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In Case You Missed It

October's Moving Ups

13 New Senior LP's - 4 Promotions - 9 Appointments


ADT Names Derrick Dicoi Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer
Bealls, Inc.​ promoted Stephen Hall to Division Vice President of Loss Prevention
Bed Bath & Beyond named Sandra Hughes, LPC, CFI Project Manager of LP Strategies & Analysis
Captis Intelligence named Jeffrey Fulmer Business Development Manager
Etsy named John Matas CFE, CFCI Director of Global Fraud, Risk, & Compliance Operations
Interface Security Systems Promotes Brent Duncan to President and COO
Johnson Controls Appoints Nate Manning Vice President and President, Building Solutions, North America
Nordstrom promoted Bruce Francis to Program Manager, Emergency Management
Paradies Lagardère named Thomas Stein, LPC, CFI, CFE Director, Asset Protection & Safety
Protos Security named Alyssa Wilson VP Marketing
Protos Security named Michelle Sell Digital Marketing Director
Ross Stores promoted Rosario Rodriguez to Director of Organizational Safety & Security
Walmart named Matthew Walsh Director - Data Analytics, Investigative Analytics & Intelligence - Global Investigations


See All the Executives 'Moving Up' Here   

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Axis Communications Partner Integrator Survey
The Business Impact of COVID-19 on the Security Industry

Businesses are turning to technology to remain resilient given COVID-19

Axis Communications this week released the findings of their U.S. Partner Integrator Survey, revealing how system integrators and their customers are responding to the COVID-19 crisis amidst uncertainty and instability in the marketplace. The survey of 455 security professionals cited that end-customers will be more willing to explore IP-based solutions (58%) and the acceptance of AI will accelerate (45%) following COVID-19 crisis.

“The pandemic demonstrated a clear understanding that technologies that support business continuity and employee safety should be top of mind for everyone within the organization, not just security professionals,” said Fredrik Nilsson, VP of Americas, Axis Communications. “Our study revealed the resourcefulness of professionals within the industry as well as the flexibility of IP solutions and our partner ecosystem. Accordingly, there’s a clear interest in, and increased acceptance around, the potential for integrated solutions that solve long-term security needs, enhance business operations and address health and safety measures.”

According to security professionals, respondents cited economic recovery in general (67%), supply chain management (49%), losing customers (37%) and shifting business models (30%) as the biggest business concerns due to the COVID-19 crisis. While 53% of system integrators stated a decrease in business during the pandemic, because they are designated as “essential critical infrastructure workers” the majority of integrators continued to work on projects the entire time and remain on the frontline serving end users amidst COVID-19 restrictions (70%). Twenty-eight percent of security business leaders cited that they have invested in digital transformation of workflows to address challenges amidst COVID-19 and support new, remote business operations. Read More Here


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The D&D Daily's Election Violence Survey Results


LP Leaders Weigh in on Store Safety and Potential Election Day Unrest
 


Given the current political divisiveness, coupled with the nation reeling from protests, rioting, and looting as well as COVID-19 lockdowns, the country is on edge ahead of next week's election - that includes the retail industry.

In a survey conducted by the D&D Daily, we found that while most stores (85%) plan to maintain regular operating hours on Election Day, many (46%) believe that there will be an increase in ORC during this time and some are even planning for extra security.

Click here to see the full results from our survey, including whether stores will increase associate coverage and hours, and whether or not stores are in touch with their local police departments ahead of Election Day - the results may surprise you.

Thank you to all of those in the industry who took the time to participate in our survey
 



Unrest, Violence & Protests


Fearing Election Violence, Retailers Boarding Up & Beefing Up Security
Businesses are boarding up in anticipation of post-election violence

Large swaths of downtown Washington, within blocks of the White House, resembled a coastal community girding for a powerful hurricane. Hotels, office buildings, coffee shops and restaurants were sheathed in plywood, with some of the makeshift barriers stretching nearly entire blocks.

Officials say they're not aware of credible threats of violence on or after Election Day, but businesses, drawing from the lessons of last summer when protests erupted across the country following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, are bracing for possible violence, looting and vandalism.

Downtown ghost towns?

In
Chicago, dozens of businesses along the Magnificent Mile shopping strip and throughout the downtown Loop area did not remove temporary barriers that were installed over the summer, when the city saw two incidents of late-night lootings.

Restaurants and luxury retailers are operating through windows covered in plywood or other barriers, and shoppers pass through entryway cut-outs. City officials have been holding workshops in recent months to prepare for possible civil unrest after Election Day.

"The city is taking an all-hands-on-deck approach to planning for this event," Rich Guidice, executive director of the Office of Emergency Management and Communications, said in a press conference this month. "We have been
performing drills and holding workshops to be ready to respond to any situation or possible event that should occur in this city before, on or after Election Day."

