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Comcast
November 11, 2015
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
Comcast resets 200k cleartext passwords, after a hacker known as Orion claims to have stolen the database and puts it on sale on the dark web. Nearly 590,000 users could have been compromised.
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http://www
November 10, 2015
Eggfather hacks c4forums.com and dumps 15,276 usernames and hashed passwords.
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Easily
December 11, 2015
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[ hack, technology ]
In a letter to customers, UK web hosting firm Easily.co.uk reveals to have suffered a targeted attack which exposed an unspecified number of customer domain names.
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Middlesex Hospital
December 9, 2015
The Middlesex Hospital in Connecticut reveals that the personal information of almost 1,000 patients could have been compromised through a phishing scam.
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http://www
December 7, 2015
Smitt3nz hacks the-athenaeum.org and dumps 1,671 users with hashed passwords.
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Royal Thai Police
December 4, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
In name of #OpSingleGateway, the Anonymous hack Thailand Police Servers to protest against Internet censorship.
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Australian Bureau of Meteorology
December 1, 2015
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[ espionage, government ]
China is blamed for a major cyber attack on the computers at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (bom.gov.au), which has compromised sensitive systems across the Federal Government.
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Iceland government
November 30, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
In the name of #OpWhales, the Anonymous take down almost all the Iceland government websites for about 13 hours as a protest against the whaling practices in Iceland.
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Richland County Veterans Service Office
November 28, 2015
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[ hack, government ]
A collective of pro-ISIS hackers dubbed Team System DZ defaces three domains of the Richland County office.
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Invest Bank
November 25, 2015
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[ hack, leak, ransomware ]
A hacker called Hacker Buba hacks into Invest Bank and holds it to ransom, demanding $3M, and leaking confidential data of clients on Twitter every few hours.
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Pearson VUE
November 23, 2015
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[ hack, malware, education ]
Technology certification management provider Pearson VUE is the victim of a computer security breach after malware compromises its Credential Manager System.
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Islamic State Twitter accounts
November 18, 2015
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[ hack ]
In name of #OpParis, the activist group Anonymous claims to have taken down 5,500 pro-ISIS Twitter accounts.
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Isdarat
November 18, 2015
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[ hack ]
Members of the hacking collective Anonymous claim to have shut down Isdarat, a main'forum on the Dark Web.
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http://www
November 17, 2015
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[ hack ]
An unknown hacker hacks friendshipkey.com and dumps 16,353 usernames and hashed passwords.
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Neomailbox
November 10, 2015
Neomailbox is taken down by a DDoS attack carried on by the Armada Collective, who also asks for a ransom.
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http://www
November 10, 2015
Eggfather hacks mwcboard.com and dumps 15,276 usernames and hashed passwords.
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Elephant Bar
December 9, 2015
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[ financial, malware, retail ]
CM Ebar, LLC, the owner of Elephant Bar restaurants, announces that a PoS malware breach may have affected the information of customers at 29 locations in California, Colorado, Arizona, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, and Florida.
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Cricket South Africa Facebook Page
December 9, 2015
The Cricket South Africa Facebook page is hacked, and the hackers post racist and sexual content on the page.
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Jim Ross
December 7, 2015
Unknown hackers hijack the Twitter account of Jim Ross and post the fake news of his death to his 1.3 million followers.
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Janet
December 7, 2015
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[ hack, ddos, education ]
UK publicly-funded academic computer network Janet comes under a persistent DDoS attack today.
