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Monthly Archives: June 2014
The World Cup of Everything Else (Interactive)
How the World Cup tournament would play out if 32 countries were competing in things other than soccer, like Most Forest (Japan) or Highest Elevation Point (Argentina).
Daily Infrastructure Report (from Homeland Security)
Did you know that the Department of Homeland Security offers a daily infrastructure report?  Well, you do now.
The DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report is collected each business day as a summary of open-source published information concerning significant critical infrastructure issues,
Here are some issues, from June 11 Report:
- Researchers at CrowdStrike released a report on a cyberespionage group dubbed Putter Panda that possibly has ties to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army and primarily targets U.S, Japanese, and European aerospace, satellite, and communications industries.
- A fire broke out at Sorenson Farms in Grandview, Washington, June 8 which caused an estimated $1.5 million in damage.
- Firefighters reached 65 percent containment on a fire that broke out June 9 at a Thompson Hardwoods wood processing facility in Hazlehurst, New York, when a load of lumber was pulled out of a drying kin and strong winds spread embers from that load to other lumber in the warehouse.
- Authorities are investigating the source of a Salmonellosis outbreak linked to Proper Restaurant in Boone, North Carolina,
DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report | Homeland Security.