In
Washington, D.C., officials are not recommending that businesses board up their buildings, but they have set up a website for people to report suspicious voting activities to police. Businesses are also encouraged to install security cameras and to keep important documents, such as insurance paperwork and lease agreements, secure.

The DowntownDC Business Improvement District is encouraging businesses to take precautions such as
securing outdoor furniture and signage that can be used as projectile," the group said in a statement, adding that staffers will remove bike racks, newsstands, unbolted trash cans, loose piles of bricks or rocks, construction materials and other items that can be used to harm people.

In
New York City, there have been no specific and credible threats targeting the election, according to the police department. But preparations have included crowd control re-training for street officers in the event of protests and having "hundreds" ready to respond to election-related demonstrations. usatoday.com

RELATED: Retailers Battening Down Stores Across U.S., Worried About Election Day Violence

75% of Americans Concerned About Potential Widespread Civil Unrest & Violence Following Election

National Police Foundation Releases Survey Results to Guide Law Enforcement Preparation for the 2020 Election
Nearly 3 in 4 of Americans are concerned about the potential for widespread civil unrest and violence following the November election. Forty-five percent of those surveyed said they were “very concerned”, and another 28 percent said they were “concerned.” This high level of concern is consistent across every race, age group, and sex.

43% of Americans are concerned about election interference at their polling location on Election Day. This feeling is slightly higher among Black respondents (48%) and Hispanic/Latino respondents (45%).

Less than half (42%) of Americans indicated that seeing police at their polling place on Election Day would increase their confidence in the integrity of the election. Thirty percent said they were unsure. Black respondents were twice as likely to strongly disagree that seeing police would lead to increased confidence in the fairness of the election (29% versus 16% overall).

Despite that feeling,
most Americans (77%) said they trust or strongly trust local police not to interfere with the voting process on Election Day. Among young Americans (18-34), however, that number is nearly 20 points lower, with only 58 percent saying they trust or strongly trust police not to interfere.
policefoundation.org

Available resources: Policing in a Time of Elections

Mass Exodus Of Officers Nationwide 'Imminent'
Police reach breaking point amid protests, pandemic, rising crime
Amid rising crime rates, a polarizing political election and the continued high-profile police killings of African-Americans, some officers now say they too have reached their limit.

“This is probably one of the most volatile periods of policing that I’ve seen in my 30 years in law enforcement and now five years continuing to work with law enforcement,” Frank Straub, a former Spokane, Wash., police chief who now runs the
Center for Mass Violence Response Studies at the National Police Foundation.

A Pew Research poll taken in June found that 67 percent of Americans expressed at least some support for Black Lives Matter protests. But as those protests continued throughout the summer, with some turning violent, that support fell to 55 percent.

Citing a lack of resources, inadequate funding and waning institutional support, law enforcement officials predict that a mass exodus from police forces nationwide is imminent.

Acevedo, the president of the Major Cities Chiefs Association, said his organization consists of chiefs from 69 of the largest cities in the U.S. and Canada. Of those 69 chiefs, 18 or
26% have stepped down or been removed between March and October (8 months). yahoo.com

Walmart pulls guns and ammo from store displays, citing potential "civil unrest"
Walmart on Thursday said it has pulled guns and ammunition from the sales floors of its U.S. stores as it seeks to keep firearms from being stolen should social unrest erupt.

"We have seen some isolated civil unrest, and as we have done on several occasions over the last few years, we have moved our firearms and ammunition off the sales floor as a precaution for the safety of our associates and customers," a Walmart spokesperson said in an email to CBS MoneyWatch. "These items do
remain available for purchase by customers."

The company in June removed firearms and ammunition from stores after George Floyd's killing by police when several of its stores were damaged. The nation's biggest retailer remains a major seller of guns and ammunition, although it has scaled back, selling firearms in roughly half of its 4,700 U.S. stores. cbsnews.com

LAPD gets approval to begin recording, storing aerial footage of protests

City of Brotherly Love: Philadelphia man proposes during protest in front of riot cops
 



COVID Update

US: Over 9.2M Cases - 234K Dead - 5.9M Recovered
Worldwide: Over 45.6M Cases - 1.1M Dead - 33M Recovered


Private Industry Security Guard Deaths: 203   Law Enforcement Officer Deaths: 132
*Red indicates change in total deaths


Shutdowns Are Coming

Daily coronavirus cases reached a new high on Thursday with 87,100+ cases

By far the most new cases in a single day since the pandemic began.

The previous high was just six days ago, when there were 83,731 new cases reported.

Across the country, 41 states had at least 10% more new Covid-19 cases this past week compared to the previous week, according to data from Johns Hopkins. No states saw a decline of cases that was 10% or more.

Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, said he believes 100,000 new cases per day in the US is imminent. Gottlieb, who was appointed by President Donald Trump to lead the FDA in 2017, said this surge is due to the public's behavior and lack of caution.

These days, many Covid-19 high marks are short-lived as states grapple with skyrocketing infections and hospitalizations. cnn.com

Fauci: May Be 2022 Before 'Normalcy'
Coronavirus spike in L.A. County brings new alarms
There were new alarming signs that COVID-19 was spreading again in Los Angeles County, with officials announcing the highest one-day increase in cases not connected to a reporting backlog since August.

The county reported 1,745 new cases Thursday as well as 19 new deaths. It’s the latest evidence that after declining for several months, the novel coronavirus may be on the rise again in L.A. County and other parts of Southern California.

L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said in a statement. “These increases impede our ability to move forward with reopening additional sectors and getting more children back to school.”

A rapidly reopening of the California economy this summer led to major spikes in cases, hospitalizations and deaths. The state instituted more restrictive rules and the cases fell this fall.

If the U.S. can get a substantial proportion of residents vaccinated by about mid-2021, “I think it will be easily by the end of 2021 — and perhaps even into the next year — before we start having some semblance of normality,” Fauci said in candid comments during an online discussion hosted by an Australian university this week. latimes.com

Pandemic Brings New Restrictions on Restaurants and Retailers as Demand Is Rising
Surge in U.S. coronavirus cases comes as more people are dining out and stores struggle to find workers ahead of holidays.

Unlike the initial virus surge, when much of the country shut down, this one coincides with rising demand.

Big chains say they are more prepared for handling Covid-19 restrictions now, as they have had time to invest in safety measures and new ways to sell to customers to-go. State governments haven’t issued blanket state-at-home orders so far, with some counties and cities installing curfews and more targeted restrictions.

“Are people going to be closing businesses back down, or are we going to try to work through this and move forward? Various parts of the country are handling this differently,” Bloomin Brands CEO said.

Retail executives aren’t ruling out a second wave of shutdowns. “Our path to recovery may not be linear over the next few months,” Ralph Lauren CEO said.

In the U.S., Illinois has suspended dine-in service at restaurants and bars for more than half of its monitoring regions, with Chicago set to shut dining rooms Friday. California ended indoor eating in nine counties, including some of its most populous. New Mexico and some other states have imposed restrictions on late-night food service. wsj.com

As jails free thousands amid COVID-19, reform push takes root
The population in America’s big jails and state prisons plunged by 170,000 this spring amid the coronavirus pandemic, Reuters has found in a survey of facilities around the country. All told, localities and states held 11% fewer inmates in their custody.

The unprecedented mass release was a crash effort to contain the disease. But it is also providing the United States with an opportunity to experiment with a big idea: unwinding the country’s signature practice of mass incarceration.

America locks away far more people – 2.1 million – than any other nation. In jails, which largely hold people awaiting trial, thousands have died behind bars without being convicted of the charges they faced, a Reuters investigation found. With tens of thousands suddenly freed or diverted from entering jail, some governments see COVID-19 as a chance to change the policies that led many inmates to be locked up in the first place. reuters.com

El Paso Judge Orders Two-Week Shutdown All Non-Essential Services

Minnesota Reports Record Hospitalizations & New Infections

Only 15% of NYC Office Workers Expected Back By Year's End

 



5 Former eBay Global Security Team Members Plead Guilty to Cyberstalking & Witness Tampering

Two More Former eBay Global Security Team Employees Plead Guilty to
Aggressive Cyberstalking Campaign Targeting Natick Couple

Brian Gilbert, 52, of San Jose, Calif., a former Senior Manager of Special Operations for eBay’s Global Security Team, and Stephanie Stockwell, 26, of Redwood City, Calif., the former manager of eBay’s Global Intelligence Center, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit cyberstalking and conspiracy to tamper with witnesses.

On Oct. 8, 2020, co-defendants Stephanie Popp, 32, and Veronica Zea, 26, pleaded guilty to the same charges and are scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 25, 2021. On Oct. 27, 2020, co-conspirator Philip Cooke, 55, pleaded guilty and is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 24, 2021.

Former eBay executives, James Baugh, 45, and David Harville, 48, were arrested and charged on June 15, 2020.

It is alleged that in August 2019, the
defendants executed a three-part harassment campaign against the Natick couple, which included the defendants sending anonymous and disturbing deliveries to the victims’ home; sending private Twitter messages and public tweets criticizing the newsletter’s content and threatening to visit the victims in Natick; and traveling to Natick to surveil the victims and install a GPS tracking device on their car.

In connection with his plea today, Gilbert
admitted to drafting threatening Twitter messages for Popp to send and planning the surveillance trip with various co-defendants. Gilbert also proposed bringing a dossier of documents to the Natick Police Department (NPD) – whom the victims had involved – that would make the victims “look crazy” and contacting the victims to offer help with the threatening messages that the defendants had sent. Lastly, Gilbert made false statements to the NPD about Zea and Harville’s reason for being in Boston.

