Complete DHS Report for March
10, 2015
Daily Report
Top Stories
· Two
California women were convicted March 5 for their roles in a scheme that
defrauded union and private health insurance programs of more than $50 million.
– Torrance Daily Breeze
17. March 6,
Torrance Daily Breeze – (California) San Pedro woman convicted for
role in insurance fraud. Two California women were convicted March 5 for
their roles in a scheme that defrauded union and private health insurance
programs of more than $50 million by submitting bills for medically unnecessary
procedures to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Operating
Engineers Union health insurance plans, along with Aetna and Anthem insurance,
for beneficiaries who received free or discounted cosmetic surgeries. The women
convinced beneficiaries to undergo several medically unnecessary procedures in
order to obtain free or discounted cosmetic surgeries. Source: http://www.dailybreeze.com/general-news/20150306/san-pedro-woman-convicted-for-role-in-insurance-fraud
· The
British National Crime Agency arrested an individual in the U.K. March 4 that
is believed to be responsible for breaching the U.S. Department of Defense’s
Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services communication system in June 2014. – Softpedia
18. March
6, Softpedia – (International) Suspected US Department of Defense
hacker arrested in UK. The British National Crime Agency arrested an
individual that is believed to be responsible for breaching the U.S. Department
of Defense’s Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services communication system in June
2014, in the U.K. March 4. The suspect allegedly gained access to contact
details and phone numbers of 800 individuals and the International Mobile
Station Equipment Identity (IMEI) codes for about 34,400 devices in the 2014
breach. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Suspected-US-Department-of-Defense-Hacker-Arrested-in-UK-475120.shtml
· Two men
were arrested for their alleged roles in a spam campaign that made millions of
dollars from 2009-2011 by stealing over 1 billion addresses from 8 U.S. email
providers, which is considered to be the largest data breach in U.S. history. –
Softpedia
See
item 22 below in the Information Technology Sector
· Thousands
remained without Internet and telephone service in the Williamson and Pikeville
areas of West Virginia after to high flood waters that took out a main fiber
optic line March 5. – Logan Banner; Associated Press See item 23 below in the Communications Sector
Financial Services Sector
8. March 7,
Associated Press – (New Jersey; New York) Wig-wearing bandit robbed bank of more
than $100G. Authorities arrested and charged a White Plains, New York woman
March 5, for allegedly using a paintball gun to rob a Glen Rock Savings Bank
branch in Glen Rock, New Jersey, of more than $100,000. Source: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/03/07/wig-wearing-bank-bandit-robbed-bank-more-than-100g/
For another story, see item 12 below from the Food and Agriculture Sector
12. March
9, Krebs on Security – (International) Point-of-sale vendor
NEXTEP probes breach. The president of point-of-sale (PoS) vendor NEXTEP
Systems confirmed during the week of March 2 reports that the security of
systems used at some of its customer locations, which largely includes
restaurants, corporate cafeterias, casinos, airports, and other food service
venues, may have been compromised. An investigation was initiated due to
reports of a pattern of fraud on payment cards used at Zoup restaurants across
the U.S. and Canada. Source: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/03/point-of-sale-vendor-nextep-probes-breach/
Information Technology Sector
21. March 9, Securityweek – (International) Email
spoofing flaw found in Google Admin console. Security researchers
identified a security flaw in the Google Apps Admin console that could have
been exploited to gain temporary ownership of any previously unclaimed domain
and used to send malicious emails that would not be flagged as suspicious
because they came from trusted servers. Google has addressed the vulnerability.
Source: http://www.securityweek.com/email-spoofing-flaw-found-google-admin-console
22. March 7, Softpedia – (International) Two
arrested in the largest data breach in the US. Two men were arrested for
their roles in what authorities are calling the largest data breach in U.S.
history, in which the suspects allegedly made millions of dollars between
2009-2012 by stealing over 1 billion email addresses from 8 U.S. email service
providers and used their distribution platforms to send millions of spam emails
containing links to Web sites that promoted products through affiliated
marketing activities. Authorities continue to search for a third suspect
connected to the scheme. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Two-Arrested-in-the-Largest-Data-Breach-in-the-US-475156.shtml
For another story, see
item 18 above in Top Stories
Communications Sector
23. March 8, Logan Banner;
Associated Press – (West Virginia) Major internet outage in
Mingo. Thousands of Suddenlink costumers in the Williamson and Pikeville
areas of West Virginia were without Internet and telephone service after high
flood waters pulled down over a 300 foot stretch of fiber optic cable that
extended across the river near Nolan March 5. Crews worked to determine how to
safely reach the cable and reported that there was no estimated date for
restoring services. Source: http://www.loganbanner.com/news/news/152227690/Major-internet-outage-in-Mingo