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Date: 6/5/2013 7:47:23 AM
Title U.S.. Army Dam database comprimised by computer hackers
Notice WIRED: A hacker compromised a U.S. Army database that holds sensitive information about vulnerabilities in U.S. dams, according to a news report. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ National Inventory of Dams contains information about 79,000 dams throughout the country and tracks such information as the number of estimated deaths that could occur if a specific dam failed. It’s accessible to government employees who have accounts. Non-government users can query the database but cannot download data from it. The breach occurred in January, according to the Free Beacon, a nonprofit online publication, which first published the news. Pete Pierce, a spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers, did not return a call from Wired but confirmed to the Free Beacon that the breach occurred. “The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is aware that access to the National Inventory of Dams (NID), to include sensitive fields of information not generally available to the public, was given to an unauthorized individual in January 2013 who was subsequently determined to not to have proper level of access for the information,” Pierce said in a statement to the publication. “[U.S. Army Corps of Engineers] immediately revoked this user’s access to the database upon learning that the individual was not, in fact, authorized full access to the NID.” The Corps of Engineers announced on its website that account usernames and passwords had since changed “to be compliant with recent security policy changes.” All users had been sent an e-mail notification to this effect, which apparently told them that their account username had been changed to their e-mail address and included the new password in plaintext that the Corps did not ask users to change. “When logging into the site with your new password for the first time, it is highly recommended that you copy/paste your password from the email you received rather than manually typing the password,” the notice on the website reads. Although the website provides links to reset the password if a user forgets it, the links were not working when Wired visited the site. Unnamed U.S. officials told the Free Beacon that the breach was traced to “the Chinese government or military cyber warriors,” but offered no information to support the claim. Hackers can use proxy servers or hijacked computers to conduct a breach and make it look as if the source was a specific country or individual. Michelle Van Cleave, a former senior adviser to the Executive Agent for Homeland Security and Department of Defense and a former consultant to the CIA, told the publication that the breach appeared to be part of an effort to collect “vulnerability and targeting data” for future cyber or military attacks, though she didn’t say how she came to this conclusion. “In the wrong hands, the Army Corps of Engineers’ database could be a cyber attack roadmap for a hostile state or terrorist group to disrupt power grids or target dams in this country,” she told the publication.

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Date: 5/24/2013 8:41:20 AM
Title Cargo Theft Trends
Notice Freightwatch: In the period from February 2013 through April 2013, FreightWatch recorded a total of 176 thefts in the United States, with 71 thefts in February, 68 in March and 37 in April. The average loss value per incident during this period was $120,990. Compared with the previous quarter, thefts fell by 16% and the average loss value dropped by 31%. At this time, it is unclear if the drop in cargo theft levels is an actual decline in cargo theft or a change in the cargo theft reporting structure.

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Date: 5/13/2013 10:14:25 AM
Title Law Enforcement Assistance Requested
Notice On Sunday, 3/17/2013 at 10:50 PM a tractor with a chassis and a Triton container attached were involved in a fatal accident near the cross streets of Frank Rodgers Blvd South and Bergen Street in Harrison, NJ. The Harrison Police Department (NJ) is requesting assistance from any source that might have information identifying the driver of the tractor, container, and chassis. The driver may not be aware that an individual was struck and killed. Anyone with information are asked to please contact Detective Sergeant Ed Markowski at 973-483-5302. Date - Time - Location Date: On 3/17/2013 at 10:50 PM Address: Frank Rodgers Blvd South and Bergen Street City: Harrison State: NJ Zip: 07029 Container Details Make: Triton Investigating Agency PD Name: Harrison PD PD Phone: 973-483-5302 PD Contact: Detective Sergeant Ed Markowski PD Contact Email: emarkowski@townofharrison.com Contact Information Those with information are asked to contact the CargoNet Command Center at 1-888-595-2638.

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Date: 5/2/2013 10:02:06 AM
Title Cargo Theft Hotspots around the world
Notice Insurance Journal: Cargo theft rates in Europe increased 24 percent on average last year from 2011, and were on the rise in Asia as well, while rates in North, Central and South Americas remained consistent with prior years. The greatest risk of cargo theft today exists in Brazil, Mexico and South Africa, according to the 2013 Global Theft Assessment by FreightWatch International, a global logistics security services company. The firm said its report is based on data from industry and law enforcement agencies. For the decade, more than 10,000 cargo theft incidents have been reported in Brazil. In 2012, nearly 6,800 incidents were reported in São Paulo alone. In Mexico, more than 6,000 cargo theft incidents were reported last year, the majority of them involving truck hijackings. In South Africa, more than 800 truck hijackings were reported. In Europe, data analyzed by FreightWatch indicates pharmaceutical products are actively being targeted in some countries on a large scale for the first time. According to the report, Italy is becoming a pharmaceutical theft hot spot, with thefts more than doubling in 2012. The most frequently stolen commodity in Asia in 2012 was food and drink products, but other commodities are new targets in this region. Increasing demand for high-value consumables, such as electronics, has been identified as the reason for the increase in cargo theft in Asia, based on incident reporting. For the third consecutive year in the U.S., food and beverages were the product type most often stolen in 2012, accounting for 19 percent of all cargo theft, followed by metals and electronics. In Mexico, the preferred method for cargo criminals continues to be hijackings, which occurred in 83 percent of all recorded incidents in 2012. Cargo theft is concentrated in several of Mexico’s largest cities because they are centers of industry and distribution hubs for cargo. “Understanding these trends can help shippers implement loss-reduction programs to minimize cargo theft, increase supply chain efficiency and deliver products intact and on-time,” said Ron Greene, vice president, FreightWatch International.

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Date: 4/1/2013 11:37:47 AM
Title Police Investigate 250K Cognac Theft
Notice INDIANAPOLIS RTV6 - Police are investigating after an entire container of Hennessy Cognac, valued at a quarter million dollars, was stolen from a southwest-side trucking company. Metro police said 1,568 cases of high-end cognac were taken Sunday morning from a trucking company in the 1900 block of Kentucky Avenue. Surveillance video shows the suspects arriving at the front gate at 4 a.m. Sunday in their own cab truck. They pulled inside, by-passing more than 100 containers. At the back of the lot, they hitched a container to the cab and then drove out. Including breaking through the front gate, the entire heist took less than eight minutes. Metro police said this is one of the largest and most expensive thefts they've seen. "This is a big, big theft. It's not your average shoplift, obviously. So this is by far, the biggest I've seen since I've been here," said Matt Morgan, with IMPD southwest district. Depending on the size bottle, Hennessy Cognac, distilled in France, sells for $30 to $75 a bottle. The container shipment was scheduled for delivery at Southern Wine and Spirits in Greenwood, a distributorship with warehouses in 28 other states. "There is a very limited base of people who knew what was in this particular container, so either someone knew or these guys just hit an absolute jackpot," Morgan said. More than likely, the Cognac is headed for the black market. "People are bold and brazen, and if they can make a buck, they're going to try it," said Sean Duffy, with Kahn's Fine Wine and Spirits. "That's a big one, because now they're stealing containers and not trucks." The company has offered a reward for information leading to the return of their cognac and the apprehension of the suspects involved. Sources familiar with the investigation say this is the fourth container heist of alcohol destined for Southern Wine and Spirits. Two containers of high-end vodka disappeared in Chicago and a container of wine was stolen in Florida.

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