Stockwell admitted to, at Baugh’s direction, purchasing a laptop for use in harassing the victims, and using an anonymous email account to order online live spiders and a prepaid debit card to purchase a late-night pizza delivery to the victims’ home. Stockwell also prepared an eBay “Person of Interest” report for the Bay Area—a fictions list of potential suspects to provide to the NPD to deflect the police from suspecting that eBay employees were actually harassing the victims.

The charges of conspiracy to commit cyberstalking and conspiracy to tamper with witnesses
each carry a sentence of up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release, a fine of up to $250,000 and restitution. justice.gov

Editor's Note: Once again these former Global Security Team members were never a part of eBay's Loss Prevention team or efforts. Of special note is that neither the former CEO or the former PR Chief executive have not been charged with a crime but apparently were very involved in discussions about the Natick couple's publications.

Calif. Security Bag Check Ruling
Court Says Apple Must Compensate Retail Employees During Store Bag Searches

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on Thursday decided that the time Apple employees spend waiting to be searched when they leave Apple's retail stores constitutes "hours worked" for purposes of California's minimum wage law.

The case has a long history. In 2013, five Apple employees working at Apple retail stores, filed suit and requested their action to be given class action status. The complaint alleged that Apple's security policy was to require individuals who carried bags - including purses, backpacks and briefcases - out of the store, to have the bag searched before exiting.

Plaintiffs estimated that the searches took between five and 20 minutes depending on whether there was a line and whether a manager was available to conduct the search. Plaintiffs' theory was that under federal law and California state law, the time spent in exit searches was work and they objected to the fact that Apple was not paying for it.

The district court granted class action status to all employees who worked in Apple's retail stores in California after 2009 and had bags searched on exit. While the case was pending, the U.S. Supreme Court decided another case that put to rest the question of whether search time was work for federal law purposes. That answer knocked out plaintiffs' argument as a matter of federal law, leaving only the California law question still at issue. sfgate.com

UK: Member of Parliament visits JD Sports, investigating rise in violent crime
Shop workers shouldn’t have to face threats or violence - particularly during Covid-19, Ipswich MP Tom Hunt said after visiting staff at the town’s JD Sports. Mr. Hunt visited the Ipswich branch of the national chain to show his backing for the British Retail Consortium’s Shopworkers’ Protection Pledge, which aims to protect retail workers against crime and violence.

He spoke with store manager Courtney Fowler, who discussed the rise in violent crime they are seeing. Shoplifting has been a recurring problem in Ipswich town centre over the years, with a recent uptick in distraction thefts.

Mr. Hunt said he wanted to ensure Suffolk got a fair level of police funding so that stretched officers could spend more time out on the beat, responding to crimes. But he also encouraged people to always report incidents, saying: “Often, low-level crime isn’t reported and that makes it difficult to monitor whether it’s going up or down.” ipswichstar.co.uk

D&D Says Goodbye to a New York Icon
NYC’s historic Roosevelt Hotel is closing after nearly 100 years

Since 1924, the Roosevelt Hotel has been a witness to history. The New York City landmark was the election headquarters for Gov. Thomas Dewey when he incorrectly announced he defeated Harry Truman in the 1948 presidential election. It has served as the backdrop for movies such as "The Irishman" and it helped start the New Year's Eve tradition of singing “Auld Lang Syne” after midnight.

A fixture of the Manhattan skyline, the hotel boasts elegant architecture and is minutes away from Times Square and Grand Central Terminal. But now, The Roosevelt Hotel will no longer bear witness to motion pictures or moments in history. The hotel will permanently close its doors this year, citing the coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing drop in business as the principal reasons it will cease operations. cnn.com

Editor's Note: For over 25 years, the team at Downing & Downing has stayed at the Roosevelt every January when traveling to NYC for the annual NRF Big Show, where we've hosted LP's New Year's Kickoff and Dinner Event for the industry for nearly three decades, bringing together a who's who list of guests each year including top LP leaders, dignitaries, and even NYPD Commissioners. We thank the staff at the Roosevelt for their top-notch accommodations over the years. This historic landmark will be missed!


