Complete DHS Report for January 4, 2017
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Top Stories
• More than 80,000 people in Louisiana and Mississippi lost power
January 2 after severe storms moved across the southeastern U.S. – Associated
Press
1. January 2, Associated
Press – (National) Officials: Storms kill 4 in southern Alabama. More
than 80,000 people in Louisiana and Mississippi lost power January 2 after
severe storms moved across the southeastern U.S. The storms killed four people
in Alabama and damaged structures in several States. Source:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-storm-system-damages-wal-mart-louisiana-44517089
• The former senior vice president of a Maryland-based bank was
indicted December 31 after she allegedly embezzled more than $1.8 million from
6 customers’ bank accounts from April 2010 – July 2016. – Perry Hall Patch See item 2
below in the Financial Services Sector
• The owner and operator of El Cajon, California-based
Cunningham’s Tax Service pleaded guilty December 30 to preparing false
individual income tax returns for her clients, causing the U.S. Internal
Revenue Service more than $1.2 million in losses. – U.S. Department of
Justice See item 3 below in the Financial Services Sector
• More than 450,000 gallons of sewer water spilled into waterways
throughout Mobile County, Alabama, January 1 due to heavy rains. – WKRG 5
Mobile
11. January 2, WKRG 5
Mobile – (Alabama) Roughly half million gallons of sewage spills into
Mobile waterways; more expected. More than 450,000 gallons of sewer water
spilled into waterways throughout Mobile County, Alabama, January 1 due to
heavy rains.
Financial Services Sector
2. December 31, Perry
Hall Patch – (Maryland) Nottingham woman indicted on embezzlement, fraud
charges. The former senior vice president of a Maryland-based bank was
indicted December 31 after she allegedly embezzled more than $1.8 million from
6 customers’ bank accounts from April 2010 – July 2016 by making unauthorized
transfers and withdrawals from the accounts in order to pay for personal
expenses. The charges allege that the executive abused her position at the bank
to override notifications of the suspicious transactions. Source: http://patch.com/maryland/perryhall/nottingham-woman-indicted-embezzlement-fraud-charges
3. December 30, U.S.
Department of Justice – (California) California tax return preparer
pleads guilty to preparing false tax returns. The owner and operator of El
Cajon, California-based Cunningham’s Tax Service pleaded guilty December 30 to
preparing false individual income tax returns for her clients for tax years
2008 – 2010 which included fraudulent medical and dental expenses, education
credits, and false charitable deductions, causing the U.S. Internal Revenue
Service more than $1.2 million in losses. Source: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-tax-return-preparer-pleads-guilty-preparing-false-tax-returns
Information Technology Sector
17. January 3,
SecurityWeek – (International) Libpng patches flaw introduced in 1995. The
developers of the Slackware Linux distribution released updates for the libpng
official Portable Network Graphics (PNG) reference library resolving a null
pointer dereference vulnerability impacting PNG image editors that could be
exploited to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.
Communications Sector
Nothing to report