Wednesday, October 19, 2016



Complete DHS Report for October 19, 2016

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Top Stories

• Crews from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power worked October 17 to restore power to 23,000 customers who lost power following a severe rainstorm in Los Angeles. – KABC 7 Los Angeles

1. October 17, KABC 7 Los Angeles – (California) 23,000 LA area customers without power due to SoCal rainstorm, LADWP says. Crews from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power worked October 17 to restore power to 23,000 customers who lost power following a severe rainstorm in Los Angeles. Source: http://abc7.com/weather/23k-la-area-customers-without-power-due-to-rainstorm-ladwp-says/1559062/

• Hyundai Motor Company issued a recall October 18 for roughly 84,500 of its model years 2010 – 2016 Genesis Coupe vehicles due to a faulty wiring harness connector associated with the vehicle’s occupant classification system (OCS), which could prevent the second-stage airbag from deploying in the event of a crash. – TheCarConnection.com

3. October 18, TheCarConnection.com – (National) 2010-2016 Genesis Coupe recalled to fix airbag issue. Hyundai Motor Company issued a recall October 18 for roughly 84,500 of its model years 2010 – 2016 Genesis Coupe vehicles sold in the U.S. due to a faulty wiring harness connector associated with the vehicle’s occupant classification system (OCS), which could become dislodged when objects placed under the front passenger seat contact the OCS electrical connector, thereby causing the air bag to inflate when a child is in the seat or preventing the second-stage airbag from deploying in the event of a crash and increasing the risk of injury. Source: http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1106741_2010-2016-genesis-coupe-recalled-to-fix-airbag-issue

• City officials in Powers, Oregon, reported that an intake pump failure caused roughly 11,000 gallons of raw sewage to spill into the south fork of the Coquille River October 16. – KCBY 11 Coos Bay

10. October 17, KCBY 11 Coos Bay – (Oregon) Nearly 11,000 gallons of raw sewage spills into Coquille River after intake pump failure. City officials in Powers, Oregon, reported that an intake pump failure caused roughly 11,000 gallons of raw sewage to spill into the south fork of the Coquille River October 16. Source: http://kcby.com/news/local/nearly-11000-gallons-of-raw-sewage-winds-up-in-coquille-river-due-to-intake-pump-failure

• About 91 people were displaced following a fire at the Founders Hill apartment complex in Manhattan, Kansas, October 17. – KSNT 27 Topeka  

18. October 17, KSNT 27 Topeka – (Kansas) Nearly 100 people affected by Manhattan apartment fire. About 91 people, including many Kansas State University students, were displaced following a fire at the Founders Hill apartment complex in Manhattan, Kansas, October 17. No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Financial Services Sector

Nothing to report

Information Technology Sector

15. October 18, Softpedia – (International) WordPress sites under attack via security flaw in unmaintained plugin. Security researchers from White Fir Design discovered the WordPress Marketplace plugin was plagued with an arbitrary file upload vulnerability that could allow an attacker to upload arbitrary files on Websites with the plugin installed and potentially take over a site’s underlying server. The researchers discovered the flaw after detecting scans for the plugin’s Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) file on multiple Websites. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/wordpress-sites-under-attack-via-security-flaw-in-unmaintained-plugin-509387.shtml

For another story, see item 16 below from the Commercial Facilities Sector

16. October 18, SecurityWeek – (International) Magneto malware hides stolen card data in image files. Sucuri researchers discovered malicious actors were using real image files related to an online store’s products to plant payment card-swiping malware on Websites running the Magneto ecommerce platform in order to exfiltrate stolen card data via email or by including it in a file that the attacker later retrieves. Sucuri advised online stores to keep all their software updated in order to protect their Websites from the malware.

Communications Sector

Nothing to report