Pictured left: The Roosevelt Hotel's historic lobby.
Pictured right: The D&D Daily's Gordon Smith, Gus Downing, and Mike Crissman in Jan. 2019


Lowe's to hire 20,000 workers across U.S. stores before holiday season
Lowe’s also announced
$100 million in discretionary bonuses, with full-time hourly associates set to receive $300 while part-time and seasonal associates will get $150. reuters.com

Under Armour to exit up to 3K wholesale doors

Former Walmart exec Irfan Badibanga named SVP Operations at Giant Food; overseeing AP efforts

NRF: A closer look at Halloween 2020

Coresight Research
Store Tracker

8,062 2020 YTD Closures
3,384 2020 YTD Openings



Quarterly Results
Amazon Q3 net sales up 37% ($96.1B), net income up 300%

Carvana Q3 revenue up 41%, gross profit up 90%

Floor & Decor Holdings Q3 comp's up 18.4%, net sales up 31.4%

Blue Apron Q3 net sales up 13%

Yum Brands Q3 Worldwide comp's down 2%, sales up 1%
  KFC comp's down 4%, sales down 1%
  Pizza Hut comp's down 3%, sales down 4%
  Taco Bell comp's up 3%, sales up 5%

Under Armour Q3 NA sales down 5%, Int'l sales up 18%, Wholesale sales down 7%, sales flat

Tapestry Q1 Coach net sales down 9%, Kate Spade net sales down 21%, Stuart Weitzman net sales down 35%, net sales down 14%

Starbucks Q4 U.S. comp's down 9%, China down 3%, Global comp's down 9%, net revenue down 8%
Starbucks FY U.S. comp's down 12%, Int'l down 19%, Global comp's down 14%, net revenue down 11.3%

Skechers Q3 DTC comp's down 22.1%, DTC sales down 16.9%, domestic wholesale down 6.3%, Int'l wholesale sales down 0.5%, sales down 3.9%

Columbia Sportswear Q3 DTC up 55%, net sales down 23%

Cheesecake Factory Q3 comp's down 23.3%
Shake Shack Q3 comp's down 31.7%,sales down 17.3%
Ralph Lauren Q2 NA comp's down 32%, NA sales down 38%, EU comp's down 29%, EU sales down 25%, Asia comp's down 11%, Asia sales down 7%, net revenue down 30%
 



Senior LP & AP Jobs Market

Manager, Global Physical Security and Investigations job posted for CDK Global in Hoffman Estates, IL
As the Manager of Global Physical Security & Investigations, you will be a member of the CDK Global Corporate Security leadership team. You will be responsible for the development, implementation, delivery, and constant improvement of the global physical security and investigative programs. You will drive the corporate security polices and standards across the global enterprise. You will work closely with the other corporate security leadership team members as it relates to protective services, investigations and security technology.
This role reports to the Director, Global Corporate Security and Real Estate. jobs.cdkglobal.com
 



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"If that's our baseline - Oh, my gosh, we're in deep trouble."
Security Media Group's Pandemic Expert: Exceptional SME
COVID-19 infections are hitting new daily highs in the U.S., and some European countries are re-imposing restrictions. Plus, the flu season is just around the corner. "
We're in a bad place," says pandemic expert Regina Phelps, who shares insights on pandemic trends and response.

Phelps, the founder of Emergency Management & Safety Solutions, is concerned not only about the rising number of infections, but also about the continued confusion about what constitutes effective response.

"It's going to be a really dark and tough six, eight, 12 weeks ahead ," Phelps says, citing recent record highs of
more than 70,000 daily reported infections in the U.S. "There are many experts that believe now that this is going to be our norm. If that's our baseline ... as we go into the fall and winter, oh, my gosh, we're in deep trouble."

In her latest in a series of video interviews with Information Security Media Group, Phelps discusses:

● The "twindemic" risks as the U.S. enters the flu season;
● How businesses are reevaluating the return to offices and travel;
Coping strategies for pandemic fatigue.

Phelps, RN, BSN, MPA, CEM, is an internationally recognized expert in the field of emergency management and continuity planning. Since 1982, she has provided consultation and speaking services to clients on four continents. She is founder of Emergency Management & Safety Solutions, a consulting company specializing in emergency management, continuity planning and safety. Among the company's clients are McAfee, IMF, Microsoft, American Express, Northern Trust, VISA, Triton Container, Intuit, Stanford University, Caltech Institute, JPL, Merck, MasterCard and the World Bank. govinfosecurity.com

Cloud-Based Database Misconfigurations Drives Historic Breached Records
Number of Breaches Down - Number of Records Skyrockets

First the Good News: Number of Breaches Down 51% Year Over Year
But the number of records put at risk experiences a massive increase. Here's why.
In the first three quarters of 2020, the number of data breaches fell to its lowest level in five years, while the number of records put at risk by those breaches skyrocketed to more than four times the level of the same nine months in 2019, according to Risk Based Security's (RBS) latest quarterly breach report.

The massive rise in the number of records exposed during breaches in 2020 is partly due to a handful of large misconfigured databases, RBS states in the Q3 report.
Two breaches exposed more than 1 billion records each, and another four breaches put at risk more than 100 million records each.

