Chemical plant in China’s Shandong hit by explosions | News | DW.COM | 22.08.2015

Chemical plant in China’s Shandong hit by explosions | News | DW.COM | 22.08.2015 YET MORE EXPLOSIONS? China’s Xinhua state news agency reported a blast in a chemical factory on Saturday. The agency reported that nine people were injured in the explosion which occurred in the eastern Huantai county in Shandong province. Fire engines were … Read moreChemical plant in China’s Shandong hit by explosions | News | DW.COM | 22.08.2015

THE BIG ONE COMING? Fear and loathing in the Bay Area

A few people who I read believed that the film SAN ANDREAS was just product placement for the real deal–that something big was going to happen in California. Getting the people prepped for natural calamity? That indeed is what some argued.. Early this morning there was a 4.0 quake felt far and wide around the … Read moreTHE BIG ONE COMING? Fear and loathing in the Bay Area

More than 5,000 people near Knoxville, Tennessee, have been evacuated after a freight train carrying “highly flammable and toxic gas” derailed and caught fire on Thursday morning. Seven firefighters have been taken to hospital after breathing in fumes from the blaze, while a 1-mile evacuation zone has been put in place around where the train … Read more

AP: The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that data from the Office of Personnel Management and the Interior Department had been compromised. “The FBI is conducting an investigation to identify how and why this occurred,” the statement said. The hackers were believed to be based in China, said Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican. Collins, a member of the Senate intelligence committee, said the breach was “yet another indication of a foreign power probing successfully and focusing on what appears to be data that would identify people with security clearances.” A U.S. official, who declined to be named because he was not authorized to publicly discuss the data breach, said it could potentially affect every federal agency. One key question is whether intelligence agency employee information was stolen. Former government employees are affected as well.

AP: The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that data from the Office of Personnel Management and the Interior Department had been compromised. “The FBI is conducting an investigation to identify how and why this occurred,” the statement said. The hackers were believed to be based in China, said Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine … Read moreAP: The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that data from the Office of Personnel Management and the Interior Department had been compromised. “The FBI is conducting an investigation to identify how and why this occurred,” the statement said. The hackers were believed to be based in China, said Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican. Collins, a member of the Senate intelligence committee, said the breach was “yet another indication of a foreign power probing successfully and focusing on what appears to be data that would identify people with security clearances.” A U.S. official, who declined to be named because he was not authorized to publicly discuss the data breach, said it could potentially affect every federal agency. One key question is whether intelligence agency employee information was stolen. Former government employees are affected as well.

American investigators believe they can trace the breach to the Chinese government. Hackers working for the Chinese military are believed to be compiling a massive database of Americans, intelligence officials told CNN on Thursday night. It is not clear what the purpose of the database is. The creepiest part of the CNN reporting tonight on … Read more

Cyberattack compromises government workers

Cyberattack compromises government workers This is a big deal:  Four million current and former federal employees may have had their personal information hacked, the Office of Personnel Management said on Thursday… The government is saying tonight that his may be the biggest breach of government computers to date.  Personnel Management is urging potential victims to … Read moreCyberattack compromises government workers