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Banque Catonale de Geneve
January 9, 2015
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[ hack, leak, ransomware ]
The infamous Hacking Group Rex Mundi is active also in the new year, and after blackmailing Banque Cantonale de Geneve (BCGE), dumps details of about 30,000 bank's customers, after the bank rejects the request to pay a ransom of EUR10,000 ($12,000).
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Hirsche Private Asset
January 7, 2015
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[ leak, finance ]
Hirsche Private Asset notifies his customers of a security breach, warning them to ignore any information coming from third parties.
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Sussex Police
January 5, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
Sussex Police investigates three security breaches of its external website over the Christmas period.
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Orange Spain
January 5, 2015
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[ hack, technology ]
Linker Squad claims to have hacked 10 million user records from Orange Spain.
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University of Chicago
January 24, 2015
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[ hack, education ]
@MarxistAttorney adds the University of Chicago (uchicago.edu) among its victims.
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freshfiction
January 24, 2015
A hacker called Ouch hacks freshfiction.com and dumps 6,402 usernames and hashed passwords.
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Ghanian Government Websites
January 21, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
The majority of the Ghanaian government's websites, including its main site (ghana.gov.gh), have been hacked by a Turkish nationalist collective called Alsancak Tim.
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Wingstop
January 20, 2015
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[ financial, malware, retail ]
Restaurant chain Wingstop notifies an undisclosed number of customers that malware was found on point-of-sale (POS) systems at four locations, and it could have enabled attackers to capture customer payment card information.
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philsacra
January 17, 2015
Two hackers called p0lak & sh0utz hack philsacra.ust.edu.ph and dump 5,100 usernames and hashed passwords.
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payivy
January 17, 2015
An unknown hacker hacks payivy.com (a virtual marketplace to sell products online) and dumps 10,000 users and clear text passwords.
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Metropolitan State University
January 16, 2015
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[ hack, sqlinjection, education ]
Minnesota-based Metropolitan State University notifies faculty, staff and students that an attacker may have breached its web server to access a database that contained their personal information. 22,000 users are at risk.
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Notepad++
January 14, 2015
The website of the open-source text editor Notepad++ is defaced by Fallaga Team, an Islamist hacking group, because the developer released a "Je suis Charlie"edition of the software.
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US Central Command YouTube account
January 12, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
The Twitter and YouTube accounts for the US military command that oversees operations in the Middle East (CENTCOM) are hacked by the CyberCaliphate. Several maps and diagrams are also posted by the attackers, despite Centcom stating that no sensitive information was compromised.
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Banco del Austro
January 12, 2015
Here's the third victim of the SWIFT hack: Banco del Austro in Ecuador was also the victim of a similar attack in 2015 which saw cybercriminals steal around $12m.
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Bundaberg Library
January 11, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
Dr.SHA6H defaces the official website of the Bundaberg Library (bundaberg.qld.gov.au).
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DKEVR
January 8, 2015
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[ hack, government, energy ]
The website of DKEVR, the Bulgarian energy regulator (dker.bg) is defaced by the Cyber Haxors Group.
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8chan
January 8, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The infamous Lizard Squad takes credit for a DDoS attack against the imageboard site 8chan.
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Sowerby Primary School
January 6, 2015
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[ hack, education ]
The website of Sowerby Primary School in Thirsk, North Yorkshire (UK) is defaced by X-saad, a Pro-Islamist hacker. As a result the parents keep their children off from school.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
January 6, 2015
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[ hack, education ]
A hacker called @ulzr1z decides to commemorate the two year anniversary of the death of Aaron Swartz and defaces 15 sites of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
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OP Pohjola Group
January 5, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
The new year starts in a terrible way for the Finnish bank OP Pohjola Group and its customers. A DDoS attack floods OP's data communications systems and prevents customers from executing online transactions.