While the number of breaches is typically a measure of malicious activity, the number of records exposed to risk is generally due to an increase in the discovery of misconfigured databases and services, says Inga Goddijn, executive vice president at RBS. darkreading.com

E-Gift Card Attacks Growing More Frequent, Sophisticated
Consumers and online businesses enjoy the benefits of e-gift cards, but the rising threat of bot attacks on e-gift cards, especially during holidays, casts a shadow over this lucrative payment channel. E-gift card theft hurts customer trust, impacts revenue and imposes unnecessary costs on the business. When an attack happens, security, risk and operations teams can spend considerable energy, time and money remediating security issues. Business and support teams can spend weeks contacting impacted customers and arranging to make them whole, and marketing and PR teams will need to mount efforts to counter bad press and protect the brand.

Hackers love online gift cards and gift card balances because they skirt the deeper scrutiny of credit card transactions and account owners are less likely to notice changes to their gift card balances. This makes selling validated accounts with gift cards, or draining the gift card accounts by, ironically, sending an unauthorized gift card, easy money. Four ways that hackers can cash in are:

  ● Use the stolen gift card balance for purchases
  ● Use the account balance to buy e-gift cards and sell them on secondary markets
  ● Convert e-gift cards into cash on dedicated platforms such as cardcash.com
  ● Sell a validated password / username pair for up to $45 on the Dark Web  rhisac.org

Hackers Hitting Hospitals During COVID-19
FBI warns ransomware assault threatens US healthcare system

In a joint alert Wednesday, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services warned that they had “credible information of an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers.” The alert said malicious groups are targeting the sector with attacks that produce “data theft and disruption of healthcare services.” apnews.com


Number of “Breached” Records Hits 36 Billion in 2020
The security vendor’s 2020 Q3 Data Breach QuickView Report was compiled from human and automated analysis of publicly available reports, FOI requests and news reports.

It claimed 2020 was already the worst year ever recorded, even before the extra 8.3 billion records that were exposed in Q3. However, these figures include not only stolen data but also cloud-based misconfigurations that may imperil information but not result in a malicious actor getting hold of it. infosecurity-magazine.com

 


 
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Posted 10/29/20: Amazon Q3 net sales up 37% ($96.1B), net income up 300%

Gray Vans Popping Up Everywhere
Logistics Accounts For Over Half of Amazon's 2020 CapEx - Over $15B a Year
The Seattle-based giant also said that transportation costs accounted for more than half of its $30 billion in capital expenditures for the first nine months. Brian Olsavsky, Amazon’s CFO, said transportation network investments will consume at least half of the company’s capital spending over a multiyear period.

Amazon today self-handles about two-thirds of its deliveries, the highest ever in its history, according to estimates from consultancy ShipMatrix. Amazon’s third-quarter shipping costs totaled more than $15 billion, a 57% year-over-year increase. As high as those costs are, they may be dwarfed by what Amazon will spend between October and the end of 2020.

Amazon forecast between $112 billion and $121 billion in fourth-quarter net sales, a 28% and 38% year-on-year increase.

Amazon has been furiously adding fulfillment and logistics center capacity before the peak, and hopes to have 50% more warehouse and transport capacity by the end of 2020 than in 2019.

In addition, the $4 billion in COVID-19-related fourth-quarter costs was way above what investors had expected. freightwaves.com

'Cyber Week' Turning into 'Cyber Months'
U.S. online holiday spending to grow a jolly 33% this year: report

U.S. online spending during the holiday shopping season is expected to rise 33% this year to $189 billion, getting a major boost from early promotions by retailers looking to take advantage of people hunkered down in their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Adobe Analytics. Adobe had expected that growth to happen over two years instead of a single year. Adobe said growth last year was 13%.

November and December will turn into “Cyber Months,” thanks to an early start to the promotional season, as opposed to the traditional “Cyber Week,” which is the highly promotional period around Thanksgiving, Adobe said in a report. reuters.com

Etsy merchants sold 24M face masks in the last quarter

Amazon Delivers New eCommerce Site To Sweden


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New York, NY: Not-so-‘Goodfellas’ seized in a $ 6 Million JFK Airport Burglary
Authorities in New York have arrested a group they said was responsible for a series of thefts in John F Kennedy International Airport.
The group is accused of stealing more than $ 6 million in designer goods from luxury brands like Gucci, Prada and Chanel, and selling stolen merchandise. Queen’s District Attorney Melinda Katz said two former truck drivers who worked at JFK airport, David Lacariere and Gary MacArthur, used their knowledge of how to pick up cargo at the airport to forge documents containing flight details. Then they and others loaded pallets of cargo designed into a tractor and trailer and drove away. More than 1.3 million tons of cargo passed through JFK last year.  prudentpressagency.com

Katy, TX: More than $1M worth of stolen tools from Home Depot found in Katy man's home
Investigators believe the tools may have been stolen from Home Depot stores in the Houston area, as well as other states. Thousands of stolen power tools were found in a Katy's man home after he was arrested on drug charges.
The value of the stolen tools, believed to be taken from several Home Depot stores, is estimated to be more than a million dollars. Precinct 5 deputies said they were working alongside the Texas Department of Public Safety when they served a search warrant Wednesday at Steven Lane Skarritt's home. While inside the home, they found "floor-to-ceiling, organized stacks of power tools, toolsets and other items" they believed to be stolen from several Home Depot stores in the Houston area, as well as other states.

