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New Drop High School
February 27, 2015
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[ hack, education ]
Eric Walstrom, a student at New Dorp High School hacks into a secure computer system to improve his scores. Unfortunately he is discovered.
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Lenovo
February 25, 2015
Actors hack the main Lenovo web site, hijacking the lenovo.com domain name, and also leaking several company emails.
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Google Vietnam
February 24, 2015
The domain name for Google's search engine in Vietnam, google.com.vn, is briefly hacked and hijacked by the hacker collective Lizard Squad and redirected users to a website selling cyberattack tools.
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British Judo Association
March 20, 2015
The British Judo Association (britishjudo.org.uk) temporarily shuts down its online membership application system after an illegal intrusion stole some members' details.
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VNPT
March 16, 2015
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[ leak, technology ]
More than 50,000 accounts of customers of Vietnam's state-run telecom giant VNPT are stolen and leaked on the Internet over the weekend.
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Ontario Ministry of Education
March 14, 2015
Ontario's Ministry of Education confirms it is investigating the hack of 5,000 emails, stolen via an unauthorized access to its website (edu.gov.on.ca) and then published online.
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British Telecom
March 13, 2015
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[ espionage, misconfiguration, technology ]
Internet traffic for 167 important British Telecom customers, including a UK defense contractor that helps deliver the country's nuclear warhead program, are mysteriously diverted to servers in Ukraine before being passed along to their final destination.
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MyBB
March 11, 2015
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[ hack, technology ]
MyBB reveals that its official Twitter profile and a staff member's accounts were hijacked in late January.
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Bistro Burger
March 10, 2015
Hackers compromise the payment processing systems at a Bistro Burger location in San Francisco and may have exfiltrated card information for a period of two months before the breach was contained.
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Femsplain
March 8, 2015
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[ hack, ddos ]
femsplain.com, a feminist blog, is the target of a DDoS attack on International Women's Day.
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epicpr
March 7, 2015
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[ hack, technology ]
FRID4Y AKA @_FRID4Y_ hacks epicpr.com and dumps 21,500 usernames and clear text passwords.
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Larimer County Sheriff's Office
March 5, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
The official website of Colorado's Larimer County Sheriff's Office (LCSO, larimersheriff.org) is defaced by the Pro-Palestinian hacking group AnonGhost.
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Walters McCann Fanska
March 4, 2015
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[ hack, finance ]
Accounting firm Walters McCann Fanska notifies clients that their personal and financial account information may have been acquired by hackers who had access to the firm's network
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Natural Grocers
March 2, 2015
The grocery chain Natural Grocers says it is investigating a potential data security incident involving an unauthorized intrusion targeting limited customer payment card data.
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University of Lisbon
February 27, 2015
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[ hack, education ]
The group of hacktivists Sudoh4k3rs hacks the two subdomains of the University of Lisbon and dumps the database and the administrator password.
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Japan Association of Zoos and Aquariums
February 27, 2015
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[ hack, leak ]
In the name of OpSeaWorld, Anonymous hackers hack the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (jaza.jp) and leak about 1,500 usernames and clear text passwords.
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Webnic
February 26, 2015
Almost a week after revelations surfaced that Lenovo preinstalled dangerous ad-injecting software on consumer laptops, hackers of the Lizard Squad collective take their revenge: they initially hack Web Commerce Communications (webnic.cc).
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The National Archives
February 25, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
Law enforcement is investigating a possible data breach at the National Archives, after a hacker group releases a video purporting to show a break-in on the agency's website.
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Lime Crime
February 25, 2015
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[ financial, malware, retail ]
Cosmetics company Lime Crime notifies an undisclosed number of customers that unauthorized access was gained to its website server and malware designed to intercept customer data, including payment card information was installed.
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Chinese Academy of Engineering
February 25, 2015
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[ espionage, malware, education ]
The Chinese Academy of Engineering suffered a cyberattack from Poison Ivy; a group that has carried out numerous espionage campaigns against China.
