Federal authorities are offering a reward for information about those responsible for igniting a pair of New Mexico wildfires that downed power lines and damaged water, sewer and gas lines.

Parts of the United States could be at risk for electricity supply shortages if electricity demand peaks are higher than anticipated or if less electricity is generated than expected, according to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s 2024 Summer Reliability Assessment.

New York is facing an "extremely serious" terrorism threat following the arrest of eight Tajik nationals with suspected ties to ISIS, according to Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Security Chief Greg Ehrie. Reports emerged that eight men originating from Tajikistan who may be associated with ISIS-Khorasan had been arrested in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles after illegally entering the country through the U.S.-Mexico border. While no specific threat to New York City has been reported, the city was devastated by the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Broken-down chargers have emerged as the latest obstacle for U.S. automakers in their effort to convert more Americans to EVs.

Following major flooding in Iowa, President Biden declared a major disaster in the state on June 24 and approved federal aid to help recovery efforts. The state's Department of Natural Resources reported that 10 water systems and 21 wastewater systems had been affected by the flooding.

Officials in New Mexico warned residents to avoid drinking public water as uncontained wildfires in the southern part of the state consumed approximately 20,000 acres. Officials from the New Mexico Department of Health and the New Mexico Environment Department's Drinking Water Bureau issued a precautionary water advisory for over 24,000 residents in areas touched by the fires due to potential contamination.

The commercial space industry is facing an onslaught of cyber attacks and other threats, but lacks the resources and coordination to adequately defend itself, the head of the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) warned June 18. Space ISAC executive director Erin Miller said space systems now face an expanding array of threats including jamming, suspicious satellite maneuvers and state-sponsored hacking campaigns. Space systems are closely connected with critical infrastructure in terrestrial networks, so the threats are serious, she said.

In response to the ongoing challenges posed by the South Fork Fire, Tularosa Basin Telephone Company/Tularosa Communications, Inc. has set up a free public WiFi access point for residents whose networks have been disrupted by the fires.

Evolve Bank and Trust, a financial institution that is popular with fintech startups, announced that it had been victim of a cyberattack and data breach that could have affected its partner companies as well. Evolve’s communications chief Thomas Holmes said that the incident involves “a known cybercriminal organization.”

New U.S. sanctions against Russia have forced an immediate suspension of trading in dollars and euros on its leading financial marketplace, the Moscow Exchange. With Moscow pursuing closer trade and political ties with Beijing, China's yuan has ousted the dollar to become MOEX's most traded currency, accounting for 53.6% of all foreign currency traded in May.

Leading forklift manufacturer Crown Equipment Corporation has confirmed that the multi-week operations disruption resulted from a cyber attack by an international cybercrime group. Crown employees remained in the dark during the ongoing disruption, with speculations that the company had suffered a ransomware incident after a successful social engineering attack.

The material, which was purchased from a little-known Chinese company, was sold with falsified documents and used in parts that went into jets from both manufacturers.