Complete DHS Report for October 19, 2016
Daily Report
Top Stories
• Crews from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power worked
October 17 to restore power to 23,000 customers who lost power following a
severe rainstorm in Los Angeles. – KABC 7 Los Angeles
1. October 17, KABC 7 Los
Angeles – (California) 23,000 LA area customers without power due to
SoCal rainstorm, LADWP says. Crews from the Los Angeles Department of Water
and Power worked October 17 to restore power to 23,000 customers who lost power
following a severe rainstorm in Los Angeles. Source:
http://abc7.com/weather/23k-la-area-customers-without-power-due-to-rainstorm-ladwp-says/1559062/
• Hyundai Motor Company issued a recall October 18 for roughly
84,500 of its model years 2010 – 2016 Genesis Coupe vehicles due to a faulty
wiring harness connector associated with the vehicle’s occupant classification
system (OCS), which could prevent the second-stage airbag from deploying in the
event of a crash. – TheCarConnection.com
3. October 18,
TheCarConnection.com – (National) 2010-2016 Genesis Coupe recalled to
fix airbag issue. Hyundai Motor Company issued a recall October 18 for
roughly 84,500 of its model years 2010 – 2016 Genesis Coupe vehicles sold in
the U.S. due to a faulty wiring harness connector associated with the vehicle’s
occupant classification system (OCS), which could become dislodged when objects
placed under the front passenger seat contact the OCS electrical connector,
thereby causing the air bag to inflate when a child is in the seat or
preventing the second-stage airbag from deploying in the event of a crash and
increasing the risk of injury. Source: http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1106741_2010-2016-genesis-coupe-recalled-to-fix-airbag-issue
• City officials in Powers, Oregon, reported that an intake pump
failure caused roughly 11,000 gallons of raw sewage to spill into the south
fork of the Coquille River October 16. – KCBY 11 Coos Bay
10. October 17, KCBY 11
Coos Bay – (Oregon) Nearly 11,000 gallons of raw sewage spills into
Coquille River after intake pump failure. City officials in Powers, Oregon,
reported that an intake pump failure caused roughly 11,000 gallons of raw
sewage to spill into the south fork of the Coquille River October 16. Source: http://kcby.com/news/local/nearly-11000-gallons-of-raw-sewage-winds-up-in-coquille-river-due-to-intake-pump-failure
• About 91 people were displaced following a fire at the Founders
Hill apartment complex in Manhattan, Kansas, October 17. – KSNT 27 Topeka
18. October 17, KSNT 27
Topeka – (Kansas) Nearly 100 people affected by Manhattan apartment
fire. About 91 people, including many Kansas State University students,
were displaced following a fire at the Founders Hill apartment complex in
Manhattan, Kansas, October 17. No injuries were reported and the cause of the
fire remains under investigation.
Financial Services Sector
Nothing to report
Information Technology Sector
15. October 18, Softpedia
– (International) WordPress sites under attack via security flaw in
unmaintained plugin. Security researchers from White Fir Design discovered
the WordPress Marketplace plugin was plagued with an arbitrary file upload
vulnerability that could allow an attacker to upload arbitrary files on
Websites with the plugin installed and potentially take over a site’s
underlying server. The researchers discovered the flaw after detecting scans
for the plugin’s Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) file on multiple Websites. Source:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/wordpress-sites-under-attack-via-security-flaw-in-unmaintained-plugin-509387.shtml
For another story, see item 16
below from the Commercial
Facilities Sector
16. October 18,
SecurityWeek – (International) Magneto malware hides stolen card data in
image files. Sucuri researchers discovered malicious actors were using real
image files related to an online store’s products to plant payment card-swiping
malware on Websites running the Magneto ecommerce platform in order to
exfiltrate stolen card data via email or by including it in a file that the
attacker later retrieves. Sucuri advised online stores to keep all their
software updated in order to protect their Websites from the malware.
Communications Sector
Nothing to report
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