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Totally Promotional
August 24, 2015
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[ hack, financial, retail ]
Totally Promotional, an internet seller of imprinted promotional products, notifies an undisclosed number of customers that attackers forced their way into its systems and gained access to some customer payment card data and other information.
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Philippine Bureau of Customs
August 23, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
In name of #OpCustoms, a group of hackers takes down the Philippine Bureau of Customs (customs.gov.ph). The hackers come from Anonymous-affiliated groups Pinoy LulzSec, Elite Cyber Security and MCA and PHU DDOS Squad.
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University of Rhode Island
August 20, 2015
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[ hack, education ]
The University of Rhode Island (URI.edu) notifies former and current students of of an incident involving the inappropriate collection, and possible use, of information related to some URI email accounts by an external individual.
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Carlos Loret de Mola
August 20, 2015
The Mexican government is suspected of using NSO Group spyware to compromise the personal devices of journalists, lawyers, activists, scientists, politicians, and civil society organizations. One of the victims is Carlos Loret de Mola, a journalist and on-air personality who reported on the alleged cover-up of a massacre in western Mexico.
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mumsnet
August 19, 2015
An Internet troll with the nickname @DadSecurity takes down mumsnet.com and not happy with the result targets the portal co-founder Justine Roberts in a 'swatting' attack.
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Embassy of Azerbaijan in Russia
August 15, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
A hacker going with the handle of Mr.H4rD3n defaces the official website of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Russia (azembassy.ru).
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Fred's Inc.
August 14, 2015
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[ financial, hack, malware ]
Fred's Inc. confirms that an unauthorized person gained access to two servers that process payment card data placing a malicious software capable of copying the payment card data.
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Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transportation
August 10, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
A group of Mexican hacktivists affiliated with the Anonymous collective defaces the website of the Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transportation (mexicoconectado.gob.mx) in retaliation for the murder of the Mexican photojournalist Rub n Espinosa.
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Carphone Warehouse Affiliates
August 8, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, retail ]
The personal details of up to 2.4 million customers may have been accessed after a division of Carphone Warehouse was hit by a cyber attack. It also appears that a smokescreen DDoS attack was utilised to hide the attack.
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United States Department of Defense
August 6, 2015
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
U.S. officials tell NBC News that Russia launched a "sophisticated cyberattack" against the Pentagon's Joint Staff unclassified email system, which has been shut down and taken offline for nearly two weeks.
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Miranda Lambert
August 6, 2015
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[ hack ]
A woman, identifying herself only as "Brenda", claims to have broken into Miranda Lambert's email account, accessing more than 35,000 emails.
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http://itembay
August 6, 2015
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
l1kw1d hacks itembay.ca, an online game virtual currency provider and dumps 4,330 usernames with clear text passwords.
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Dubizzle
August 6, 2015
Several Dubizzle customers receive a warning email message instructing them to immediately change their passwords, after the online classifieds website discovers a security breach.
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Myanmar Ministry of Information website
August 1, 2015
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[ espionage, government ]
A threat actor compromised the President of Myanmar website in an attempt to compromise visitors to those websites for espionage purposes.
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RBS Banking Group
July 31, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
The RBS banking group reveals it suffered a cyber attack on its online services that left customers struggling to log on for nearly an hour.
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Clayton Valley Charter High School
August 17, 2015
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[ hack, education ]
A hacker purportedly associated with the Anonymous collective claims to have hacked the Clayton Valley Charter High School and sends several internal documents via email.
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City of Henderson
August 14, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
A computer hacker broke into a city of Henderson Web server and had access to data for nine days before being detected. However the city declared that no personal or sensitive information was compromised.
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The Employment Agents Movement (TEAM)
August 8, 2015
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[ leak ]
TEAM (The Employment Agents Movement), the largest network of independent recruiters in the UK, is hit by a Saudi Arabian hacker that goes by the online handle JM511. The attacker dumps 1296 records.
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Boqueirao Bus Station
August 8, 2015
Hackers infiltrate the travel information video screens at a Brazilian bus station in the southern city of Curitiba, and replace arrival and departure times with hard-core porn.
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ICANN
August 6, 2015
ICANN, the organisation which oversees the Internet's Domain Name System, reveals to have fallen victim to a hacker attack during which the details (emails and hashed passwords) of users who had created profiles on the organisation's public website were exposed.
