Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 31 August 2023

Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 31 August 2023

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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.

The above Gate 15 Weekly Security Sprint website also provides links to many security related items.


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Churches, Christians respond as Hurricane Idalia batters Florida

Extreme weather, historic buildings: Congregations recover from, respond to storm damage

NH: Man arrested for arson, burglary and vandalism in Hudson

TN: Police: Man broke into church three times

CO: 16 car thefts, break-ins in church parking lots in Jeffco are under investigation

Oklahoma City church damaged in apparent vandalism case

‘Black Lives Matter’ sign vandalized at Baltimore church

MA: Brookline temple stops livestreaming services on YouTube after hoax bomb threat

LA: Police Intensify Probe Into Fake Bomb Threats That Disrupted Synagogue Livestreams

MI: ‘This is all of our business:’ Portage councilmember says after rainbow-flag church sign shot

Catholic parishes relied on faith, prudent planning during university shooting

Migrants from Muslim countries disproportionately targeted in Texas border prosecutions, Times analysis finds

Nonprofits Receive Grants To Combat Hate Crimes In Montgomery County

Amid Rising Antisemitic Attacks, Jewish Federations Are Upping Their Security Funding

California church fined during COVID lockdown sues county for ‘spying’ on worshippers

New report: Antisemitic crimes rose 28% in 21 US cities in 2022

ChatGPT generates fake Bible passage about ‘Jesus accepting trans people’; Christians respond

Terrorists Kidnap Two Christians, Kill Baptist Pastor in Nigeria

Mosque attacks on rise in Greek Cypriot Administration: TRNC official

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After Jacksonville shootings, historically Black colleges address security concerns, remain vigilant

Johannesburg Fire Kills at Least 73 in Multistory Building

Black Surfer Subjected To Symbolic Lynching In Florida.

Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Issuing Threats of Violence to an LGBTQI+ Advocacy Group

Australian allegedly planned a terrorist attack on home soil

Combating Terrorism Center Sentinel, August 2023 Issue, VOLUME 16, ISSUE 8, PDF

Idalia Tracks Offshore; Heat Builds and Expands This Holiday Weekend National Weather Service

Study tracks airborne spread of COVID between different hotel floors

Native Americans at outsized risk of severe COVID-19, death

Impersonation scam targets doctors, nurses, and other medical providers to steal money

Misinformation, Disinformation, and Malinformation (MDM): Empire Dragon Accelerates Covert Information Operations, Converges with Russian Narratives

MDM: Converging Narratives on Hawaii Wildfires Advance Different Influencers’ Objectives

68k Phishing Victims are Now Searchable in Have I Been Pwned, Courtesy of CERT Poland

“Smishing Triad” Targeted USPS And US Citizens For Data Theft

2023 ThreatLabz State of Ransomware

DHS: 10 Digital Asset Terms You Should Know

Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Firefox and Firefox ESR

Chrome Beta for iOS Update

Chrome Beta for Android Update

ZDI Updates

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Read a report detailing attacks on Faith-Based organizations following the Dobbs ruling.

Read the Membership Reimagined Post.

Access all-hazards resources from public and private sector partners, curated by the FB-ISAO team.

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This DAP highlights – Gate 15 Weekly Security Sprint blog. Episode 31 discusses Hostile Events, Space, Doxxing, a PSA, and so much more! Every DAP also has More Faith-Based Stories and Select All-Hazard Stories. 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.