Complete DHS Report for May 1, 2014
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• Operations at the Finger Lakes Farmstead
Cheese facility in Trumansburg, New York, were suspended April 28 due to
unsanitary conditions at the plant and Listeria that was found in raw cow’s
milk cheese at the facility. – Food Poisoning Bulletin
11.
April 29, Food Poisoning Bulletin –
(New York) Listeria halts operations at Finger Lakes Farmstead Cheese. Operations
at the Finger Lakes Farmstead Cheese facility in Trumansburg, New York, were
suspended April 28 after a federal court entered a consent decree of permanent
injunction between the United States, the company, and its owner due to
unsanitary conditions at the plant and Listeria that was found in raw cow’s
milk cheese at the facility. Source: http://foodpoisoningbulletin.com/2014/listeria-halts-operations-at-finger-lakes-farmstead-cheese/
• Boston Medical Center in Massachusetts
notified about 15,000 patients that that their personal records were posted
without password protection on MDF Transcription Services’ Web site after
discovering the breach March 4. – Boston Globe
14.
April 29, Boston Globe –
(Massachusetts) Boston Medical Center fires vendor after data breach. Boston
Medical Center notified about 15,000 patients that that their personal records,
including physicians’ notes, were posted without password protection on MDF
Transcription Services’ Web site. The medical center discovered the breach
March 4, had the Web site removed from the Internet, and fired the vendor and
its subcontractors. Source: http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/04/29/boston-medical-center-fires-vendor-after-data-breach/jboHN1Aq1x2JAE5amyEHiO/story.html
• A storm system that moved through several
U.S. States left at least 34 dead, prompted more than 100 commercial properties
and 2,000 homes to report damage, and forced several school districts to close
April 30. – Reuters
26.
April 30, Reuters – (National) Flooding
batters U.S. Southeast reeling from deadly tornadoes. At least 34 people have
died during a tornado-producing storm system that moved through several
southern States, prompting more than 100 commercial properties and 2,000 homes
to report damage. Some Florida Panhandle school districts were closed April 30
due to the storms, while State officials urged motorists to stay off the
roadways due to flooding, damaged roads, and storm debris. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/30/us-usa-tornado-weather-idUSBREA3R08320140430
• A 4-alarm fire that began in one building of
the Fairfield Inn hotel in Palm Desert, California, April 28 caused $8 million
in damage and put the hotel’s second building in danger of collapsing. – Palm
Springs Desert Sun (See item 27)
27. April 29, Palm Springs Desert Sun – (California) Four-alarm fire controlled at Palm Desert
Fairfield Inn. Authorities are investigating the cause of a 4-alarm fire
that began in one building of the Fairfield Inn hotel in Palm Desert April 28
and caused $8 million in damage. The fire put the hotel’s second building in
danger of collapsing and one firefighter was injured during the response.
Source: http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2014/04/28/fairfield-inn-hotel-fire-palm-desert/8419087/
Financial Services Sector
4. April
30, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – (Utah) SEC charges Utah-based
retirement plan administrator with defrauding investors. The U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges and an asset freeze April
30 against the founder, president, and CEO of Utah-based American Pension
Services Inc., accusing the businessman of losing over $22 million in investor
funds through high-risk investments and then issuing inflated account
statements to hide the losses. He also allegedly used forged letters and
signatures to invest funds on behalf of investors and continued to collect fees
on defaulted promissory notes. Source: http://www.sec.gov/News/PressRelease/Detail/PressRelease/1370541684897
5. April
29, Merrillville Post-Tribune – (Indiana) 2 indicted on federal
charges of gift card, credit card fraud. Federal prosecutors unsealed an
indictment April 29 against two men arrested in Hobart during March in
possession of 352 suspicious gift cards, alleging that the men are part of a
large identity theft ring run by West African nationals in the U.S. Source: http://posttrib.suntimes.com/news/27139423-418/2-indicted-on-federal-charges-of-gift-card-credit-card-fraud.html#.U2D_RPldVKA
Information Technology Sector
21. April 30, Softpedia – (International) 4chan hacked, attacker mainly targeted
moderator accounts. The founder of 4chan stated April 30 that the popular
bulletin board site was breached by attackers who leveraged a software
vulnerability to gain administrator functions and steal moderator account names
and credentials. The vulnerability used by the attackers was patched once 4chan
became aware of it. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/4chan-Hacked-Attacker-Mainly-Targeted-Moderator-Accounts-439939.shtml
22. April 30, Softpedia – (International) 14 security issues addressed with the
release of Firefox 29. Mozilla released the latest version of it Firefox
browser, Firefox 29, which closes 14 vulnerabilities, five of which were rated
as critical. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/14-Security-Issues-Addressed-with-the-Release-of-Firefox-29-440043.shtml
23. April 29, Help Net Security – (International) 99 percent of Q1 mobile threats
targeted Android. F-Secure Labs released its latest Mobile Threat Report,
which found that 99 percent of new mobile threats detected in the first quarter
of 2014 targeted the Android mobile operating system, and that 277 new threat
families were discovered during the time period, among other findings. Source: http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=2756
Communications Sector
24.
April 30, KNBC 4 Los Angeles –
(California) Workers sickened by chemical odor. Authorities stated that
300 people were evacuated from a Verizon office building in Pomona April 29
after a chemical smell spread through the building. Five people were
hospitalized after coming in contact with an adhesive remover in a construction
area on the building’s third floor that was the source of the smell. Source: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Possible-Chemical-Leak-Causes-Injuries-Evacuations-in-Pomona-257240711.html
25.
April 29, IDG News Service – (Florida)
Florida commuter’s illegal jammer blocked more than cell talkers. A
Seffner, Florida man was fined $48,000 April 29 after law enforcement and the
Federal Communications Commission caught him using an illegal cell phone jammer
in his vehicle for about 2 years to prevent people from talking on the phone
while driving. The jammer also disrupted emergency services communications as
well as police two-way radios. Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2014/042914-florida-commuter39s-illegal-jammer-blocked-281161.html