Tuesday, March 31, 2015



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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