1.4 million to the U.S. government in a settlement for
alleged violations of the Clean Water Act from a 2012 oil spill in Louisiana in
which the company discharged 2,800 barrels of crude oil after a pipeline
ruptured. – New Orleans Times-Picayune
16.
August 27, New Orleans Times-Picayune –
(Louisiana) ExxonMobil to pay $1.4 million to settle alleged violation of
the Clean Water Act in 2012 Torbert oil spill. Exxon Mobil Corp agreed to
pay $1.4 million to the U.S. government in a settlement for alleged violations
of the Clean Water Act stemming from a 2012 oil spill in Louisiana in which the
company discharged 2,800 barrels of crude oil after a pipeline ruptured. The
company is also facing additional incurred costs to respond to the oil spill
and replace segments of the ruptured pipelines. Source: http://www.nola.com/business/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2014/08/exxonmobil_to_pay_14_million_p.html
· Vandals
caulked the ignition switches of 20 school buses and offloaded 9,000 gallons of
diesel from a fuel tank at the AJ Myers & Sons school bus company facility
in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, between August 22 and August 24. – KDKA 2
Pittsburgh (See item 22)
22.
August 25, KDKA 2 Pittsburgh –
(Pennsylvania) Thief nabs $27K of fuel from school bus company, clogs
ignitions. Pennsylvania State Police are investigating after vandals
caulked the ignition switches of 20 school buses and offloaded 9,000 gallons of
diesel from a fuel tank at the AJ Myers & Sons school bus company facility
in Latrobe between August 22 and August 24. Crews worked to clean the clogged
ignition switches so the buses could be used for transporting students August
25. Source: http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/08/25/thief-nabs-27k-of-fuel-from-school-bus-company-clogs-ignitions
· Time Warner
Cable Inc., restored Internet services to about 14.5 million customers across
the U.S. after an outage occurred during routine network maintenance August 27.
– CNN Money See item 28
below in the Communications Sector
Financial Services Sector
5. August
26, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – (International) SEC
charges former Cleveland-area investment promoter with $18 million scheme. The
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint August 26 against a
former Gates Mills, Ohio investment promoter for allegedly defrauding 51
investors out of over $18 million in securities offerings by misrepresenting
the offerings, his trading record, and where the money would be invested. The
investment promoter allegedly told investors that their funds would be invested
in companies listed on the Mexican stock exchange but instead used their funds
to invest in publicly traded securities and stole over $6 million for personal
use. Source: http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2014/lr23073.htm
6. August
26, Bloomberg News – (New York) Lippert/Heilshorn consultant
charged with insider trading. A consultant for Lippert/Heilshorn &
Associates Inc., was arrested and charged in federal court in New York City
August 26 for allegedly engaging in insider trading using draft press releases
from clients to gain insider knowledge and make $89,487 on one client’s stocks.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission also sued the consultant August 26
for allegedly engaging in insider trading on six other stocks to make illicit
profits of over $950,000. Source: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-08-26/lippert-heilshorn-consultant-charged-with-insider-trading
7. August
26, KYTX 19 Nacogdoches – (Texas) Capital One bank investigator
now bank suspect. The FBI and Tyler, Texas police arrested the corporate
security consultant of a Capital One bank branch August 26 for allegedly
robbing bank workers outside the bank August 11, stealing two bags of money.
Source: http://www.cbs19.tv/story/26371882/sources-tyler-capital-one-bank-robbery-suspect-arrested
Information Technology Sector
24. August 27, Softpedia – (International) Updated NetTraveler backdoor has
encrypted configuration file. Researchers at Kaspersky Labs identified an
updated variant of the NetTraveler (also known as Travnet or Netfile) malware
being used in a spearphishing campaign that contains an encrypted configuration
file. The NetTraveler malware has been used for as long as 10 years and is
frequently used in attacks targeting diplomatic, government, military, and
activist groups. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Updated-NetTraveler-Backdoor-Has-Encrypted-Configuration-File-456602.shtml
25. August 27, Help Net Security – (International) 470 million sites exist for 24 hours,
22% are malicious. Blue Coat researchers reported the results of an
analysis of over 660 million unique hostnames requested by users and found that
71 percent of hostnames were sites that appeared for only 1 day, with around 22
percent found to be malicious sites used in short-lived attacks or botnet
management. The largest number of 1-day sites were legitimate sites used by
major online organizations. Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=17297
26. August 27, The Register – (International) Ouch…right in the VIDEO GAME: Lizard
Squad attacks Xbox, Twitch. Attackers calling themselves Lizard Squad
launched distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against video
game-streaming service Twitch and the Microsoft Xbox Live service August 26,
disrupting service on Twitch for a time but failing to impact Xbox Live
service. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/27/lizard_squad_hacking_rampage/
27. August 26, IDG News Service – (International) HP recalls 6M laptop power cords that
can pose fire hazards. Hewlett-Packard announced a recall of over 6 million
LS-15 AC power cords used with HP and Compaq branded laptops due to the potential
for the power cords to overheat, melt, and pose a fire or burn hazard. The
recall covers around 5.6 million units in the U.S. and 446,000 in Canada.
Source: http://www.computerworld.com/article/2599124/computers-all/hp-recalls-6m-laptop-power-cords-that-can-pose-fire-hazards.html
Communications Sector
28.
August 27, CNN Money – (National) Time
Warner Cable comes back from nationwide Internet outage. Time Warner Cable
Inc., which serves about 14.5 million homes, restored Internet services to
customers across the U.S. after an outage occurred during routine network
maintenance August 27. Cable TV and phone services were not affected during the
outage. Source: http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/27/media/time-warner-cable-outage/index.html
29.
August 26, Reuters – (National) TWC
to pay $1.1M to settle FCC probe. Time Warner Cable Inc., agreed to pay
$1.1 million August 25 in a settlement with the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) after admitting that it violated the requirements for reporting
network outages in 2013 and agreed to follow a 3-year compliance plan with the
FCC to properly report all network outages in the future. The FCC requires that
service providers promptly report network outages that last longer than 30
minutes, especially if it may affect emergency response facilities or up to
900,000 minutes of disrupted Internet or phone usage. Source: http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2014/08/26/time-warner-cable-to-pay-11-mln-to-settle-outage-reporting-violation/
30.
August 26, Elko Daily Free Press –
(Nevada) Internet, voicemail services interrupted for Frontier customers. Many
Frontier Communications customers in Elko remained without Internet or
voicemail service August 26 due to an unidentified problem with equipment owned
by Level Three Communications. The outage also affected services at the Elko
County Sheriff’s Office. Source: http://elkodaily.com/news/internet-voicemail-services-interrupted-for-frontier-customers/article_f4701e0a-2d73-11e4-9fc7-0019bb2963f4.html
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