Complete DHS Report for March
31, 2015
Daily Report
Top Stories
· JetBlue
Airways announced March 30 that a system-wide computer outage was resolved,
causing delays for thousands of passengers after the airline had to issue
handwritten boarding passes. – Associated Press
6. March
30, Associated Press – (National) JetBlue computer outage causes
delays for passengers. JetBlue Airways announced March 30 that a system wide
computer outage was resolved, causing delays for thousands of passengers after
the airline had to issue handwritten boarding passes. The company stated that
customers will likely face delays throughout the day while they worked to get
operations back to normal. Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/jetblue-computer-outage-delays-passengers-30001797
· A Los
Angeles Metro Expo line train slammed into a car at a crossing in front of the
University of Southern California March 28 leaving 19 passengers injured as
well as the car’s driver and train’s operator. – Associated Press
9. March
28, Associated Press – (California) LA light rail train hits car,
partially derails; 21 hurt. A Los Angeles Metro Expo line train slammed
into a car at a crossing in front of the University of Southern California
March 28 leaving 19 passengers injured as well as the car’s driver and train’s
operator. Authorities are investigating the incident and believe the driver was
attempting to turn at a grade crossing and did not see the approaching train.
Source: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hurt-cars-hit-la-commuter-train-29976569
· An
accident involving a semi-truck carrying 15 chemicals in 55-gallon drums on
Interstate 39-90 in Janesville, Wisconsin, prompted an estimated 13 hour
closure of westbound lanes March 27. – WISC 3 Madison
10. March
28, WISC 3 Madison – (Wisconsin) Chemical spill shuts down I-90
most of Friday. An accident involving a semi-truck carrying 15 chemicals in
55-gallon drums that rear-ended another semi-truck parked on the shoulder of
Interstate 39-90 in Janesville, Wisconsin, prompted the nearly 13 hour closure
of westbound lanes March 27 while crews removed and cleaned up 4 damaged and
leaking barrels found along the roadway. Over a dozen people were evacuated
from nearby homes for 10 hours as a precaution. Source: http://www.channel3000.com/news/chemical-spill-shuts-down-interstate-in-janesville/32043946
· The FBI
is conducting an investigation after a U.S. National Security Agency police
officer killed one man and seriously injured another while they were attempting
to drive into the main gate of the agency’s headquarters at Fort Meade,
Maryland, March 30. – CNN
19. March 30, CNN – (Maryland) One shot dead at
Fort Meade after trying to ram NSA gate. The FBI is conducting an
investigation after a U.S. National Security Agency police officer shot and
killed one man and seriously injured another while they were attempting to
drive into the main gate of the agency’s headquarters at Fort Meade, Maryland,
March 30. Source: http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/30/us/fort-meade-nsa-incident/index.html
Financial Services Sector
5. March
30, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – (National) SEC
announces fraud charges against investment adviser accused of concealing poor
performance of fund assets from investors. The U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission charged an investment adviser and her New York-based Patriarch
Partners firms with fraud March 30, for allegedly hiding the poor performance
of loan assets in 3 collateralized loan obligation funds and collecting almost
$200 million in illegitimate fees from investors. Source: http://www.sec.gov/news/pressrelease/2015-52.html
Information Technology Sector
22. March 30, Help Net Security – (International) Massive
DDoS against GitHub continues. Systems engineers at GitHub reported that
complex, large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against the
company’s servers that started March 26 are ongoing but that all of the Web
site’s services are available to users. Security researchers from Insight Labs
traced the start of the attack to advertising and visitor tracking provided by
the Chinese search engine Baidu. Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=18148
Communications Sector
23. March 29, WKYT 27
Lexington – (Kentucky) Timer Warner Cable reports outages for
hundreds of Lexington customers. Time Warner Cable reported March 29 that
an outage prompted by damage to their fiber network impacted service for less
than 700 customers in Lexington. Crews worked to repair the damages and restore
services. Source: http://www.wkyt.com/news/headlines/Time-Warner-Cable-reports-outages-for-hundreds-of-Lexington-customers-297929961.html
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