BCM-News Daily Digest
- Hurricane Harvey-style flooding should worry all Americans–commentary
Catastrophic flooding in Houston from Hurricane Harvey is the latest reminder that floods kill more people in the United States than any other type of natural disaster and are the most common natural disaster worldwide. - Singapore financial sector conducts terror, cyber attack simulation to test business continuity, Banking News & Top Stories – The Straits Times
Singapore's financial sector underwent simulated terrorist and cyber attacks on Thursday (Aug 24), as part of efforts to ensure they had good plans in place in the event of such crises. - Climate Change and Hurricanes – The Worst Is Yet to Come
How powerful would Hurricane Harvey have been in 1880? How much stronger might it be in 2100? - Harvey floods U.S. refineries, roils global fuel markets
About 4.4 million barrels of U.S. refining capacity have been shut by Harvey, company reports and Reuters estimates show. That is about 24 percent of U.S. refining capacity and almost equal to Japan's daily consumption. - Ransomware Is Going More Corporate, Less Consumer
Ransomware is on track to surpass last year's wave of attacks, and businesses are getting hit with ransomware nearly as much as consumers, according to Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report released today. - Blindgänger: Frankfurt droht größte Bomben-Evakuierung seit Kriegsende – WELT
Wegen der Entschärfung einer Weltkriegsbombe steht eine der größten Evakuierungen der deutschen Geschichte bevor. - Anschläge auf Bahnverkehr?: Islamisten wollen Züge entgleisen lassen – n-tv.de
Das Zugunglück von Bad Aibling 2016 forderte 16 Todesopfer. Nach Informationen des BKA wird es in der islamistischen Szene als "erstrebenswertes Ziel" angesehen. Die Wahrscheinlichkeit von Anschlägen durch Sabotage von Eisenbahnlinien steige.
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