Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report
The Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report is a compilation of summaries of publicly available emergency management information concerning critical infrastructure.
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DIR10-145 - July 29, 2010
News
B.C. wildfire forces evacuations
On July 28, media reported that an aggressive new wildfire broke out north of Kamloops, at Bonaparte Lake, B.C., forcing the evacuation of about 125 people. A state of local emergency was declared at about 19:00 PDT. All residents within a 1.6-kilometre radius of Bonaparte Lake were ordered out of their homes and asked to report to emergency social services. Officials indicated that the fire, discovered on July 28, quickly grew to cover 1.5 square kilometres.
Source article - CBC, July 28, 2010
Source article – Radio-Canada, July 28, 2010
Enbridge pipeline leaking oil into Michigan’s Kalamazoo River
Media reported that since July 26, over three million litres of oil has been spilling into the Kalamazoo River from an Enbridge pipeline. The Kalamazoo River feeds into Lake Michigan; however, no oil has reached Canada. According to an Enbridge Pipelines Inc. statement, the company hasn't determined what caused the pipeline along the Kalamazoo River to burst. The 76-centimetre pipeline carries approximately 30 million litres of oil per day from Griffith, Indiana, to Sarnia, Ontario.
Source article - Globe and Mail, July 27, 2010
Source article - Enbridge (U.S.), July 28, 2010
Source article – CBC, July 28, 2010
Source article – Radio-Canada, July 28, 2010
Cyber mastermind of botnet arrested in Slovenia
On July 27, Maclean’s reported that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) indicated that international law enforcement authorities have arrested the computer hacker responsible for creating the malicious computer code that infected about 12 million computers and invaded major corporations worldwide. The cyber scam, using a botnet known as Mariposa, involved stealing credit cards and online banking credentials. The Mariposa botnet appeared in December 2008.
Source article – Maclean’s, July 27, 2010
ATMs vulnerable to attacks
On July 28, The Register reported that a startling percentage of the world's automated teller machines are vulnerable to physical and remote attacks that can steal administrative passwords and personal identification numbers, as well as cash. At the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, a security researcher demonstrated attacks against two unpatched models from two of the world's biggest ATM makers.
Source article - The Register, July 28, 2010
Government of Canada invests in wind energy in New Brunswick
On July 28, Natural Resources Canada announced an investment of up to $28.6 million over ten years in Atlantic Canada through the ecoENERGY for Renewable Power program. The Caribou Wind Park consists of 33 wind turbines with a total generating capacity of 99 megawatts. The $1.5-billion ecoENERGY for Renewable Power program provides a one cent per kilowatt-hour incentive, with the goal of increasing Canada’s renewable electricity capacity by approximately 4,000 megawatts. Canada’s Economic Action Plan builds on this investment with an additional $2.4 billion to support the development and deployment of cleaner energy technologies and supporting infrastructure, including the Clean Energy Fund and the Green Infrastructure Fund.
Source article - Natural Resources Canada, July 28, 2010
Cyber tracking
CCIRC security publications
Over the course of the past 24 hours, CCIRC has not released any security publications.
CCIRC provides a list of recent and archived security publications.
Threat and vulnerability monitoring
CCIRC is currently tracking the following computer-based threats and vulnerabilities for relevant impact on Canadian critical infrastructure. Personnel responsible for information, systems and network security should continue to monitor and apply appropriate security precautions.
Relevant links
Below are links to sites related to Canada’s critical infrastructure.
- Food Recalls and Allergy Alerts
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Health Advisories, Warnings and Recalls
Health Canada
- Disease Outbreak News
World Health Organization
- Travel Health Notices
Public Health Agency of Canada
- Transportation - Safety
Transport Canada
- Travel Reports and Warnings
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
- Weather warnings for Canada
Environment Canada
- Earthquakes
Earthquakes Canada
- Hurricanes
Canadian Hurricane Centre
- Hurricanes
U.S. National Hurricane Center
- News Releases
Infrastructure Canada
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Note to readers
Public Safety Canada collects information related to cyber and physical threats to, and events concerning, Canadian critical infrastructure. This allows Public Safety Canada to monitor and analyze threats and to issue alerts, advisories and other information products.
Links to sites not under the control of the Government of Canada are provided solely for the convenience of users. The Government of Canada is not responsible for the accuracy, currency or the reliability of the content. The Government of Canada does not offer any guarantee in that regard and is not responsible for the information found through these links, nor does it endorse the sites and their content.
Public Safety Canada respects the Official Languages Act and is committed to ensuring that information products are available in both English and French. However, users should be aware that some links direct users to sites of organizations or other entities that are not subject to the Official Languages Act and that these sources are only available in the language in which they are written.