Complete DHS Report for April 27, 2016
Daily Report
Top Stories
• A Miami woman was arrested April 23 at Miami International
Airport after an inspection of her suitcase revealed 371 counterfeit credit
cards. – WPLG 10 Miami See item 5 below in
the Financial Services Sector
• A 62-mile stretch of Interstate 10 eastbound in southeastern
Arizona was closed for 2 hours April 25 following a dust storm and collision
involving 3 vehicles. – Eastern Arizona Courier; Arizona Range News
9. April 25,
Eastern Arizona Courier; Arizona Range News – (Arizona) I-10 crash,
dust storm forces traffic through Safford. A 62-mile stretch of Interstate
10 eastbound between U.S. Highway 191 in southeastern Arizona and Lordsburg,
New Mexico, was closed for 2 hours April 25 following a dust storm and
collision involving three vehicles. Source: http://www.eacourier.com/news/i--crash-dust-storm-forces-traffic-through-safford/article_cea99fda-0b51-11e6-864e-67dd519ac922.html
• Sixty people were evacuated and eight sanitation workers were
sent to area hospitals April 23 following an ammonia leak at the Tyson Foods,
Inc., poultry plant in Hope, Arkansas. – KSLA 12 Shreveport
12. April 24,
KSLA 12 Shreveport – (Arkansas) Ammonia leak at Tyson poultry plant sends 8 to
hospitals, evacuates 60. Sixty people were evacuated and eight sanitation
workers were sent to area hospitals April 23 following an ammonia leak at the
Tyson Foods, Inc., poultry plant in Hope, Arkansas. Officials reported that the
leak was contained and the cause of the leak is under investigation. Source: http://www.wlox.com/story/31802269/ammonia-leak-at-tyson-poultry-plant-sends-8-to-hospitals-evacuates-60
• Tennessee American Water
officials announced that a new $18 million dewatering system was activated
April 25 in Chattanooga, which will help cut sludge effluents sent to the
Moccasin Bend Sewage Treatment plant by 95 percent. – Chattanooga Times Free
Press (See item 14)
14. April 26,
Chattanooga Times Free Press – (Tennessee) Chattanooga’s
water utility completes $18 million dewatering facility to limit sludge. American
Water Co., the parent company of Tennessee American Water, announced that a new
$18 million dewatering system was activated April 25 in Chattanooga, which will
help cut sludge effluents sent to the Moccasin Bend Sewage Treatment plant by
95 percent. Source: http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2016/apr/26/liquid-investments-water-utility-invests-dewa/362195/
Financial Services Sector
5. April 25,
WPLG 10 Miami – (Florida) Miami woman had 371 counterfeit credit cards in
luggage, police say. A Miami woman was arrested April 23 at Miami
International Airport after authorities noticed suspicious masses in her
luggage during a security checkpoint screening, prompting a secondary hand
inspection of her suitcase which revealed 371 counterfeit credit cards. A
subsequent search revealed two additional fraudulent credit cards in the
woman’s wallet. Source: http://www.local10.com/news/miami-woman-had-371-counterfeit-credit-cards-in-luggage-police-say
Information Technology Sector
20. April 26,
Softpedia – (International) Facebook bug allowed attackers to take over
accounts on other sites. Facebook patched a flaw in its account
registration process after security researchers from Bitdefender discovered the
flaw could allow attackers to take over users’ profiles on Web sites where the
Facebook Social Login feature was available by adding an attacker’s email
address as a secondary address, enabling the attacker to verify the profile and
make modifications to the account information. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/facebook-bug-allowed-attackers-to-take-over-accounts-on-other-sites-503428.shtml
21. April 25,
SecurityWeek – (International) Malicious insiders could tap
ransomware-as-a-service for profit. Security researchers from Imperva
revealed that the ransom-as-a-service (RaaS) model could be leveraged by
malicious attackers to exploit the organization’s unstructured data, locate
sensitive data, and encrypt the company’s most valuable information after
discovering that authors and distributors of the malware use anonymous Bitcoin
addresses and the Tor network to ensure they receive their ransom money and
stay undetected from law enforcement agencies.
Communications Sector
See item 18 below
from the Emergency Services Sector
18. April 25,
KLTV 7 Tyler – (Texas) Van Zandt Co making backup plans after 911 blackout. Van
Zandt County authorities announced April 25 that severed optic lines caused
9-1-1 service to go down for 10 hours April 23. The severed lines also cut
Internet, landline, and cellular service for AT&T customers in the county. Source:
http://www.kxxv.com/story/31812513/van-zandt-co-making-backup-plans-after-911-blackout