Wednesday, July 24, 2013



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 • The personal information of 150,000 Citi customers who filed for bankruptcy between 2007 and 2011 was exposed after Citi failed to properly redact records before they were posted to the Public Access to Court Records (PACER) System. – Softpedia See item 5 below in the Banking and Finance Sector

 • Two runways were closed for several hours and 10 people were injured at New York’s LaGuardia Airport July 22 after the nose gear of a Southwest Airlines plane collapsed on landing. – Associated Press

8. July 23, Associated Press – (New York) LaGuardia crash: Airport reopens after troubled landing. Two runways were closed for several hours and 10 people were injured at New York’s LaGuardia Airport July 22 after the nose gear of a Southwest Airlines plane from Nashville collapsed on landing. Source: http://news.msn.com/us/ny-airport-hopes-to-fully-reoopen-after-landing-issue

 • A lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against Florida July 22 accuses the State of unnecessarily institutionalizing about 200 disabled children in nursing homes and cutting services that would allow them to receive home care, violating the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. – Associated Press

22. July 22, Associated Press – (Florida) Fla. sued for keeping disabled kids in nursing homes. A lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against Florida July 22 accuses the State of unnecessarily institutionalizing about 200 disabled children in nursing homes and cutting services that would allow them to receive home care. Six nursing homes were visited by federal investigators around the State and they found the children were not being given proper education or care, directly violating the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. Source: http://news.msn.com/us/fla-sued-for-keeping-disabled-kids-in-nursing-homes

  Firefighters reached 20 percent containment of a wildfire that burned 20,000 to 25,000 acres on the Warm Springs Indiana Reservation of central Oregon, while the Stagecoach Fire near Gilchrist was at 10 percent containment. – Associated Press (See item 23)

23. July 23, Associated Press – (Oregon) New central Oregon wildfire; 120 homes evacuated. Firefighters reached 20 percent containment of a wildfire that burned 20,000 to 25,000 acres on the Warm Springs Indiana Reservation of central Oregon while the Stagecoach Fire near Gilchrist prompted the evacuation of about 120 homes as crews reached 10 percent containment July 22. Source: http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2013/07/23/central-oregon-wildfire-causes-120-home-evacuations/
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Banking and Finance Sector
5. July 22, Softpedia – (National) Citi exposes details of 150,000 individuals who went into bankruptcy. The personal information, including Social Security numbers, of 150,000 Citi customers who filed for bankruptcy between 2007 and 2011 was exposed after Citi failed to properly redact records before they were posted to the Public Access to Court Records (PACER) System. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Citi-Exposes-Details-of-150-000-Individuals-Who-Went-into-Bankruptcy-369979.shtml

6. July 22, Seattle Post-Intelligencer – (Washington) Men arrested in ‘Big Top Bandits’ robberies. Seattle police arrested two men believed to be the “Big Top Bandits” suspected of five bank robberies. Source: http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle911/2013/07/22/big-top-bandits-arrested-for-bank-robbery-spree/

7. July 22, Newark Star-Ledger – (New Jersey) Former Bristol-Myers exec to forfeit illegal profits from insider trading scheme. A former executive at Bristol-Myers Squibb was ordered by a federal court in Newark to forfeit $311,361 in illegal profits made when he engaged in insider trading ahead of his company’s plans to take over Amylin. Source: http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2013/07/former_bristol-myers_exec_to_f.html

Information Technology Sector

30. July 23, Softpedia – (International) Pharmacy spammers use Google Translate to evade spam filters. Researchers at Symantec discovered a spam campaign that uses Google Translate links to redirect users to rogue pharmacy Web sites. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pharmacy-Spammers-Use-Google-Translate-to-Evade-Spam-Filters-370429.shtml

 31. July 23, Help Net Security – (International) Syrian hackers hit Tango, The Daily Dot. The Syrian Electronic Army hacktivist group breached a backup database belonging to chat app Tango, stealing data. Following this, a story about the breach on The Daily Dot was taken down by the hacktivists after a spearphishing attack on a staff member. Source: https://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=15271

32. July 23, Help Net Security – (International) U.S. the number one source of web attacks. Imperva published its Web Application Attack Report, which found that retailers suffer twice as many SQL injection attacks as other industries, and that the U.S. was the largest source of Web attacks. Source: https://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=15269

33. July 22, SC Magazine – (International) Bug bounty hunter details Facebook vulnerability. A Facebook vulnerability was spotted and reported by a researcher in June that would expose an account’s email address by entering the user as a developer. The vulnerability was closed by Facebook and a bounty issued July 19. Source: http://www.scmagazine.com//bug-bounty-hunter-details-facebook-vulnerability/article/303988/

Communications Sector
34. July 22, KMA 960 AM Shenandoah/99.1 FM Clarinda – (Iowa) Fiber cut results in mass outage. Repairs to a cut fiber cable affecting Mediacom customers in Clarinda and Bedford were delayed as crews found more damage to the underground fiber. The cable was originally severed by another telecommunications company attempting to install their own fiber July 22 and officials reported there was no estimated time for restoration of service. Source: http://kmaland.com/01422_Mediacom_outage_late_afternoon_update_190149.asp

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