Wednesday, May 22, 2013   

Complete DHS Daily Report for May 22, 2013

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 • 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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