Complete DHS Report for June 24, 2016
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Top Stories
• The U.S. President signed a chemical safety act into law June 22
that gives the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency authority to review and
regulate chemicals, and mandates that the agency update its inventory of
current chemicals, among other provisions. – Washington, D.C. Environment
& Energy Publishing
1. June 22,
Washington, D.C. Environment & Energy Publishing –
(National) U.S. President signs TSCA reform into law. The U.S. President
signed the “Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act” into
law June 22 that gives the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency authority to
review and regulate chemicals, and mandates that the agency update its
inventory of current chemicals as well as creates a risk evaluation process
within 6 months. The bill aims to ensure the safety of the public and support
U.S. manufacturing while boosting the U.S. economy. Source: http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060039241
• Bolthouse Farms issued a recall June 22 for 3.8 million bottles
of its Protein PLUS shakes products and its Mocha Cappuccino Perfectly Protein
products due to possible spoilage. –U.S. Food and Drug Administration
12. June 22,
U.S. Food and Drug Administration – (National) Bolthouse Farms
voluntarily recalls protein beverage due to possible spoilage. Bolthouse
Farms issued a voluntary recall June 22 for 3.8 million bottles of its Protein
PLUS shakes products sold in 14 variations and its Mocha Cappuccino Perfectly
Protein products sold in 2 variations due to possible spoilage after the
company received consumer complaints and reports of illness in connection with
the products. The cause of the issue is under investigation and the products
were distributed nationwide. Source: http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm508221.htm
• Federal authorities announced June 22 that 301 people were
charged for their roles in health care fraud schemes involving about $900
million in fraudulent billings to Medicare and Medicaid. – U.S. Department
of Justice
19. June 22,
U.S. Department of Justice – (National) National health care fraud
takedown results in charges against 301 individuals for approximately $900
million in false billing. Federal authorities announced June 22 that 301
people were charged in a nationwide sweep for their roles in health care fraud
schemes involving about $900 million in fraudulent billings to Medicare and
Medicaid. The individuals allegedly participated in various schemes to submit
claims for treatments that were medically unnecessary or never provided, or for
home health care, mental health services, and pharmacy fraud. Source: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/national-health-care-fraud-takedown-results-charges-against-301-individuals-approximately-900
• Security researchers discovered that a CouchDB database
containing details on over 154 million U.S voters was compromised after a
hacker took down L2’s, a company that manages access to U.S. voter records,
firewall. – Softpedia; Austin Daily Dot See item 26 below in
the Information Technology Sector
Financial Services Sector
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Information Technology Sector
26. June 23,
Softpedia; Austin Daily Dot – (International) Hackers breach
US company and unwittingly expose 154 million voter records. Security
researchers from MacKeeper discovered that a CouchDB database containing
details on over 154 million U.S voters was compromised after a hacker took down
L2’s, a company that builds, manages, and sells access to U.S. voter records,
firewall. The database contained 1-year-old information and was taken down, and
authorities were unsure of the identity of the hacker. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/hackers-breach-us-company-and-unwittingly-expose-154-million-voter-records-505553.shtml
27. June 23,
Softpedia – (International) Criminals set up fake companies to hijack and
sell IPv4 addresses. Security researchers from Check Point reported that
cyber criminals were leveraging legacy networks belonging to companies no
longer in existence by scanning the IPv4 address pool and searching for
networks’ contact information, and if no data is found, attackers impersonate
the defunct company by re-registering old business names or expired domain
names. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/criminals-set-up-fake-companies-to-hijack-and-sell-ipv4-addresses-505554.shtml
28. June 23,
Softpedia – (International) Massive spam flood delivering Cerber
ransomware hit users at the end of May. Check Point released a report which
detailed that the Cerber ransomware was attacking victims in April and May
through two recent incidences that included large amounts of email spams
containing Microsoft Office documents loaded with malicious macros that were
downloading and installing the ransomware. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/massive-spam-flood-delivering-cerber-ransomware-hit-users-at-the-end-of-may-505556.shtml
Communications Sector
29. June 22,
TurlockCityNews.com – (California) Damaged fiber optic line causes Charter service
outage. Charter Communications customers in Turlock, Escalaon, and
Riverbank lost Internet, video, and phone services for at least 3 hours June 22
after a fiber optic line operated by a third party provider was damaged. Crews
worked to repair the damaged line. Source: http://www.turlockcitynews.com/news/item/5863-damaged-fiber-optic-line-causes-charter-service-outage
For another story, see item 25 below from the Emergency Services Sector