Complete DHS Report for November 9, 2016
Daily Report
Top Stories
• Authorities are searching for a man dubbed the “Soul Patch
Bandit” who is suspected of committing three bank robberies in the Richmond,
Virginia area, including a November 7 robbery at a Union Bank & Trust
branch in Colonial Heights. – WTVR 6 Richmond See item 2
below in the Financial Services Sector
• Biocompatibles Inc. agreed November 7 to pay a total of roughly
$36 million to resolve criminal and civil liability after the firm pleaded
guilty to improperly marketing its embolic device as a drug delivery device
from May 2006 – December 2010. – Reuters
9. November 7, Reuters –
(National) BTG unit pleads guilty in U.S. to misbranding, to pay $36 mln. Biocompatibles
Inc., a subsidiary of BTG plc, agreed November 7 to pay a total of roughly $36
million to resolve criminal and civil liability after the firm pleaded guilty
to improperly marketing its embolic device, LC Bead as a drug delivery device
from May 2006 – December 2010 although the company told the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration it would not do so. The agreement also resolved charges that
Biocompatibles’ distributor promoted LC Bead as providing better therapy for
certain types of cancer without medical evidence, and resulted in doctors
submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare and other Federal health care
programs.
• The former chief of the Olney Fire Department in Montana was
charged November 7 after he allegedly embezzled more than $50,000 from the
department between 2012 and July 2016. – Associated Press
14. November 7,
Associated Press – (Montana) Former Olney fire chief charged with felony
theft. The former chief of the Olney Fire Department in Montana was charged
November 7 after he allegedly embezzled more than $50,000 from the department
between 2012 and July 2016 by making unauthorized purchases with the fire
district’s checking account, credit cards, and business accounts. The theft was
discovered after the department exceeded its fiscal year 2016 budget by
$25,000.
• Officials announced November 7 that construction of the new,
$8.8 million Hope Mills Dam in North Carolina has begun following delays from
Hurricane Matthew and other heavy rainfall. – Fayetteville Observer
22. November 8,
Fayetteville Observer – (North Carolina) Construction back on track with
Hope Mills dam. The Board of Commissioners in Hope Mills, North Carolina,
announced November 7 that construction of the new, $8.8 million Hope Mills Dam
has begun following delays from Hurricane Matthew and other heavy rainfall. As
part of the project, crews built a new cut-off wall to decrease water pressure
on the dam after Hope Mills Lake is replenished. Source: http://www.fayobserver.com/news/hope_mills/construction-back-on-track-with-hope-mills-dam/article_f2301a11-f24b-59ed-9a42-88c92e717c34.html
Financial Services Sector
2. November 7, WTVR 6
Richmond – (Virginia) ‘Soul Patch Bandit’ wanted for 3 Richmond area
bank robberies. Authorities are searching for a man dubbed the “Soul Patch
Bandit” who is suspected of committing three bank robberies in the Richmond,
Virginia area, including a November 7 robbery at a Union Bank & Trust
branch in Colonial Heights. Source: http://wtvr.com/2016/11/07/soul-patch-bandit-wanted-for-3-richmond-area-bank-robberies/
Information Technology Sector
15. November 8,
SecurityWeek – (International) Google patches 23 critical
vulnerabilities in Android. Google released its November 2016 Android
security patches addressing a total of 83 vulnerabilities in the mobile
operating system (OS), including a critical flaw in Mediaserver that could
allow an attacker using a maliciously crafted file to cause memory corruption during
media file and data processing, a privilege escalation issue in the libzipfile
component that could allow a local malicious application to execute arbitrary
code, and a remote code execution (RCE) flaw in Qualcomm crypto driver, among
other flaws.
16. November 7,
SecurityWeek – (International) Cisco resets password on careers portal. Cisco
Systems, Inc. prompted a password reset for all user accounts on its Cisco Professional
Careers mobile Website after a security researcher discovered a breach in the
portal that may have exposed user data including names, addresses, email
addresses, phone numbers, and answers to security questions, among other
application-related information. The vulnerability was reportedly caused by an
incorrect security setting following system maintenance on a third party
Website.
Communications Sector
See item 13 below from the Emergency Services
Sector
13. November 7, KOIN 6
Portland – (Oregon) 911 outage restored in Hood River County. Crews
restored 9-1-1 service in Hood River County, Oregon, November 7 after an
equipment issue knocked out emergency communications for residents in the
Columbia River Gorge, Hood River, and The Dalles for roughly 36 hours the
weekend of November 5. Officials set up an alternative emergency phone number
during the outage.