In addition to the stolen tools, deputies found a large amount of crystal meth, hydrocodone, marijuana and cash inside Skarritt's home. The 62-year-old has been arrested on felony charges of drug possession and delivery. Investigators are still looking into who else is responsible for the theft and resale of the stolen tools. Additional charges for Skarritt are possible. 
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San Bernardino County, CA: 2 arrested after $360,000 in power tools stolen from The Home Depot
San Bernardino police arrested two people and recovered $360,000 worth of power tools that they say were stolen from Home Depot stores in San Bernardino, Rialto and Redlands. Officers investigating a robbery at the store on E. Hospitality Lane on Sept. 29 learned that other Home Depots had been victimized. The thieves took Milwaukee brand power tools. Officers searching one residence on Oct. 21 found both suspects but no merchandise. The suspects admitted committing the crimes and were booked into jail, the release said. Police identified them as Tahje Meron Thomas, 23, and Shawndre Martin Thomas, 24. Tahje Thomas
was arrested on suspicion of organized retail theft and conspiracy. Shawndre Thomas was arrested on suspicion of grand theft and violating Post Release Community Supervision. Then on Oct. 22, officers served a search warrant at a business described as a discount tool store and recovered tools with an estimated value of $360,000. sbsun.com

Las Vegas, NV: Golf clubs worth at least $9K stolen from Las Vegas Golf Club

Norwalk, CT: Police Asking For Help Identifying Duo Who Robbed Dick's Sporting Goods of $3,000 of merchandise

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Winchester, VA: Man fatally shot outside Winchester restaurants Wednesday night
At 8:56 p.m. Wednesday, the Winchester Police Department (WPD) responded to a parking lot on Adams Drive for a male suffering from one gunshot wound to the chest. When officers arrived on scene, they found the male, identified as Kevin Michael Riley, 29, of Winchester, lying in the parking lot. Officers immediately began emergency aid efforts until Winchester Fire and Rescue arrived on scene. Riley was transported to the Winchester Medical Center where he later succumbed to his wounds.  winchesterstar.com


Update: Columbus, OH: Teen suspect arrested for deadly shooting outside Westland Mall
17-year-old Javontae Williams has been arrested in connection with the deadly shooting outside the Westland Mall on September 20, according to Maureen Kocot, the manager of media relations with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. The charges against Williams are delinquent charges. He was identified through video evidence of the event. This is an ongoing investigation.
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High Point, N.C: High Point Police are investigating a deadly parking lot shooting
Police said someone was shot Thursday night in a parking lot outside a store in Five Points. They are not releasing the name of the business at this time. They also have not released the name of the victim. They do not have a suspect at this time.
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Orange County, FL: Deputies respond to shootout on South Orange Blossom Trail, multiple people in custody
Sheriff’s Office deputies are on scene Thursday along South Orange Blossom Trail after two men were shooting at each other in a shopping plaza, according to witnesses. Deputies responded to a shopping center along South Orange Blossom Trail Thursday morning to multiple businesses in the area. The scene is across from the Florida Mall. clickorlando.com

 



Robberies, Incidents & Thefts

Athens, GA: Police probe $10,000 money, theft at Shoe Show
Athens-Clarke police are investigating the theft of almost $12,000 in cash and merchandise from Shoe Show Inc.on Lexington Road. The theft was reported Oct. 21 by a company supervisor, who said the money went missing between Sept. 26 to Oct. 14. The supervisor suspects an employee who left work on Oct. 15 without explanation and never returned, according to the report. Before the theft was reported to police, the store’s loss-prevention officer conducted an investigation that showed numerous instances of “forced transactions” were made using a bogus code showing that $8,489 in purchases were made on a credit card under the employee’s authorization. The investigation also revealed $2,182 in cash refunds. A meeting had been set up for the 23-year-old employee to discuss these discrepancies with a loss-prevention officer, but the employee never showed, according to the report. onlineathens.com


