Complete DHS Report for September 26, 2016
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Top Stories
• Severe thunderstorms left up to 37,591 Rocky Mountain Power
customers in northern Utah without power September 22. – Ogden
Standard-Examiner
1. September
22, Ogden Standard-Examiner– (Utah) More than 30,000 still without
power in northern Utah. Crews worked September 22 to restore power to
30,300 Rocky Mountain Power customers in northern Utah who remained without
power following severe thunderstorms that knocked out power to about 37,591
people. Source: http://www.standard.net/Local/2016/09/22/Power-outages-reported-for-more-than-17-000-in-Northern-Utah.html
• North Carolina officials announced September 23 that 1 million
gallons of untreated wastewater spilled into Charles Creek September 21. – WAVY
10 Portsmouth
15. September
23, WAVY 10 Portsmouth – (North Carolina) 1M gallons of untreated
wastewater spills in Elizabeth City. Elizabeth City, North Carolina
officials announced September 23 that 1 million gallons of untreated wastewater
spilled from the city’s sewage collection system into the Charles Creek of the
Pasquotank River September 21. The Elizabeth City Division of Water Quality is
investigating the situation.
• The owner and president of Chicago-based Jewels Bus Co. was charged
in an indictment unsealed September 22 after she allegedly falsely reported
both her personal income and the company’s income to the U.S. Internal Revenue
Service from 2009 – 2011. – U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of
Illinois
18. September
22, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Illinois –
(Illinois) Bus company owner charged with federal tax violations for failing
to report earnings from Chicago schools. The owner and president of
Chicago-based Jewels Bus Co., contracted with Chicago Public Schools, was
charged in an indictment unsealed September 22 after she allegedly concealed
income from the company’s tax return preparer by failing to record special
events income in company books, falsely reported to the U.S. Internal Revenue
Service that the company’s income was more than $30.8 million, and falsely
reported that her individual earnings exceeded $1.1 million from 2009 – 2011,
among other charges. Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/bus-company-owner-charged-federal-tax-violations-failing-report-earnings-chicago
• Yahoo Inc. confirmed September 22 that a hacker, dubbed “Peace”
and “peace_of_mind” accessed the data from at least 500 million user accounts,
including names, email addresses, and other information, during a 2014
cyberattack. – SecurityWeek See item 19 below in
the Information Technology Sector
Financial Services Sector
5. September
22, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Connecticut –
(Connecticut; New York) New Haven man admits committing 6 bank robberies in
Connecticut and New York. A New Haven, Connecticut resident pleaded guilty
September 22 after he robbed 6 banks in Connecticut and New York from October –
November 2015. Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ct/pr/new-haven-man-admits-committing-6-bank-robberies-connecticut-and-new-york
6. September
22, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York –
(International) Six individuals charged for their roles in international
money laundering and drug trafficking conspiracies. Six individuals were
charged September 22 for laundering hundreds of millions of dollars in drug
profits through the U.S., Italy, Hong Kong, and Mexico, and trafficking
hundreds of kilograms of drugs since July 2013, as part of their involvement in
the ‘Organization,’ a global drug trafficking and money laundering operation
with links to the U.S., Panama, Mexico, and other countries. The charges allege
that the defendants created a shadow banking system with stash houses
throughout the U.S. where the group received the illicit proceeds, and then
laundered the money through several Las Vegas businesses operated by a
co-conspirator. Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/six-individuals-charged-their-roles-international-money-laundering-and-drug-trafficking
For additional stories, see
item 2 below from the Energy Sector and item 23 below from the Commercial Facilities Sector
2. September
22, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Texas –
(International) Federal jury convicts El Paso attorney in connection with a
multi-million dollar fraud/money laundering scheme. A legal representative
of El Paso, Texas-based FGG Enterprises, Inc., was convicted September 21 after
he sent a fraudulent written request compelling Comision Federal de
Electricidad (CFE), a Mexican-state-owned utility company, to unknowingly
redirect more than $32 million in payments to an account the attorney
controlled in the Turks and Caicos Islands from 2010 – 2012. The charges state
the attorney used the stolen funds for personal expenses. Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdtx/pr/federal-jury-convicts-el-paso-attorney-marco-delgado-connection-multi-million-dollar
23. September
22, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Alaska – (Alaska) Two
men indicted for series of armed robberies and brandishing a short-barreled
shotgun. Two men were indicted September 22 after the pair allegedly robbed
a Wells Fargo Bank branch, the Captain Sparrow Liquor Store, the Brown Jug
Liquor Store, and 3 other businesses in Anchorage, Alaska, since August. Source:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ak/pr/two-men-indicted-series-armed-robberies-and-brandishing-short-barreled-shotgun
Information Technology Sector
19. September
22, SecurityWeek – (International) Yahoo confirms massive data breach of 500
million accounts. Yahoo Inc. confirmed September 22 that a hacker, dubbed
“Peace” and “peace_of_mind” accessed the data from at least 500 million user
accounts, including names, email address, hashed passwords, and birth dates,
among other information, during a 2014 cyberattack. Yahoo stated unencrypted
security questions and answers were invalidated and advised potentially
affected users to change their passwords.
20. September
22, SecurityWeek – (International) Over a dozen vulnerabilities patched in
OpenSSL. The OpenSSL project released OpenSSL versions 1.1.0a, 1.0.2i, and
1.0.1u resolving more than 12 vulnerabilities, including a high severity flaw
after a security researcher from Qihoo 360 discovered the issue can be
exploited to carry out denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by sending the targeted
device a large Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) Status Request
extension, among other vulnerabilities. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/over-dozen-vulnerabilities-patched-openssl
Communications Sector
Nothing to report
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