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• Three passengers aboard an aircraft were
killed when the airplane ran off the runway at Huntsville International Airport
in Alabama, caught fire, and crashed near a fence June 18.–WAFF 48
Huntsville
11.
June 19, WAFF 48 Huntsville – (Alabama) 3 dead in plane crash at
Huntsville International Airport. Three passengers aboard a Westwind II
aircraft were killed when the airplane ran off the runway at Huntsville
International Airport in Alabama, caught fire, and crashed near a fence June
18. The airport suspended all operations for several hours to investigate the
crash. Source: http://www.waff.com/story/25811413/3-dead-in-crash-at-huntsville-international-airport
• Heavy rainfall forced the closure of
Interstate 29 in southeast South Dakota June 19, a levee breach in Iowa, and
caused the town of Rock Rapids to lose its water supply indefinitely. – KCCI
8 Des Moines
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June 19, KCCI 8 Des Moines – (Iowa; Nebraska, South Dakota) Flood
summary: I-29 closing in SD, metro bike trails closing. Interstate 29 in
southeast South Dakota was closed June 19 as cities in Iowa and Nebraska fought
a surging Big Sioux River after heavy rainfall pushed the waterway to high
levels in some areas. A levee breach in Iowa June 18 caused flooding while the
town of Rock Rapids lost its water supply indefinitely. Source : http://www.kcci.com/weather/saylorville-to-rise-16-feet-with-more-rain-on-the-way/26549564
• Officials reported that an estimated 100,000
acres of crops and farmland in Rock County, Minnesota, were damaged by strong
storms systems that produced heavy rains and hail during the week of June 16. –
Minneapolis Star Tribune
15.
June 19, Minneapolis Star Tribune – (Minnesota) Water woes in
Mankato; state park closes; 100K acres of crops lost in Rock Co. Officials
reported that an estimated 100,000 acres of crops and farmland in Rock County,
Minnesota, were damaged by strong storms that produced heavy rains and hail
during the week of June 16. The storms eroded fields, flooded creeks and
rivers, and caused cattle to be washed from the fields into the Rock River
where they drowned. Source: http://www.startribune.com/local/263626331.html?page=all&prepage=1&c=y
• Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego
notified over 20,000 patients June 17 that its employees mistakenly forwarded
some of their private health information to about 15 job applicants June 6 and
in 2012. – U-T San Diego
26.
June 17, U-T San Diego – (California) Patient data breach at Rady
Children’s. Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego notified over 20,000
patients June 17 that its employees mistakenly forwarded some of their private
health information to about 15 job applicants June 6 and in 2012. In the June
incident the employee accidentally emailed a spreadsheet containing patients’
health information to applicants for data management jobs and in 2012, three
job candidates viewed an email file containing patient data while 6 others
viewed the data while testing on company computers. Source: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/jun/17/rady-breach-data-patients-childrens-hospital/
Financial Services Sector
8. June 19, Stamford Daily Voice – (Connecticut) Stamford
man admits role in mortgage fraud scheme, faces 30 years in prison. A
Stamford man pleaded guilty June 16 to recruiting and directing straw buyers as
part of a mortgage fraud scheme involving properties in Fairfield County that
cost lenders over $7 million. Three others previously pleaded guilty in
relation to the fraud which ran between 2005 and 2013. Source: http://stamford.dailyvoice.com/news/stamford-man-admits-role-mortgage-fraud-scheme-faces-30-years-prison
9. June 18, Dark Reading – (International) Malicious
Google Play clone steals banking credentials. Google and FireEye worked to
take down email addresses associated with a piece of banking malware that
imitates the Google Play icon in Android devices and steals users banking and
personal information. The malware was spotted by only 3 of 51 security programs
and appears to currently be targeting Korean-speaking users. Source: http://www.darkreading.com/mobile/malicious-google-play-clone-steals-banking-credentials/d/d-id/1278692
10. June 18, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of
Virginia – (Virginia) Former head of Lynrocten Federal Credit Union
indicted. The former manager of the Lynrocten Federal Credit Union in
Lynchburg was charged in an indictment unsealed June 18 with bank fraud,
embezzlement, and identity theft for allegedly making unauthorized loans in the
names of credit union members, writing unauthorized checks from members’
accounts, and making false statements on $1 million in loans in order to enter
into a Loan Participation Agreement with another credit union. The former head
teller of the credit union pleaded guilty in January in relation to the alleged
fraud. Source: http://www.fbi.gov/richmond/press-releases/2014/former-head-of-lynrocten-federal-credit-union-indicted
Information Technology Sector
31. June 19, Help Net Security – (International) Scan of
Google Play apps reveals thousands of secret keys. Researchers with
Columbia University used an automated tool called PlayDrone to scan, download,
and decompile over 880,000 apps from the Google Play app store and found that
several app developers often leave secret authentication keys embedded in the
apps, potentially allowing attackers to steal user data or server resources,
among other findings. Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=17026
32. June 19, Help Net Security – (International) Code
hosting Code Spaces destroyed by extortion hack attack. Cloud code hosting
service Code Spaces announced that it was forced to shut down its business
after attackers deleted most of its stored code and backups after a ransom that
accompanied a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack was not paid. Source:
http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=17028
33. June 19, Softpedia – (International) Simplocker
changes attack vectors. Researchers from ESET and Kaspersky found that
several variants of the Simplocker ransomware were developed and that some
attackers are using a trojan downloader known as
Android/TrojanDownloader.FakeApp to attempt to infect victims. The ransomware
is currently most prevalent in Ukraine and Russia and demands ransoms in those
countries’ currencies. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Simplocker-Increases-Attack-Vectors-447554.shtml
34. June 19, Help Net Security – (International) Bitcoin
miner lurking on Facebook. Bitdefender researchers spotted a new Bitcoin
mining malware campaign that utilizes Facebook messages to send users a
malicious file that downloads .DLL files which embed a Bitcoin mining program
on victims’ systems. The delivered payload can be changed by attackers as well,
potentially allowing other forms of malware to be added to infected systems.
Source: http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=2789
35. June 19, Softpedia – (International) Ancestry
services crippled by DDoS attack. Servers belonging to Ancestry.com and
several of its services were affected by a distributed denial of service (DDoS)
attack that began June 16 and continued to cause issues for users June 19.
Users reported that the site was only accessible intermittently and the site
recommended that users switch to offline mode until the issue is resolved.
Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ancestry-Services-Crippled-by-DDoS-Attack-447427.shtml
For another story, see item 9 above in the Financial Services Sector
Communications Sector
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