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• General Motors announced recalls June 16 for
3.2 million vehicles due to an issue with the design of the vehicles’ keys that
can shut down the engine and disable airbags and power steering. – Associated
Press
5. June 16, Associated Press – (National) GM recalls
3.2M more US cars for ignition problems. General Motors announced recalls
June 16 for 3.2 million vehicles of seven models from model years 2000 to 2014
due to an issue with the design of the vehicles’ keys that can result in the
key moving out of “run,” which can shut down the engine and disable airbags and
power steering. Source: http://news.msn.com/us/gm-recalls-32m-more-us-cars-for-ignition-problems
• Two tornadoes touched down June 16 in
Pilger, Nebraska, damaging or destroying several buildings and homes, and
prompting an evacuation of the town and the closure of all roadways in the
area. Two individuals were killed and 19 others were injured by the storm
system. – Associated Press (See item 8)
8.
June 17, Associated Press – (Nebraska) Tornadoes flatten tiny rural
Nebraska town; 2 dead. Two tornadoes touched down June 16 in Pilger,
Nebraska, damaging or destroying between 50 and 75 percent of the town,
including grain bins, a co-op, a school, and several buildings and homes, and
prompting an evacuation of the town’s 350 residents and closure of all roadways
in the area. Two individuals were killed and 19 others were injured by the
storm system. Source: http://news.msn.com/us/tornadoes-flatten-tiny-rural-nebraska-town-2-dead
• Residents were evacuated June 17 while crews
worked to contain the more than 12,100-acre Assayii Fire burning in the Bowl
Canyon Recreation Area of Gallup, New Mexico. – KOAT 7 Albuquerque
18. June 17, KOAT 7 Albuquerque – (New Mexico) Assayii
Fire destroys 4 structures, threatens homes. Residents in Sheep Springs and
Naschitti were evacuated June 17 while crews worked to contain the more than
12,100-acre Assayii Fire burning in the Bowl Canyon Recreation Area of Gallup,
New Mexico. Four structures were destroyed and the Navajo Nation Commission
declared a state of emergency. Source: http://www.koat.com/news/assayi-fire-burns-450-acres-near-gallup/26503736
• Authorities are investigating the cause of a
3-alarm fire at a Holyoke apartment building in Massachusetts that displaced
more than 100 residents, injured 2 firefighters, and left several units damaged
June 16. – Boston Globe
27.
June 16, Boston Globe – (Massachusetts) 100 displaced after apartment
building fire in Holyoke. Authorities are investigating the cause of a
3-alarm fire at a Holyoke apartment building in Massachusetts that displaced
more than 100 residents, injured 2 firefighters, and left several units damaged
June 16. Responders knocked down parts of the exterior of the building to
extinguish the blaze and prevent it from collapsing onto a street. Source: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/06/16/residents-displaced-after-apartment-building-fire-holyoke/6jP0cJ8XCTCeDyPm7hUMPK/story.html
Financial Services Sector
7. June 17, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
– (Florida) Men used more than 100 fake credit cards, deputies say. Police
in Sarasota arrested two Miami men June 13 and charged them with trafficking in
counterfeit credit cards after finding 110 payment cards in their possession.
Police were alerted to the men after Walmart store managers recognized them
from their alleged involvement in similar crimes. Source: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20140617/ARTICLE/140619718/-1/NEWS0106?Title=Men-used-more-than-100-fake-credit-cards-deputies-say&tc=ar
Information Technology Sector
23. June 17, Softpedia –
(International) Evernote’s forum server has been hacked. Evernote
advised certain users to change their passwords for the company’s forum after
attackers were able to access the forum server, potentially exposing hashed
passwords as well as email addresses and birthdays if users provided them.
Those affected are users with forum accounts created in 2011 or earlier.
Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Evernote-s-Forum-Server-Has-Been-Hacked-447035.shtml
24. June 16, SC Magazine –
(International) Technology sites “riskier” than illegal sites in 2013,
according to Symantec data. Symantec researchers released a post based on
Norton Web Safe user data that found that technology Web sites were the
riskiest category of site to visit in 2013 based on the amount of malware and
fake antivirus attempts utilizing that category of sites to attempt to infect
users. Source: http://www.scmagazine.com/technology-sites-riskier-than-illegal-sites-in-2013-according-to-symantec-data/article/355982/
25. June 16, Softpedia –
(International) Internet Explorer script engine susceptible to attacks. A
researcher with Fortinet reported that the script engine in Microsoft Internet
Explorer is potentially vulnerable to attacks via changing a security flag in
Jscript or VBScript. Such attacks would require a target machine with escalated
privileges. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Internet-Explorer-Script-Engine-Susceptible-to-Attacks-447003.shtml
Communications Sector
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