• Federal
agents arrested 13 members of an extended family and their business associates
in New York City and Orange County November 13 in an alleged $20 million
mortgage and welfare fraud scheme. – Lower Hudson Valley Journal News See item 10 below in the Financial Services Sector
• Farmington, New Mexico officials
reported that an estimated 50,000 gallons of sewage was discharged into a pond
leading to the Animas River after two lift stations at a sewage treatment plant
failed November 10. – KRQE 13 Albuquerque
21. November 13, KRQE 13
Albuquerque – (New
Mexico) 50,000 gallons of raw sewage leaked into NM river. Farmington
city officials reported that an estimated 50,000 gallons of sewage was
discharged into a pond leading to the Animas River after two lift stations at a
sewage treatment plant failed November 10. Source: http://krqe.com/2014/11/13/50000-gallons-of-raw-sewage-leaked-into-nm-river/
• Water service was restored throughout
New Bedford, Massachusetts, November 12 following a November 11 water main
break that discharged nearly 2 million gallons of water onto the city streets.
– WPRI 12 Providence
22. November 12, WPRI 12
Providence –
(Massachusetts) Nearly 2 million gallons of water lost in main break. Water
service was restored throughout New Bedford November 12 following a November 11
water main break that discharged nearly 2 million gallons of water onto the
city streets and left more than 30 homes and businesses without running water.
Source: http://wpri.com/2014/11/12/nearly-2-million-gallons-of-water-lost-in-new-bedford-main-break/
• A fire at a bus maintenance garage near
Detroit prompted the Van Buren Public Schools District in Wayne County to
cancel classes at all schools November 13. – Detroit Free Press
27. November 13, Detroit Free
Press – (Michigan) Bus
yard fire cancels school in Van Buren district. A fire at a bus maintenance
garage near Detroit prompted the Van Buren Public Schools District in Wayne
County to cancel classes at all schools November 13. Several explosions set off
a fire that destroyed the building. Source: http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2014/11/13/van-buren-schools-fire/18956517/
Financial Services Sector
9. November
14, Softpedia – (International) Personal info on more than 70,000 posted
online by debt sellers. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a
complaint against debt collection companies Cornerstone and Company, LLC of
Riverside, California, and Bayview Solutions, LLC, of St. Petersburg, Florida,
for allegedly leaving the personally identifiable information (PII) of over
70,000 customers online on a publicly accessible Web site. The FTC stated that
the Excel spreadsheets included bank account numbers, payment card numbers,
debt amounts, dates of birth, and other information and that the files were
downloaded more than 500 times. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Personal-Info-on-More-than-70-000-Posted-Online-By-Debt-Sellers-464909.shtml
10. November
13, Lower Hudson Valley Journal News – (New York) Family accused in
$20 million mortgage fraud scheme. Federal agents arrested 13 members of an
extended family and their business associates in New York City and Orange
County November 13 and expected 2 more to surrender after the individuals were
indicted in an alleged $20 million mortgage and welfare fraud scheme that used
fraudulent documents and concealed identities to obtain loans from banks as
well as welfare payments and social services from the government. Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/13/family-accused-in-20-million-mortgage-fraud-scheme/18997087/
11. November
13, Chicago Sun Times – (Illinois) “Bully Bandit” suspected in
16th bank robbery. The suspect known as the “Bully Bandit” was believed to
be responsible for the robbery of a Bank of America branch in Riverside,
Illinois, November 13, the sixteenth robbery the suspect is linked to since
November 2012. Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Bully-Bandit-Suspected-in-16th-Bank-Robbery-282663361.html
12. November
13, U-T San Diego – (California) ‘Bearded Bandit’ suspect nabbed in Vista. An
FBI spokesperson stated November 13 that FBI agents arrested a Vista man
November 10 believed to be the suspect known as the “Bearded Bandit”
responsible for three bank robberies in San Diego County. Source: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/nov/13/bearded-bandit-bank-robber-fbi-gibson/
Information Technology Sector
28. November
14, Securityweek – (International) OnionDuke APT malware distributed via
malicious Tor exit node. Researchers with F-Secure identified a piece of
sophisticated malware dubbed OnionDuke that was distributed by a Russia-based
Tor exit node and uses the same command and control infrastructure as the
MiniDuke malware used in advanced persistent threat (APT) campaigns. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/onionduke-apt-malware-distributed-malicious-tor-exit-node
29. November
13, Threatpost – (International) Internet voting hack alters PDF ballots in
transmission. Researchers at Galois published a paper demonstrating how an
attacker could conduct an attack against home routers by altering the router
firmware that would allow them to intercept a PDF voting ballot and modify it
before sending it to the election authority. Source: http://threatpost.com/internet-voting-hack-alters-pdf-ballots-in-transmission/109333
For another story, see item 31 below in the Communications Sector
Communications Sector
30. November 13, KTHV 11
Little Rock – (Arkansas) Police: Man stole half a mile in working
phone lines for copper. A North Little Rock man was charged in connection
to stealing around 2,506 feet of copper worth more than $22,500 from AT&T
telephone wires in the Blue Hill area for cash. Source: http://www.thv11.com/story/news/local/north-little-rock/2014/11/13/police-man-stole-half-a-mile-in-working-phone-lines-for-copper/18969761/
31. November 12, Associated
Press – (National) US confirms climate agency websites hacked. A
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency spokesman confirmed November 12 that
four of its Web sites were compromised by an Internet-sourced attack after
staff detected the intrusion and began incident response efforts. The agency
performed unscheduled maintenance and all services were fully restored. Source:
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/national/2014/11/us_confirms_climate_agency_websites_hacked
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