Snip: Federal scientists who study how hackers try to break into computer-based controls for water treatment plants, power grids, nuclear reactors and other automated industrial systems are passing the secrets on to private operators of such facilities at no charge.
The U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of Homeland Security will sponsor classes in protecting remote controls of critical infrastructure from hackers during an international cybersecurity summit in Las Vegas Sept. 28-30.
Eurasian Secret Services Daily Review - Bin Laden does not hide in Central Asian States
Snip: Vyacheslav Kasymov, Director of the executive committee of the regional anti-terrorist structure of the Shanghai organization of cooperation has refuted the statements of western media about a possible stay in the Central Asian region of 5 the terrorist Osama bin Laden. Previously the media outlets have extended the statement of the former coordinator of the White House Richard Clark, who asserted that Osama bin Laden might be hiding in one of the Central Asian states of the former USSR and also in Somalia and Iran. "The analysis of the materi? ”? ?“ls at our disposal shows that the statements about a possible stay in the Central Asian region of Osama bin Laden are groundless", Kasymov told the Kyrgyz state news agency "Kabar". The head of the anti-terrorist centre stated that his data was confirmed also by the leaders of the security forces of other organization member states. According to Kasymov, the representatives of those structures consider that Clark’s statement "had a purpose to discredit the work of numerous anti-terrorist centres that are providing security in Central Asia". He also noted that the basic threat for the region today are the "increasing terrorist aspirations of the Islamic movement of Uzbekistan, especially in Fergana valley".
Snip: Produce Safety and Security International, Inc (Other OTC:PDSC.PK - News), ("PDSC"), an ozone and chemical sanitation disinfectant process supplier to the food and medical industries, responds to the fresh produce industry's concern over recent outbreaks of E.coli H157 virus. The FDA has directed the fresh produce industry to take preventative measures to prevent these outbreaks from occurring; therefore PDSC would like to provide further information concerning its FDA approved Ozone Process.
Decontamination training begins
Snip: The blue and white inflatable tent, with color-coded spiral hoses dangling from the ceiling over a portable shower floor, looks like something out of a disaster movie. But the equipment is functional, and the possibility of using it to clean civilians caught in a biological or chemical attack is real.
4 Dominican men suffocate in shipping container
Snip: Four Dominican migrants died and two were seriously ill after suffocating in a container on a ship that they hoped would smuggle them into the United States. According to a police spokesman, three of the dead men, age 23 to 26, had been identified but the fourth had no identity documents.
Dominican officials said the dead migrants had evaded security in Puerto Plata port, 117 miles (190 km) north of the capital Santo Domingo, and hidden in the container on board the vessel, which had been due to depart for Miami on Monday.
Hundreds to be tested after TB case on Navy ship
Snip: A sailor on an aircraft carrier that made a one day stop in Hawaii a few weeks ago has tested positive for active tuberculosis. The USS Ronald Reagan was in Hawaii at the end of June before it returned to it's homeport of San Diego.
At the time, there were more than 5,000 people onboard the ship. Navy doctors are trying to figure out how the sailor contracted the TB.
Snip: "The Bullhead City area recorded the highest numbers in tuberculosis during the last year," Bronston said. "This is a highly contagious disease that was greatly reduced in prior years but has returned to this border state through immigration and massive growth. The numbers we are reporting are known cases. Who knows how many residents and visitors have been infected and have yet to show signs of the disease."
Thwarting hackers --- now that's a course we can all use.