Wednesday, September 14, 2016



Complete DHS Report for September 14, 2016

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• Nearly 4,000 gallons of gasoline spilled near the South Fork of the Eel River in south Humboldt, California, September 11 after a petroleum tanker overturned. – KRCR 7 Redding/KAEF 23 Arcata

1. September 12, KRCR 7 Redding/KAEF 23 Arcata – (California) Officials trying to clean up oil spill before it seeps into groundwater. Nearly 4,000 gallons of gasoline spilled near the South Fork of the Eel River in south Humboldt, California, September 11 after a petroleum tanker overturned. Officials from the California Department of Parks and Recreation were working to determine if the oil leaked into the river and stated clean-up efforts would begin September 13. Source: http://www.krcrtv.com/north-coast-news/officials-trying-to-clean-up-oil-spill-before-it-seeps-into-groundwater/79123779

• Crews worked September 11 to restore power to over 23,000 Eversource Energy customers in New Hampshire who lost power following severe thunderstorms that moved through the State. – WMUR 9 Manchester

2. September 11, WMUR 9 Manchester – (New Hampshire) Sunday storm causes widespread damage, outages. Crews worked September 11 to restore power to over 23,000 Eversource Energy customers in New Hampshire who were without power following severe thunderstorms that moved through the State. Source: http://www.wmur.com/weather/stormwatch/Sunday-storm-causes-widespread-damage-outages/41622032

• A Henderson, Nevada resident pleaded guilty September 12 to his role in a $33 million pump-and-dump stock market manipulation scheme where he and co-conspirators fraudulently inflated the prices of shares of 4 public companies by engaging in manipulative trading. – U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey See item 6 below in the Financial Services Sector

• U.S. 60 near Fairview, Oklahoma, was closed for more than 18 hours September 12 while crews worked to clean up after a semi-truck carrying cadmium and incinerator ash overturned. – Enid News & Eagle

13. September 12, Enid News & Eagle – (Oklahoma) U.S. 60 re-opened after being closed 18 hours. U.S. 60 near Fairview, Oklahoma, was closed for more than 18 hours September 12 while crews worked to clean up after a semi-truck carrying cadmium and incinerator ash overturned. No injuries were reported. Source: http://www.enidnews.com/news/update-u-s-re-opened-after-being-closed-hours/article_8a42ab90-7904-11e6-b289-cb6cad8c1688.html

Financial Services Sector

6. September 13, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey – (Nevada) Nevada stock promoter admits role in $33 million microcap stock manipulation scheme. A Henderson, Nevada resident pleaded guilty September 12 to his role in a $33 million pump-and-dump stock market manipulation scheme where he and co-conspirators fraudulently inflated the prices of shares of 4 public companies by distributing promotional information about the shares and engaging in manipulative trading in order to sell the stocks at inflated rates before dumping large volumes of the shares, causing investors millions of dollars in losses. Officials also stated the group paid cash kickbacks to a Las Vegas-based investment adviser who purchased the stock of the target companies on behalf of his clients. Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/nevada-stock-promoter-admits-role-33-million-microcap-stock-manipulation-scheme

7. September 12, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Texas – (Texas) Federal grand jury indicts three in $6.5 million diamond investment fraud scheme. The chief compliance officer of Stonebridge Advisers, LLC, the principal partner of Worldwide Diamond Ventures, L.P., and another Dallas, Texas resident were indicted September 9 for their roles in a $6.5 million diamond investment scheme where the group allegedly defrauded 77 Worldwide Diamond Ventures investors by fraudulently concealing material information, including how the group used investor funds from March 2011 – November 2011 and February 2012 – May 2013. The charges also allege that the trio failed to disclose to investors that nearly $2.5 million in investor funds were used to make unauthorized loans to third parties. Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/federal-grand-jury-indicts-three-65-million-diamond-investment-fraud-scheme

Information Technology Sector

20. September 12, SecurityWeek – (International) Critical MySQL zero-day exposes servers to attacks. An independent security researcher discovered a critical zero-day vulnerability affecting the MySQL open-source database software that can be exploited by an attacker who can authenticate to the MySQL database via a Web interface or network connection to leverage arbitrary code execution with root privileges, which can compromise the server running MySQL. The researcher reported that all MySQL branches are susceptible to the attack, and that the attack can be leveraged on a device with Linux security modules installed. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/critical-mysql-zero-day-exposes-servers-attacks

Communications Sector

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