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![NJOHSP Official Weekly](https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/NJOHSP/2023/02/7210457/4594762/my-project-1-4_crop.png) April 8, 2024
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NJOHSP Triannual Forum Focuses on Threat Mitigation and Response Efforts
![ctc-4-8-24](https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/NJOHSP/2024/04/9268049/laurie-tom_original.png) NJOHSP Director Laurie Doran and Intelligence & Operations Division Director Thomas Hauck address attendees.
At the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness’ triannual counter threat coordinators, risk mitigation planners and critical infrastructure coordinators meeting April 3, NJOHSP and FBI Newark staff shared information regarding the state’s current threat environment and new counterterrorism initiatives.
Topics included updates on: • NJOHSP’s 2024 Threat Assessment • The 2024 Presidential Election Threat Landscape • NJOHSP’s Interfaith Advisory Council and "Secure the Shore" Initiative • New Jersey’s Crisis Response Team • The Monmouth County Statewide Threat Assessment Team Pilot Program and the New Jersey Statewide Threat Assessment Team’s First Level II County Team
NJ STAT, one of NJOHSP’s newer initiatives, is a joint effort between federal, State, county and local agencies to effectively identify, assess and intervene to preemptively address potential violence. The program provides an “off-ramp” to individuals who are at risk for conducting targeted acts of violence. NJOHSP is in the process of creating county and regional STAT Teams to supplement NJ STAT. CTCs will help chair the County STAT teams, given their involvement in the New Jersey Suspicious Activity Reporting process, and will remain a conduit of information to NJOHSP and the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force.
Additional Resources 2024 Threat Assessment | Interfaith Advisory Council
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Terrorism At a Glance
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![New Jersey Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Cell](https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/NJOHSP/2023/01/7012162/4571535/njccic-header-new_crop.png) FTC Reports $1.1B in Losses from 2023 Impersonation Scams
![njccic-4-8-24](https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/NJOHSP/2024/04/9274987/njccic-image_original.png) Photo credit: Bing.com
The Federal Trade Commission recently released a report showing that in 2023 impersonation scams resulted in over $1.1 billion in losses. According to the report, 330,000 incidents were business impersonation scams, and nearly 160,000 were government impersonation scams, both of which accounted for almost half of the frauds reported to the agency. The report also shows an increase in multi-stage impersonation scams in which threat actors pose as more than one organization in a single scam. On April 1, the FTC announced a new rule regarding the impersonation of government agencies and businesses. This rule gives the agency more robust tools to fight and deter potential scammers. Due to the new rule, the FTC can file federal court cases seeking money back for victimized consumers and pursue civil penalties against those who violate the rules. Read the full NJCCIC Weekly Bulletin for more details.
Additional Resources Incident Reporting | NJCCIC Membership
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![New and Note Official](https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/NJOHSP/2023/02/7210443/4594763/my-project-copy-1_crop.png) Study: Climate Change Forcing Terrorist Activity Migration
![mnn4-8-24](https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/NJOHSP/2024/04/9274577/nn-4-8-24_original.png) Monsoon clouds over a mountain range in India. Photo credit: Rabhimb Bardhan.
Changing weather patterns attributed to climate change are contributing to shifts in the location of terrorist activity, according to the results of a study released April 4 by the University of Adelaide's School of Social Sciences. The research, led by extremism expert Dr. Jared Dmello, found climatological variables affected terrorist activity in India. The study focused on attack location, but the data also suggests other forms of extremist behavior, such as training locations, are likely shifting in response to climate change as well. "Urban centers have increasingly grown in population density, particularly in spaces with favorable climates, and some of the more remote areas once used by extremists have experienced such increasingly dynamic climates that they are no longer fit for human habitation, forcing these groups to migrate elsewhere," stated Dr. Dmello. He noted that during the study period average temperatures in India reached record highs. The study, published in the Journal of Applied Security Research, concentrated on terrorist activity in India between 1998–2017, a period during which there were 9,096 terrorist incidents recorded by the Global Terrorism Database.
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Contact Information
For more information, please contact communications@njohsp.gov.
The NJOHSP Weekly Bulletin is a weekly publication of the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness and is intended to provide our constituents with finished intelligence and resiliency publications and announcements. Please visit njohsp.gov/connect/weekly-bulletin to read previous bulletins.
Report Suspicious Activity: Call 1-866-4-SAFE-NJ or email tips@njohsp.gov.
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