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University of Sydney
February 12, 2015
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[ hack, education ]
Thousands of students of the University of Sidney are informed that, due to an information security breach, their personal information could now be in the hands of hackers.
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Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
February 12, 2015
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[ hack, espionage, government ]
The Facebook page of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army which accuses the Observatory's head of collaborating with British intelligence.
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Newsweek
February 10, 2015
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[ hack, social, technology ]
The CyberCaliphate hacks the Newsweek Twitter Account (@Newsweek) and threatens US President Barack Obama.
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International Marine Animal Trainers' Association
February 10, 2015
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[ hack, malware, other ]
In name of OpSeaWorld, hacktivists hack imata.org (International Marine Animal Trainers Association) and dump 1,445 usernames and hashed passwords.
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Defense Contract Management Agency
February 10, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
The Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), the US federal government entity responsible for performing contract administration services for the Department of Defense, is the victim of a suspected cybersecurity breach and pulls a number of its servers offline.
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Radhika Apte
February 9, 2015
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[ leak ]
Bollywood has its own Fappening: personal photos of actress Radhika Apte are leaked and posted on the Internet.
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Big Blue Interactive
February 3, 2015
Zyklon hacks bigblueinteractive.com and dumps 3,997 usernames and passwords.
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Philippine Government Websites
January 31, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
Anonymous Philippines defaces several Philippine government websites to protest against President Benigno Aquino III's apparent missteps in the wake of the deadly clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao.
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Taylor Swift Twitter account
January 27, 2015
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[ hack, technology ]
Taylor Swift's Twitter and Instagram accounts are hacked. The fake posts encourage to follow the users @Veriuser and @Lizzard.
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Topface
January 25, 2015
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[ hack, leak, technology ]
Russian dating site Topface is hacked and the usernames of 20 million visitors are offered for sale on a website. A few days after the hacked site buys back the records (officially "awards" the hacker for discovering the vulnerability).
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Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
January 25, 2015
@IncursioSubter hacks the official website of Oklahoma County (oklahomacounty.org) and dumps 1,145 usernames and passwords.
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AlJazira
February 17, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
As part of OpSaudi, a group of hacktivists calling themselves "The Oppressed Defenders" takes down the Saudi Arabian bank AlJazira.
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Boleto Bancario
February 12, 2015
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[ hack, phishing, finance ]
A new attack on Boletos, the Brazilian nation-wide payment system. This time the criminals poison the DNS entry used by a bank's website to redirect the users to a site controlled by them.
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Delta Airlines
February 10, 2015
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[ hack, phishing, technology ]
Delta Air Lines admits that its Facebook page has been hacked, posting "objectionable and offensive content ".
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Islamic State
February 9, 2015
In the name of OpISIS, the Anonymous take down hundreds of Twitter and Facebook accounts belonging to the extremist group ISIS.
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HipChat
February 3, 2015
Atlassian's security team discovers and blocks suspicious activity on the HipChat service that resulted in unauthorized access to names, usernames, email addresses, and encrypted passwords for a very small percentage (<2%) of the service users.
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White Lodging
February 3, 2015
Multiple financial institutions complain of fraud on customer credit and debit cards that were all recently used at a string of Marriott properties run by hotel franchise firm White Lodging Services Corporation.
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Macalester College
February 3, 2015
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[ hack, education ]
Zyklon hacks the Macalester College (in particular the sub-domain soviethistory.macalester.edu) and dumps 3,600 accounts (claiming he has other 90,000).
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Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
January 29, 2015
Th3 Ap3x from Anonsec hacks the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (hec.gov.pk) and dumps nearly 10,000 records with usernames and clear text passwords.
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French Lick Resort
January 28, 2015
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[ financial, malware, retail ]
French Lick Resort announces that malware has infected its payment card system, and any guest who used their credit and debit cards between April 23, 2014, and January 21 may have had their personal information compromised.
