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Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs
September 26, 2015
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[ hack, leak, government ]
As part of their vendetta against the Canadian government, hackers claiming to belong to the Anonymous collective leak another high-level confidential federal document, this time from the Department of Foreign Affairs.
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EyeBuyDirect
October 21, 2015
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[ hack, financial, misconfiguration ]
An undisclosed number of individuals are notified that unauthorized access was gained to EyeBuyDirect's website and personal information, including payment card data, may have been compromised.
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Blue House
October 21, 2015
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[ espionage, government ]
South Korea's intelligence agency reports that North Korean hackers accessed servers belonging to the Blue House, the executive office of South Korea, and stole data from computers belonging to members of the nation's legislature.
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
October 16, 2015
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[ espionage, education ]
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution declares to have suffered a "sophisticated, targeted attack" that allegedly originated from China. The breach turns out to have started back in February 2013.
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EA
October 15, 2015
Account details of some 600 Electronic Arts (EA) customers are apparently leaked on Pastebin. The company has yet to confirm that the leak is genuine, but they are "taking steps to secure any account that has an EA or Origin user ID that matches the usernames on this list."
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Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
October 14, 2015
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[ hack, leak, education ]
HTGzSecurity hacks ricsasia.org (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) and dumps 3,410 records.
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Matthew Craig (matthdgamer)
October 8, 2015
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[ social, technology ]
Six of the most successful FIFA video gamers to feature on YouTube are targeted by cyber-thieves, who are able to steal millions of FIFA coins, the in-game currency, and delete valuable players. The attackers are thought to have convinced manufacturer EA to transfer their victims' Origin accounts to email addresses the hackers controlled.
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Kennebec County Phone System
October 6, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
The Kennebec County phone system is hacked topping 2,100 calls in a weekend.
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The Islam Channel
October 5, 2015
The Financial Times reveals that Russian military intelligence agents launched a 2015 cyber attack on UK-based TV station the Islam Channel, giving the Kremlin-backed hackers complete control over the broadcaster's computer networks and infrastructure.
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Municipal Services Program Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
October 3, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
A group of Indian hackers calling themselves Hell Shield Hackers defaces a Pakistani government website called Municipal Services Program Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Khyber Paktunkhwa is a province in Pakistan) (www.mspkp.gov.pk) apparently in retaliation against Pakistani hackers.
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T-Mobile US (via Experian)
October 1, 2015
Hackers break into a server and make off with names, driver license numbers, and other personal information belonging to more than 15 million US consumers who applied for cellular service from T-Mobile. The breach is the result of an attack on a database maintained by credit-reporting service Experian, which was contracted to process credit applications for T-Mobile customers.
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Rutgers University
September 30, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, education ]
A hacker known under the moniker Exfocus takes down the IT infrastrucutre of Rutgers University.
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The Big Blue Bus
September 27, 2015
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[ leak ]
The Big Blue Bus alerts customers of a potential data breach related to the NextBus program.
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Kmart
September 30, 2015
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[ hack, retail ]
Australian discount homewares chain Kmart is under investigation, following a data breach that occurred in early September which saw the personal details of its online customers hacked.
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http://www
September 25, 2015
Frank J. Martin Company notifies an undisclosed number of individuals who made purchases on the Padlocks4Less website that their personal information, including payment card data, may have been accessed without authorization.
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Unknown Organization
September 22, 2015
A group of hackers that calls itself "Hack for Trump" claims to have hacked the website of Fidelity Group and threaten it would make the stolen data public unless Fidelity pays $30,000.
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Kettering General Hospital
September 18, 2015
Kettering General Hospital reveals that its email system is compromised by a Russian hacking group, that used it to send spam.
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The Kremlin
September 14, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Kremlin's official website falls under a massive DDoS attack. The attack is carried out simultaneously with another attack that reportedly targeted the website of the Russian Electoral Commission. Both of the attacks occuer on national Election Day.
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UK Cabinet Ministers
September 11, 2015
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[ espionage, hack, government ]
The Telegraph reveals that jihadists in Syria hacked into UK ministerial email accounts in a sophisticated espionage operation uncovered by GCHQ.
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Penrith High School
September 11, 2015
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[ insider, misconfiguration, education ]
A small group of students from Penrith High School have allegedly used a teacher's login credentials to access a Department of Education computer system that contains students' assessment marks.
