Monday, August 19, 2013
Complete DHS Daily Report for August 19, 2013
Daily Report
Top Stories
• A man was arrested August 15 on charges that
he allegedly ran a credit card and check fraud scheme between 2004 and May 2013
that defrauded banks of more than $1 million by setting up fraudulent accounts
in New York and sending over $135 million in counterfeit overpayments. – Pocono
Record See
item 4 below in the Banking and Finance Sector
• According to recent data, at least 591
people in 19 States have fallen ill with Cyclospora infections since June. – Food
Safety News
15.
August 15, Food Safety News –
(National) Cyclospora infections top 591. According to data collected
from the U.S. Centers from Disease Control and calls made to individual State
health departments, at least 591 people in 19 States have fallen ill with Cyclospora
infections since June. Source: http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/08/cyclospora-infections-top-589/
• The Essex Junction Wastewater Treatment
Plant reported plans to better protect controls after they indicated a worker
accidentally bumped into machine controls which caused a 500,000 gallon
partially treated sewage spill in the Winooski River August 2 and 3. – Associated
Press
19.
August 15, Associated Press –
(Vermont) Wastewater plant spills 500K gallon into river. The Essex
Junction Wastewater Treatment Plant reported plans to better protect controls
August 15 after they reported that a worker accidentally bumped into machine
controls which caused a 500,000 gallon partially treated sewage spill in
Vermont’s Winooski River August 2 and 3. Source: http://www.stowetoday.com/stowe_reporter/news/article_a6503352-05cb-11e3-9924-001a4bcf887a.html
• Ferris State University reported that an
unauthorized person evaded network security and gained access to a computer
that stored about 39,000 individuals’ names and Social Security numbers. – Associated
Press
23.
August 16, Associated Press –
(Michigan) Ferris State U. reports data security breach. Ferris State
University in Big Rapids reported that it learned July 23 that an unauthorized
person evaded network security and gained access to a computer that stored
about 39,000 individuals’ names and Social Security numbers. Source: http://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/aug/16/ferris-state-u-reports-data-security-breach/
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Banking and Finance Sector
4. August 16, Pocono Record – (New York;
Pennsylvania) Matamoras man charged with 9-year-long $1 million credit card
scam. A Matamoras, Pennsylvania man was arrested August 15 on charges that
he allegedly ran credit card and check fraud scheme between 2004 and May 2013
that defrauded banks of more than $1 million by setting up fraudulent accounts
in New York and sending over $135 million in counterfeit overpayments. Source: http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130816/NEWS/308160328
5. August 15, WPEC 12 West Palm Beach – (Florida) Thieves
use new method in ATM skimming. Police in the Port St. Lucie area reported
that two thieves were seen on video attaching skimming devices to ATMs at
Publix grocery stores. The thieves target machines with external card slots,
drill holes in the bottom of the reader to avoid detection, and then place
skimmers into the drilled hole before sealing it. Source: http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_9496.shtml
Information Technology Sector
28. August
16, Softpedia – (International) Outbrain hacked by Syrian Electronic Army,
CNN, Time, and Washington Post impacted. Members of the Syrian Electronic
Army (SEA) hacktivist group used phishing emails to compromise the systems of
content recommendation service Outbrain, which enabled the group to redirect
some visitors of the Washington Post, Time, and CNN to the official SEA Web
site August 15. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Outbrain-Hacked-by-Syrian-Electronic-Army-CNN-Time-and-Washington-Post-Impacted-375936.shtml
29. August
16, IDG News Service – (International) Facebook disables some legitimate apps while
targeting malicious ones. Facebook stated August 15 that the tools it uses
to disable malicious apps inadvertently disabled some legitimate apps’
developer accounts for a time starting August 13. Source: https://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/081613-facebook-disables-some-legitimate-apps-272917.html
30. August
15, The Register – (International) GitHub code repository rocked by ‘very large
DDoS’ attack. GitHub was targeted by a large distributed denial of service
(DDoS) attack August 15 and suffered outages as a result. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/15/github_ddos/
Communications Sector
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