Complete DHS Report for
June 5, 2015
Daily Report
Top Stories
· Federal
officials released a report June 3 that revealed that the 10.6-mile pipeline in
California that failed and spilled over 100,000 gallons of crude into the
Pacific Ocean in May was suffering from extensive corrosion and a metal loss of
over 45 percent of the pipe wall’s thickness in the area of the break. – Los
Angeles Times
2. June 3,
Los Angeles Times – (California) Ruptured pipeline was corroded,
Federal regulators say. The U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration released preliminary findings June 3 revealing that the
10.6-mile pipeline that failed and spilled over 100,000 gallons of crude into
the Pacific Ocean in May was suffering from extensive corrosion and a metal
loss of over 45 percent of the pipe wall’s thickness in the area of the break.
Despite the findings, investigators believe the corrosion was not the cause of
the failure. Source: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-oil-spill-pipeline-20150603-story.html
· Interstate
380 near Mount Pocono in Pennsylvania was closed for several hours June 3 due
to an accident that involved 2 semi-trucks and an Academy Bus, killing 3 people
and injuring 13 others. – WPVI 6 Philadelphia
8. June 3,
WPVI 6 Philadelphia – (Pennsylvania) Bus driver id’d in deadly
I-380 crash in Poconos. Interstate 380 near Mount Pocono was closed for
several hours June 3 due to an accident that involved 2 semi-trucks and an
Academy Bus, killing 3 people and injuring 13 others. Source: http://6abc.com/traffic/2-trucks-bus-collide-in-poconos-leaving-3-dead-many-hurt/764031/
· The Los
Angeles Police Department reported June 4 that the Men’s Central Jail in
downtown Los Angeles remains on lock down after a June 3 fight began between 80
inmates, resulting in 4 non-life threating injuries. – Los Angeles Daily
News
18. June
4, Los Angeles Daily News – (Los Angeles) 4 inmates injured after
riot breaks out at L.A. County jail. The Los Angeles Police Department
reported June 4 that the Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles remains on
lock down after a June 3 fight began between 80 inmates, resulting in 4
non-life threating injuries. Police authorities resolved the disturbance.
Source: http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20150603/4-inmates-injured-after-riot-breaks-out-at-la-county-jail
· Officials
launched an investigation for the May 21 incident where an act of vandalism
against a dam on Alameda Creek allowed 49 million gallons of water to flow into
San Francisco Bay. – KQED 9 San Francisco
24. June 3, KQED 9 San Francisco – (California) EPA
probes Fremont vandalism that ruined dam, allowed water to escape. The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency launched an investigation for the May 21
incident where an act of vandalism against a dam on Alameda Creek allowed 49
million gallons of water to flow into San Francisco Bay, leading to the loss of
over 150 acre-feet of water. Officials awarded a $2.4 million contract to
replace the dam the week of May 31. Source: http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/06/03/epa-probes-fremont-vandalism-that-ruined-dam-allowed-water-to-escape
Financial Services Sector
5. June 4,
Chicago Sun-Times – (Illinois) Police: ATMs stolen from
businesses in West Side burglaries. Chicago Police issued an alert and are
seeking information after 5 ATMs were stolen from West Side businesses in
Chicago between April and June. In two instances, the thieves pulled the
electric meter from the back of the ATMs to disable surveillance and alarm
systems. Source: http://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/7/71/661396/police-atms-stolen-businesses-west-side-burglaries
For another story, see item 21 below
in the Information Technology Sector
Information Technology Sector
20. June 4,
Softpedia – (International) Hoard of vulnerabilities found in SysAid Help
Desk. A security researcher discovered 11 vulnerabilities in SysAid Help
Desk version 14.4, including a flaw that could allow an attacker to create an
administrator account without any authentication, and an exploit in which an
attacker could perform remote execution by uploading arbitrary files via
directory transversal attacks. The software is used by over 10,000
organizations worldwide. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hoard-of-Vulnerabilities-Found-in-SysAid-Help-Desk-483295.shtml
21. June 3,
Securityweek – (International) Cloud providers hit hard by DDoS attacks in
Q1: VeriSign. VeriSign reported research finding that information
technology (IT) services and cloud providers received over one third of all
distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in the first quarter of 2015,
followed by the government and financial services sectors, where the frequency
of attacks increased by 3 percent. The total number of attacks increased seven
percent since the last quarter of 2014. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/cloud-providers-hit-hard-ddos-attacks-q1-verisign
22. June 3,
Threatpost – (International) Zero-day disclosed in Unity Web Player. Unity
Technologies acknowledged bug reports and released details about a zero-day
vulnerability in the company’s Unity Web Player browser plugin in which an
attacker could load or inject a malicious Unity app in order to use a victim’s
credentials to read messages or gain access to online services. Source: https://threatpost.com/zero-day-disclosed-in-unity-web-player/113124
Communications Sector
23. June 3, Fort Morgan Times
– (Colorado) Charter outage causes problems. Customers of
Charter Communications in the Fort Morgan area lost Internet service for hours
June 3 after a utility contractor inadvertently cut a fiber line. Source: http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/ci_28248371/charter-outage-causes-problems
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