Monday, July 29, 2013



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 • Halliburton Energy Services agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill that killed 11 workers and spilled millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf. – Associated Press

4. July 25, Associated Press – (International) Halliburton pleads guilty to destroying evidence. The U.S. Department of Justice announced July 25 that Halliburton Energy Services agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill that killed 11 workers and spilled millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf. The company agreed to pay the maximum fine, be on probation for 3 years, and continue to cooperate with the government’s criminal investigation. Source: http://news.msn.com/crime-justice/halliburton-pleads-guilty-to-destroying-evidence

 • About 70 teenagers were sent to a hospital for treatment and decontamination after they were accidentally sprayed with fungicide while working in a corn field near Pesotum, Illinois. – Associated Press

16. July 25, Associated Press – (Illinois) Dozens of teen workers sprayed with fungicide. About 70 teenagers were sent to an Illinois hospital for treatment and decontamination after they were accidentally sprayed with fungicide while working in a corn field near Pesotum July 25. The teenagers were detasseling corn when the chemical drifted over them from an airplane that was crop dusting an adjacent field. Source: http://news.msn.com/us/dozens-of-teen-workers-sprayed-with-fungicide

27. July 26, Columbus Dispatch – (Ohio) Legionnaires’ outbreak claims 2 more lives. Wesley Ridge Retirement Community in Reynoldsburg superheated their water systems July 25 for the second time after two more patients died from Legionnaires’ disease, bringing the total deaths to 4 and those sickened to 35. Preliminary results from testing showed the bacteria in more than one location at the facility, but health officials are still investigating the cause of the illness. Source: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/07/24/Two-more-deaths-blamed-on-Legionnaires-outbreak.html

 • Wesley Ridge Retirement Community in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, superheated their water systems for the second time after 2 more patients died from Legionnaires’ disease, bringing the total deaths to 4 and those sickened to 35. – Columbus Dispatch

27. July 26, Columbus Dispatch – (Ohio) Legionnaires’ outbreak claims 2 more lives. Wesley Ridge Retirement Community in Reynoldsburg superheated their water systems July 25 for the second time after two more patients died from Legionnaires’ disease, bringing the total deaths to 4 and those sickened to 35. Preliminary results from testing showed the bacteria in more than one location at the facility, but health officials are still investigating the cause of the illness. Source: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/07/24/Two-more-deaths-blamed-on-Legionnaires-outbreak.html

 • Firefighters in central and southern Idaho are battling roughly 10 wildfires covering over 35,000 acres, prompting road and trail closures. – KTVB 7 Boise

32. July 25, KTVB 7 Boise – (Idaho) Wildfires currently burning in Idaho. Firefighters in central and southern Idaho are battling roughly 10 wildfires covering over 35,000 acres, prompting road and trail closures. Dry conditions and hot temperatures have helped the fires grow rapidly. Source: http://www.ktvb.com/news/slideshows/Wildfires-currently-burning-in-Idaho-216974841.html
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Banking and Finance Sector
8. July 25, Associated Press – (New York; New Jersey) NYC man pleads guilty to securities fraud in NJ. A Russian national living in New York City pleaded guilty to his role in a securities fraud ring that broke into trading accounts at several brokerage firms and made unauthorized trades that benefited the ring, stealing about $1 million. Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/AP87192da5c69c4937bbbd234175da43da.html

9. July 25, Threatpost – (International) Microsoft: 88 percent of Citadel botnets down. Microsoft reported that 88 percent of botnets created by the Citadel banking trojan have been taken down following operations to disrupt them in June. Source: https://threatpost.com/microsoft-88-percent-of-citadel-botnets-down/101503

Information Technology Sector
35. July 26, Help Net Security – (International) Record malware growth in China, Ukraine, and Saudi Arabia. A midyear report by NQ Mobile found that 51,000 new mobile malware threats were identified in the first half of 2013, and that infections in China, Ukraine, and Saudi Arabia increased greatly, among other findings. Source: https://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=2546

36. July 25, Help Net Security – (International) TOR-based botnets on the rise. Researchers at ESET found and analyzed two botnets with their command and control (C&C) centers hidden in The Onion Router (TOR) network to avoid detection. The researchers noted that TOR-based botnet C&C is becoming more common. Source: https://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=2545
For an additional story, see item 9 above in the Banking and Finance Sector

Communications Sector
37. July 25, Albany Times Union – (New York) Time Warner struggles to fix cable outages. Time Warner customers from the Capital Region up to Albany experienced Internet, phone, and cable TV service outages June 25 for more than 17 hours with no estimated time reported for restoration of services or the cause of the outages. Source: http://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Time-Warner-struggles-to-fix-cable-outages-4687376.php

38. July 24, Buffalo News – (Maryland; Pennsylvania; Virginia) ‘Software issue’ caused cellphone outages for some Sprint customers in Md., Pa., Va. An unknown number of Sprint customers in Maryland, central Pennsylvania, and Virginia lost cellular services for 90 minutes July 24 due to an unspecified software issue. Source: http://articles.herald-mail.com/2013-07-24/news/40778205_1_cellphone-service-sprint-customers-service-outage

 
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