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• Washington State Route 169 in Maple Valley
and a portion of the Cedar River were closed indefinitely May 12 by King County
officials due to a landslide estimated at about 300 feet high and 300 feet
across the base. – KIRO 7 Seattle
12.
May 11, KIRO 7 Seattle – (Washington) Emergency
closure on Cedar River after mudslide in Maple Valley. Washington State
Route 169 in Maple Valley and a portion of the Cedar River were closed
indefinitely by King County officials due to a landslide estimated at about 300
feet high and 300 feet across the base. Six homes were temporarily evacuated
after debris temporarily dammed and rerouted the Cedar River through the
residents’ backyards. Source: http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/crews-respond-report-landslide-maple-valley/nfsrF/
• Tornado-producing storms passed through
south central Nebraska May 11, knocking down grain bins in several counties and
destroying a feed mill, while causing damage to area businesses. – KHGI 13
Kearney
16.
May 12, KHGI 13 Kearney; KWNB 6 Hayes Center –
(Nebraska) Severe weather whips the central United States. Tornado-producing
storms passed through south central Nebraska May 11, knocking down grain bins
in several counties and destroying a feed mill, while causing damage to area
businesses. Sutton Public and Sutton Christian Schools were closed May 12 due
to the storms. Source: http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/12/us/severe-weather/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
• Firefighters reached 35 percent containment
of a wildfire May 12 that burned up to 2,200 acres, destroyed several homes,
and forced about 2,100 residents to evacuate in Hutchinson County, Texas. – CNN
22.
May 12, CNN – (Texas) Texas
panhandle wildfire 35% contained. Firefighters reached 35 percent
containment May 12 of a wildfire that burned up to 2,200 acres in Hutchinson
County, Texas. The fire destroyed several homes, and forced about 2100
residents to evacuate the Texas panhandle-area. The cause of the fire is still
under investigation. Source: http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/12/us/texas-wildfire/
• Firefighters worked to contain the
3,000-acre Signal Fire burning in the Gila National Forest reported May 11 near
Silver City, New Mexico, which prompted the closure of Highway 15 and
evacuation of campsites and private property near Signal Peak. – KOB 4
Albuquerque
23.
May 12, KOB 4 Albuquerque – (New
Mexico) Signal Fire grows to 3,000 acres near Silver City. Firefighters
worked to contain the 3,000-acre Signal Fire burning in the Gila National
Forest reported May 11 near Silver City, New Mexico. Highway 15 from Ben Lilly
Monument north to the Gravel Pit near Wildhorse Mesa was closed and campsites
and private property near Signal Peak were evacuated. Source: http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S3432040.shtml
Financial Services Sector
6. May
9, New Jersey State Police – (New Jersey) Five members of Bergen
County theft ring arrested for $100,000 in fraudulent credit card purchases. New
Jersey State Police and partnering agencies arrested and charged 5 individuals
May 1 as part of a theft ring believed to have used stolen credit cards to
purchase more than $100,000 in merchandise online and from stores in New
Jersey. Authorities seized electronics, credit cards, $10,000 in U.S. currency,
and froze a bank account after learning the suspected ring leader would
purchase merchandise online and direct associates to pick up packages at
various locations. Source: http://www.njsp.org/news/pr050914.html
7. May
9, KSWB 69 San Diego – (California) Seniors lost millions in
investment scams, DA says. Authorities arrested and charged four
individuals for scamming 28 California investors, many of them senior citizens,
out of more than $3 million through two companies, Masters of Retirement and
American Equity Direct, by marketing phony investment contracts. Source: http://fox5sandiego.com/2014/05/09/seniors-lost-millions-in-investment-scams-da-says
Information Technology Sector
28. May 12, Softpedia – (International) Bitly says hackers breached offsite
database backup. Bitly enabled two-factor authentication for all its
accounts on its hosted source code repository after learning hackers gained
access to customer accounts from an offsite database backup storage, that was
not initiated by the company, through a compromised employee account. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bitly-Says-Hackers-Breached-Offsite-Database-Backup-441677.shtml
29. May 9, The Register – (International) Point DNS blitzed by mystery DDoS
assault. Point DNS reported a high intensity distributed denial-of-service
(DDoS) attack which knocked out all of its domain name system (DNS) servers for
several hours May 9. The company believes the attack originated from China and
is investigating the size and techniques used. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/09/point_dns_ddos/
30. May 9, IDG News Service – (International) Rush to defend against Heartbleed
leads to mistakes with certificates, patches. Netcraft released a report
May 9 stating 30,000 sites that revoked their compromised SSL certificates
after the Heartbleed vulnerability reissued new ones with the same private keys
as the old certificate and that around 57 percent of sites vulnerable have not
revoked or reissued their SSL certificates. Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2014/050914-rush-to-defend-against-heartbleed-281465.html
Communications Sector
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