Simi Valley, CA: Big 5 Sporting Goods Shoplifting incident leads to temporary road closure
A woman suspected of shoplifting from Big 5 Sporting Goods is recovering from significant injuries following an altercation with police. Today around 2 p.m., Simi Valley Police officers were called in to apprehend Christina Tyler, a 48-year-old transient from Ventura, who allegedly stole items from the sporting goods store, Sgt. Patrick Zayicek said. When they arrived, officers said they saw the woman fleeing from the scene on foot and gave chase. During the pursuit, the woman stopped, turned to face the officers and then charged at them while brandishing a pair of scissors, Zayicek said. Officers had to use a Taser to subdue her. At some point during the incident, Tyler sustained a cut to her neck and began bleeding severely, leading SVPD to close down Los Angeles Avenue between Patricia Avenue and Williams Street. She also was suffering from many other cuts. Zayicek said that officers who were at the scene believe many of the cuts had been self-inflicted before Tyler was subdued. The sergeant said the woman continued to cut herself even after officers shocked her with the Taser. Tyler was arrested on suspicion of shoplifting and charging at officers with a deadly weapon. She was taken to a local hospital for treatment and appears to be recovering, Zayicek said. The street reopened just before 4 p.m., about two hours after the incident began.
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Columbus, OH: White Castle creates scholarship in memory of Slain Manager
White Castle announced it has established a scholarship in honor of Amanda Rush, a general manager who was shot and killed in west Columbus last week. According to a release, The "Amanda Rush Scholarship Fund for Future Leaders" will award $2,500 annually to a person studying in the restaurant industry who demonstrates hard work, talent and a heart for hospitality. The scholarship is available to any central Ohio restaurant employee or students attending school for restaurant management or hospitality. A committee of White Castle team members and a member of Rush's family will select the winner of the scholarship each year. Anyone interested in donating to the scholarship fund can find more information here. On the morning of Oct. 23, police said Rush was shot and killed at the White Castle on West Broad Street and North Wilson Road by Mark Reynolds. Another employee was injured during the shooting. Reynolds is charged with murder and is in the Franklin County Jail.
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Break-ins at dozens of Philly pharmacies have owners — and customers — shaken

Madison, WI: Janesville man indicted on charges for 7 armed robberies in Rock, Dane counties

Man wanted for attempted armed robbery; seventh similar case in Lexington Co.

Pullman, WA: Walmart cashier charged with $578 theft, burglary

Eureka, OH: O’Reilly Auto associate charged with $240 theft

 



Cargo Theft

Seven Recent Statistics in Pharma Cargo Theft
A supply chain security and resilience director takes a look at recent trends from 2019 and 2020, and talks COVID-19 product security. At HDA's 2020 Pharmaceutical Cargo Security Coalition (PCSC) Educational Seminar (held virtually Oct. 6 through 8), Tony Pelli, practice director, security and resilience at BSI Supply Chain Services and Solutions, shared recent trends in pharmaceutical cargo theft, highlighting upticks in theft of PPE and medical devices due to COVID-19. In addition to consulting, auditing, and standards, BSI offers a Supply Chain Risk Exposure Evaluation Network (SCREEN) intelligence tool and its Supplier Compliance Manager (SCM) tool that tracks and mitigates threats to operations, and tracks the progress of supplier risk and compliance audit programs.  healthcarepackaging.com


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C-Store – Carmel, IN – Armed Robbery
C-Store – Salem, OR – Armed Robbery
C-Store – Lexington County, SC - Armed Robbery
C-Store – Chicago, IL – Armed Robbery
C-Store – Fort Dodge, IA – Armed Robbery
C-Store – West Hamlin, WV – Robbery
C-Store – Irmo, SC - Burglary
Dollar General – Odessa, TX – Robbery
Grocery – Roswell, NM – Robbery
Jewelry – Farmington, CT - Robbery
Jewelry – Glendale, AZ – Robbery
Jewelry – Renton, WA – Robbery
Jewelry – Marlton, NJ – Robbery
Jewelry – Lansing, MI – Robbery
Jewelry – Zanesville, OH – Robbery
Jewelry – Pembroke Pines, FL – Robbery
Jewelry – Littleton, CO – Robbery
Jewelry – Nashville, TN – Robbery
Knife – Rapid City, SD – Armed Robbery
Liquor – Grand Rapids, MI – Armed Robbery
Pharmacy – Millbrae, CA – Armed Robbery
Restaurant – Irmo, SC – Burglary
Restaurant – Charleston, SC – Robbery (Waffle House)
Restaurant – Gainesville, FL – Armed Robbery
Shoes – Reedley, CA – Robbery
7-Eleven – Portland, OR – Armed Robbery
7-Eleven – Kent, WA – Armed Robbery
7-Eleven – Dallas, TX – Armed Robbery
7-Eleven – Colorado Springs, CO – Armed Robbery
7-Eleven – Dover, DE – Armed Robbery 

 

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• 29 robberies
• 2 burglaries
• 0 shootings
• 0 killed

 

Weekly Totals:
• 94 robberies
• 30 burglaries
• 0 shootings
• 1 killed



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