Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Complete DHS Daily Report for May 22, 2013
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Top Stories
• North Carolina authorities apprehended 5
individuals in connection with the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars’
worth of copper throughout the State. – Laurinburg Exchange
5.
May 19, Laurinburg Exchange – (North
Carolina) Deputies: Copper theft ring busted. North Carolina authorities
apprehended 5 individuals in connection with the theft of hundreds of thousands
of dollars’ worth of copper throughout the State. The group mostly targeted
power companies and were active several times per week. Source: http://www.laurinburgexchange.com/view/full_story/22614230/article-Deputies--Copper-theft-ring-busted?instance=popular
• Moore Medical Center in Moore, Oklahoma,
suffered extensive damage after a tornado May 20. – Associated Press
22.
May 20, Associated Press – (Oklahoma) Tornado
damages small suburban Oklahoma City hospital, but all patients survive. Moore
Medical Center in Moore, Oklahoma, suffered extensive damage after a tornado
May 20. All 30 patients survived and 13 were transferred to other facilities.
Source: http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/a9faf1eaef7b4ad6a5cd5050bfe22a34/US--Severe-Weather-Medical-Center
• Over 100 people were injured and 24 were
confirmed dead as a tornado ripped through Moore, Oklahoma, May 20, leveling
Plaza Towers Elementary School and several homes and businesses. – MSN News;
Associated Press; Reuters
23.
May 21, MSN News; Associated Press; Reuters –
(Oklahoma) Tornado hits Oklahoma; death toll revised down to 24. Over
100 people were injured and 24 were confirmed dead as a tornado ripped through
Moore, Oklahoma, May 20 leveling Plaza Towers Elementary School and several
homes and businesses. Crews were still searching through the rubble for victims
and clearing debris, as well as dealing with downed power lines, open gas
lines, and a lack of running water. Source: http://news.msn.com/us/tornado-hits-oklahoma-death-toll-revised-down-to-24-1
• Researchers reported that a Chinese military
cyberespionage unit previously identified in attacks against U.S. government
and industry targets resumed operations. – New York Times
31. May 19,
New York Times – (International) Hackers from China resume attacks on U.S.
targets. Researchers at Mandiant and Crowdstrike reported that a Chinese
military cyberespionage unit previously identified in attacks against U.S.
government and industry targets resumed operations after a pause following reports
of their prior operations. Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/world/asia/chinese-hackers-resume-attacks-on-us-targets.html
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Banking and Finance Sector
7. May 21,
Los Angeles Times – (National) Guilty plea in KPMG insider-trading case. A
California jeweler pleaded guilty to involvement in an insider trading scheme
that used tips from an auditor at accounting firm KPMG to receive $1.27 million
in illicit gains. Source: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-shaw-hearing-20130521,0,3315815.story
8. May 20,
ABC News – (California) Three men arrested and charged in California
fake bomb bank heist. Three men were arrested and charged with a $565,500
Los Angeles bank robbery that involved a bank managed being strapped with a
fake bomb and told to retrieve cash from the bank’s vault. Source: http://abcnews.go.com/US/men-arrested-charged-california-fake-bomb-bank-heist/story?id=19218100
9. May 20,
Help Net Security – (International) Jailed hacker designs device to thwart ATM
card skimming. A Romanian hacker imprisoned for creating ATM skimming
devices has invented a device that aims to prevent skimming by inserting the
card lengthwise and then turning the card inside the machine. Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=14931
Information Technology Sector
29. May 21,
The Register – (International) Syrian hacktivists hijack Telegraphy’s
Facebook, Twitter accounts. Several Twitter accounts and the Facebook page
of U.K. newspaper The Telegraph were briefly taken over by the Syrian
Electronic Army hacktivist group and used to post pro-Syrian government
messages. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/21/sea_hijacks_telegraph_twitter_feeds/
30. May 20,
Threatpost – (International) Remote code injection vulnerabilities
discovered in iOS apps. Researchers from Vulnerability Laboratory
discovered vulnerabilities in the File Lite and File Lite Pro apps available in
Apple’s App Store. The vulnerabilities allow code injection and unauthorized
file uploads. Source: http://threatpost.com/remote-code-injection-vulnerabilities-discovered-in-ios-apps/
31. May 19,
New York Times – (International) Hackers from China resume attacks on U.S.
targets. Researchers at Mandiant and Crowdstrike reported that a Chinese
military cyberespionage unit previously identified in attacks against U.S.
government and industry targets resumed operations after a pause following
reports of their prior operations. Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/world/asia/chinese-hackers-resume-attacks-on-us-targets.html
Communications Sector
32.
May 20, High Plains Public Radio –
(Oklahoma; Kansas) 91.3 KGUY Guymon: Off the air; 90.5 KZNA Hill City:
problems. Severe storms in parts of Oklahoma and Kansas led to problems at
radio station transmitter sites causing an outage for 91.3 FM KGUY Guymon and
intermittent issues for 90.5 FM KZNA Hill City. Source: http://www.hppr.org/post/913-kguy-guymon-air-905-kzna-hill-city-problems
33.
May 20, Oregonian – (Oregon) North
plains phone outage expected to be fixed in coming hours. A fiber-optic
cable was cut May 20 affecting North Plains CenturyLink phone service customers
for several hours, but was expected to be repaired late that day. Source: http://www.oregonlive.com/north-of-26/index.ssf/2013/05/north_plains_phone_outage_expe.html
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