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Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 08 December 2023
Faith-Based Security Headlines
These updates are shared to help raise the situational awareness of Faith-Based organizations to best defend against and mitigate the impacts from all-hazards threats including physical security, cybersecurity, and natural disasters.
Massachusetts Town Meeting Interrupted By Antisemitic Zoombombing By ‘Goyim Defense League’ Members
From the Stop Antisemitism report:
A local town meeting was interrupted by a hateful outburst on Tuesday when someone reportedly shouted an antisemitic slur, displayed a swastika on their Zoom screen and appeared to give a Nazi salute, according to police who are investigating.
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The town of Winthrop said it’s actively reviewing its public meeting videoconferencing procedures and policies following the Zoom incident.
Analyst Comments:
Zooming and other methods of online meetings continue to be the norm for governments and other organizations, including Faith-Based Organizations (FBO). Zoombombing continues to be an issue. FBOs should consider ensuring that they are taking all necessary safeguards to protect their online meetings.
The Zoom Safety Center recommends:
- Waiting Room
The Waiting Room is your virtual bouncer, letting you decide who’s allowed into your meetings. Meeting hosts can also add a video for participants to view while they wait for the host to allow them into the meeting.
- Approve or block entry from specific regions/countries
Hosts can “geofence” access to their meetings to block unexpected participants joining from VPNs or from outside of their geographical area.
- Suspend Participant Activities
Hosts can instantly suspend all participant activity, which disables audio, video, chat, annotation, and renaming, and hides participant profile pictures. It allows the host to quickly identify, eject, and report the offender so the meeting can resume.
The safety center also provides other recommendations and their own Zoom Security Basics training.
Also, on 05 September, FB-ISAO issued an alert on Recent Incidents of Zoombombing. A copy of a 2020 FB-ISAO PSA: The Zoom Effect was attached to the alert.
More Faith-Based Stories
NY: Albany Police: Man fired shotgun outside Temple Israel and Who Is Mufid Alkhader? Albany Synagogue Shooting Suspect
WA: Juvenile allegedly assaulted at Tukwila church housing asylum seekers
Driver crashes pickup truck into 3 people at Christmas parade in California, alcohol probed as factor: report. The driver is a 72 year old man and this seems to have been accidental.
Over 25 Schools And 9 Jewish Centers Victims Of Swatting Threats In Minnesota and Threats against schools, Jewish facilities in Minnesota part of swatting attempt, BCA says
Jewish After-School Center In Pennsylvania Vandalized With “Free Palestine” Graffiti
Man arrested for series of church burglaries in Southeast DC, police say
Anti-Jewish ‘Goyim Defense League’ Propaganda Litters Montana Town Ahead Of Hanukkah Celebrations
Pro-Israel Yard Sign In Massachusetts Neighborhood Defaced With Antisemitic Rhetoric
PA: Hummus products vandalized with labels deeming them ‘contaminated with Zionism’
Menorahs in Brooklyn Stolen and Vandalized, NYPD Investigating as Hate Crime
MD: Menorah vandalized outside Olney synagogue hours before Hanukkah celebrations set to begin
ADL: Anti-Muslim Hate Surfaces Nationwide as Israel-Hamas War Continues
Major donor calls on UPenn president to resign for disastrous testimony on antisemitism, threatening $100 million gift and ‘The lack of moral clarity is unacceptable’: Emhoff joins criticism of university presidents
NH pastor dies by suicide after being fired over child sexual abuse allegations
Democrats urge tech companies to contain abortion misinformation
Today, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the addition of three People’s Republic of China (PRC)-based companies to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List. Will be posted later on UFLPA Entity List | Homeland Security (dhs.gov).
Netherlands: Massive Fire Engulfs Church In Overschie, Rotterdam 2
UK Met Police: Keeping you safe during Hanukkah
East London Mosque evacuated as ‘bomb threat’ sees police flood Tower Hamlets street
France: Terror threat prompts heavy security but won’t dim Lyon’s lights festival
Radical Hindu group plotting protest against tribal Christians on Christmas Day
Global Antisemitic Incidents In the Wake of Hamas’ War on Israel
Select All-Hazards Stories
Woman arrested after trying to burn down Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth home in Atlanta — stopped by off-duty NYPD officers and MLK house vandalism: Woman tried pouring gasoline on childhood home
“PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS”: NEW YORK FIRST RESPONDERS, OFFICIAL TESTIFY TO STRAIN ON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RESOURCES CAUSED BY BORDER CRISIS and “EVERY STATE IS NOW A BORDER STATE”: HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE HEARS TESTIMONY FROM COLLEAGUES ON IMPACTS OF THE BORDER CRISIS
US police agencies took intelligence directly from IDF, leaked files show and BlueLeaks trove
Lawmakers nix proposal to create military cyber intelligence capability and Congress axes independent cyber force study
Police cancel ultranationalist march in Jerusalem, saying terms were violated
Police Clash With Far-right Jewish Nationalists During Temple Mount/Al-Aqsa March in Jerusalem
Germany: AfD in Saxony classified as ‘extremist’
Strong Cold Front Continues Crossing the Central and Eastern States into the Weekend National Weather Service
Massive weekend storm to pummel eastern US with heavy rain, damaging winds, snow
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Russian influence and cyber operations adapt for long haul and exploit war fatigue and Russian Threat Actors Dig In, Prepare to Seize on War Fatigue”
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