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Well
February 18, 2014
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[ financial, retail ]
Well.ca, a Canadian online retailer for health and beauty products, declares to have suffered a data breach, compromising the credit card information of a few thousand of its customers.
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United Socialist Party of Venezuela
February 15, 2014
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[ hack, government ]
The verified Twitter account (@PartidoPSUV) of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) is hacked by LulzSec Peru.
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Forbes
February 14, 2014
The Syrian Electronic Army hacks Forbes, stealing user data and posting fake stories to its Web site. Forbes acknowledges the hack stating that e-mail addresses may have been exposed but passwords are encrypted. Apparently 1 million user records are spilled.
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Bank of the West
February 14, 2014
An undisclosed number of individuals who applied online for a position with San Francisco-based Bank of the West have their personal information (including Social Security numbers) compromised after an unauthorized party gained access to a job application system.
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UK Ministry of Justice
February 13, 2014
The United Kingdom's Ministry of Justice website, justice.gov.uk, is disrupted by a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack. The Ministry of Justice was targeted for not condemning the NSA's surveillance operations.
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Silk Road
February 13, 2014
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[ hack, financial, retail ]
Using a known Bitcoin vulnerability the popular marketplace Silk Road is hacked, losing approximately 4,400 bitcoins, presently worth around $2.6 million.
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Ukranian Democratic Alliance for Reform
February 13, 2014
In name of OpIndepenence, the collective Anonymous Ukraine hacks Vitali Klitschko's UDAR (Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform) party and leaks some confidential emails.
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National-Socialist Party of Canada
February 13, 2014
nairb AKA @SQLiNairb hacks the National-Socialist Party of Canada official (nspcanada.nfshost.com) and leaks around 1,500 accounts.
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Bitstamp
February 12, 2014
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Bitcoin exchange service Bitstamp suspends withdrawals while dealing with a denial-of-service (DOS) attack.
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Supercell Facebook Pages
February 11, 2014
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[ hack, phishing, technology ]
The Facebook pages of two games, Hay Day and Clash of Clans, developed by the Helsinki-based video game developer Supercell are hacked. The attack is executed by hijacking the emails of two Supercell employees.
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Cloudflare
February 11, 2014
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
A distributed denial-of-service attack targeting Cloudflare reaches 400 gigabits per second,making it the largest DDoS attack ever recorded.
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MarkMonitor
February 6, 2014
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[ hack, technology ]
A failed attempt that's worth to be mentioned: the Syrian Electronic Army attempts to hack a number of high profile websites, including Yahoo, Amazon, Facebook and Google, by hacking into the domain management service provider MarkMonitor.
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West Bengal Public Health Engineering Department
February 4, 2014
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[ hack, misconfiguration, government ]
West Bengal's Public Health Engineering Department (wbphed.gov.in) is attacked and defaced by a group of Pakistani hacktivists demanding to "free Kashmir" among other things.
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Olmsted Medical Center
February 3, 2014
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[ hack, healthcare ]
The employee database of the Olmsted Medical Center is unlawfully accessed, exposing the information of about 500 employees.
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Bell Canada
February 1, 2014
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[ hack, technology ]
The hacking group NullCrew AKA @NullCrew_FTS claims to have successfully hacked Bell Canada (bell.ca). As a consequence 40,000 credentials are leaked.
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British Academy of Film and Television Arts
January 30, 2014
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) reveals that part of its website has been "compromised by illegal means" and it's not currently guaranteed that hackers haven't made off with details of individuals on the BAFTA Guru mailing list.
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Rovio
January 29, 2014
Angry Birds developer Rovio has its website hijacked. As a result, the official Angry Birds (angrybirds.com) website is defaced by someone protesting reports government spy agencies abuse it and other "leaky" mobile apps to mine the personal details of smartphone users.
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Sao Paulo State Government
January 28, 2014
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[ hack, government ]
A hacker affiliated with the Anonymous hacks the official email account belonging to the press and communication department of Sao Paulo state government (saopaulo.sp.gov.br/).
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GitHub
January 27, 2014
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
GitHub is taken down by a DDoS Attack.
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Give Me Coins
January 23, 2014
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[ hack, financial, finance ]
The popular Litecoin mining pool Give Me Coins (give-me-coins.com) is hacked. The attackers have reportedly stolen a total of 10,000 Litecoins, currently worth around $230,000.
