Complete DHS Report for September 14, 2016
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Top Stories
• Nearly 4,000 gallons of gasoline spilled near the South Fork of
the Eel River in south Humboldt, California, September 11 after a petroleum
tanker overturned. – KRCR 7 Redding/KAEF 23 Arcata
1. September
12, KRCR 7 Redding/KAEF 23 Arcata – (California) Officials trying
to clean up oil spill before it seeps into groundwater. Nearly 4,000
gallons of gasoline spilled near the South Fork of the Eel River in south
Humboldt, California, September 11 after a petroleum tanker overturned.
Officials from the California Department of Parks and Recreation were working
to determine if the oil leaked into the river and stated clean-up efforts would
begin September 13. Source: http://www.krcrtv.com/north-coast-news/officials-trying-to-clean-up-oil-spill-before-it-seeps-into-groundwater/79123779
• Crews worked September 11 to restore power to over 23,000
Eversource Energy customers in New Hampshire who lost power following severe
thunderstorms that moved through the State. – WMUR 9 Manchester
2. September
11, WMUR 9 Manchester – (New Hampshire) Sunday storm causes
widespread damage, outages. Crews worked September 11 to restore power to
over 23,000 Eversource Energy customers in New Hampshire who were without power
following severe thunderstorms that moved through the State. Source: http://www.wmur.com/weather/stormwatch/Sunday-storm-causes-widespread-damage-outages/41622032
• A Henderson, Nevada resident pleaded guilty September 12 to his
role in a $33 million pump-and-dump stock market manipulation scheme where he
and co-conspirators fraudulently inflated the prices of shares of 4 public
companies by engaging in manipulative trading. – U.S. Attorney’s Office,
District of New Jersey See item 6 below in
the Financial Services Sector
• U.S. 60 near Fairview, Oklahoma, was closed for more than 18
hours September 12 while crews worked to clean up after a semi-truck carrying
cadmium and incinerator ash overturned. – Enid News & Eagle
13. September
12, Enid News & Eagle – (Oklahoma) U.S. 60 re-opened after being
closed 18 hours. U.S. 60 near Fairview, Oklahoma, was closed for more than
18 hours September 12 while crews worked to clean up after a semi-truck
carrying cadmium and incinerator ash overturned. No injuries were reported. Source:
http://www.enidnews.com/news/update-u-s-re-opened-after-being-closed-hours/article_8a42ab90-7904-11e6-b289-cb6cad8c1688.html
Financial Services Sector
6. September
13, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey – (Nevada) Nevada
stock promoter admits role in $33 million microcap stock manipulation scheme. A
Henderson, Nevada resident pleaded guilty September 12 to his role in a $33
million pump-and-dump stock market manipulation scheme where he and
co-conspirators fraudulently inflated the prices of shares of 4 public
companies by distributing promotional information about the shares and engaging
in manipulative trading in order to sell the stocks at inflated rates before
dumping large volumes of the shares, causing investors millions of dollars in
losses. Officials also stated the group paid cash kickbacks to a Las
Vegas-based investment adviser who purchased the stock of the target companies
on behalf of his clients. Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/nevada-stock-promoter-admits-role-33-million-microcap-stock-manipulation-scheme
7. September
12, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Texas – (Texas) Federal
grand jury indicts three in $6.5 million diamond investment fraud scheme. The
chief compliance officer of Stonebridge Advisers, LLC, the principal partner of
Worldwide Diamond Ventures, L.P., and another Dallas, Texas resident were
indicted September 9 for their roles in a $6.5 million diamond investment
scheme where the group allegedly defrauded 77 Worldwide Diamond Ventures
investors by fraudulently concealing material information, including how the
group used investor funds from March 2011 – November 2011 and February 2012 –
May 2013. The charges also allege that the trio failed to disclose to investors
that nearly $2.5 million in investor funds were used to make unauthorized loans
to third parties. Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/federal-grand-jury-indicts-three-65-million-diamond-investment-fraud-scheme
Information Technology Sector
20. September
12, SecurityWeek – (International) Critical MySQL zero-day exposes servers to
attacks. An independent security researcher discovered a critical zero-day
vulnerability affecting the MySQL open-source database software that can be
exploited by an attacker who can authenticate to the MySQL database via a Web
interface or network connection to leverage arbitrary code execution with root
privileges, which can compromise the server running MySQL. The researcher
reported that all MySQL branches are susceptible to the attack, and that the
attack can be leveraged on a device with Linux security modules installed. Source:
http://www.securityweek.com/critical-mysql-zero-day-exposes-servers-attacks
Communications Sector
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