Complete DHS Report for April 15, 2014
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• DTE Energy crews worked to restore power to
100,000 customers around Detroit April 14 after an April 12 storm producing
strong winds knocked out electricity. – WDIV 4 Detroit
1.
April 14, WDIV 4 Detroit – (Michigan) DTE:
100,000 customers without power. DTE Energy crews worked to restore power
to 100,000 customers around Detroit April 14 after an April 12 storm produced
strong winds and knocked out electricity. Source: http://www.clickondetroit.com/weather/dte-60000-customers-without-power-after-spring-storm/25455788
• The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an
indictment against nine individuals for allegedly being involved in a criminal
organization that used the Zeus banking trojan to steal millions of dollars. – Softpedia
See item 7
below in the Financial Services Sector
• Police arrested and charged a suspect
believed to be responsible for opening fire and killing three individuals April
13 outside of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kanas City, then again
outside the Village Shalom Jewish retirement community in Overland Park. – Associated
Press
30.
April 14, Associated Press – (Kansas) Official
IDs supremacist as Kansas attacks suspect. Police arrested and charged a
suspect believed to be responsible for opening fire and killed three
individuals April 13 outside of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kanas
City, then again outside the Village Shalom Jewish retirement community in
Overland Park. Three individuals were killed during the attacks. Source: http://news.msn.com/crime-justice/official-ids-supremacist-as-kansas-attacks-suspect
• A 5-alarm fire April 12 at a commercial
building in Berkeley, California, destroyed or damaged several businesses,
knocked out power to 1,500 PG&E customers, and led to the evacuation of
nearby businesses and residents. – KGO 7 San Francisco
32.
April 13, KGO 7 San Francisco –
(California) 5-alarm fire destroys multiple businesses in Berkeley. A
5-alarm fire that broke out April 12 at a commercial building in Berkeley
destroyed or damaged several businesses, and knocked out power to 1,500 PG&E
customers, prompting the evacuation of nearby businesses and residents. The
blaze caused significant traffic delays in both directions along Interstate 80
and service at two local Amtrak stations was halted due to fire hoses being run
across the tracks. Source: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=9501921
Financial Services Sector
7. April
12, Softpedia – (International) Nine people accused of stealing
millions of dollars with Zeus malware. The U.S. Department of Justice
unsealed an indictment against nine individuals for allegedly being involved in
a criminal organization that used the Zeus banking trojan to steal millions of
dollars. The alleged scheme used Zeus to steal account information and then
transfer stolen money to accounts belonging to ‘mules’ who withdrew and
transferred the money. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Nine-People-Accused-of-Stealing-Millions-of-Dollars-with-ZeuS-Malware-437311.shtml
8. April
11, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – (International) SEC
charges Indiana man for defrauding investors in “credit union” Ponzi scheme. The
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges April 11 against an
Indianapolis man and two entities under his control for allegedly running a
Ponzi scheme that defrauded around 5,000 investors from the U.S. and abroad of
around $12.8 million dollars. Criminal charges were also unsealed by the U.S.
Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia in a parallel action.
Source: http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2014/lr22972.htm
Information Technology Sector
26. April
14, IDG News Service – (International) Akamai admits issuing
faulty OpenSSL patch, reissues keys. Akamai Technologies stated April 13
that a patch issued by the company designed to protect its customers from the
Heartbleed vulnerability contained a fault, making it ineffective. The company
then began reissuing all Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates and security
keys for affected sites. Source: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247650/Akamai_admits_issuing_faulty_OpenSSL_patch_reissues_keys
27. April
14, Help Net Security – (International) Jetpack pushes update to
close critical security hole. The creators of the Jetpack plugin for
WordPress published an update for the popular plugin that closes a
vulnerability discovered during a security audit that could allow an attacker
to bypass a site’s access controls. Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=16683
28. April
12, Softpedia – (International) Google rewards experts for XXE
vulnerability in Toolbar Button Gallery. Google awarded two Detectify
researchers $10,000 after they identified and reported an XML External Entity
(XXE) vulnerability in the Google Toolbar Button Gallery that could have
allowed an attacker to gain access to data on the company’s production servers.
The vulnerability was closed soon after being reported. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Rewards-Experts-for-XXE-Vulnerability-in-Toolbar-Button-Gallery-437290.shtml
Communications Sector
29.
April 12, KSTU 13 Salt Lake City –
(Utah) Damages from outage-causing car crash
estimated at more than
$100,000. Weber County residents suffered over a 9 hour Comcast Internet
service outage April 12 after a fiber line was impaired when a car hit a power
line, causing more than $100,000 worth of damage to the provider’s resources.
Source: http://fox13now.com/2014/04/12/car-crash-causes-power-outage-in-weber-county/
For
another story, see item 25 from the Emergency Services Sector below:
25.
April 12, Associated Press –
(Washington) 7-hour Washington 911 outage blamed on vendor. CenturyLink
reported April 11 that a 7 hour Statewide 9-1-1 service outage in Washington
April 10 was caused by a technical error by a third-party vendor. Source: http://www.jacksonsun.com/viewart/20140412/NEWS/140412004/7-hour-Washington-911-outage-blamed-vendor-