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Pharm-Olam International
February 23, 2016
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[ leak, healthcare ]
Pharm-Olam International starts notifying employees of a security incident that compromised their names, Social Security and income information.
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Ringo Starr's Twitter Account
February 15, 2016
An unknown hacker under the name "af," hijacks the Twitter account of the ex Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr.
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Greenshades
February 14, 2016
A breach in the website of Greenshades causes a spike of tax refund frauds.
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Ukrainian railway operator
February 11, 2016
Researchers from Trend Micro unveil further details on the attacks targeting Ukraine in December. Samples of the same BlackEnergy family have been used to target a mining company and a railway operator in Ukraine.
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CONADI
February 10, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
A group of Chilean hacktivists that go by the name of Chilean Hackers break into the database of CONADI and steal the personal details of 304,189 Chilean citizens looking for state benefits from the country's government.
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South Wales Fire and Rescue Service
February 9, 2016
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[ leak, government ]
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service discloses a security breach relating to employees' personal data.
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Ex-Israeli Army Chief of Staff
February 9, 2016
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[ hack, espionage, government ]
Channel 10 reveals that hackers affiliated to Iran's Revolutionary Guard breached the computers of 1,800 individuals including a former Israeli Army Chief of Staff.
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Loanbase
February 6, 2016
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[ financial, hack, finance ]
Popular international Bitcoin crowd-lending platform Loanbase suffers a security breach. Attackers are able to steal 20 BTC (8,000 USD worth).
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teksyndicate
February 5, 2016
@0x1Taylor hacks teksyndicate.com and dumps more than 30,000 records with usernames and hashed passwords.
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Thai Prisons
February 3, 2016
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[ leak, government ]
The Blink Hacker group, a known division of the Anonymous hacker collective, has leaked the databases of 100 websites belonging to Thai prisons.
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Magnolia Health Corporation
February 3, 2016
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[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Magnolia Health Corporation suffers a breach after an unknown perpetrator uses MHC CEO Kensett Moyle's email address to request an Excel spreadsheet containing employee information.
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pastebin
January 30, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Pastebin is taken down by a huge DDoS attack.
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Official Internet resource of State Bodies of Azerbaijan (gov.az).
January 28, 2016
Hackers from the Monte Melkonian Cyber Army take down several Azerbaijani government servers including: the E-Government Portal (e-gov.az), Ministry of Taxes of the Republic of Azerbaijan (taxes.gov.az) and the official Internet resource of the State Bodies (gov.az). The hackers also breached the Civil Service Commission of Azerbaijan and leaked thousands of login credentials.
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Wendy's
January 27, 2016
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[ financial, retail ]
Wendy's, the nationwide chain of fast-food restaurants, says it is investigating claims of a possible credit card breach at some locations.
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Israel's Electric Authority
January 26, 2016
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[ hack, energy ]
The Israeli Energy Minister reveals that Israel's Electric Authority is currently targeted by a severe cyber-attack.
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museomodena
January 24, 2016
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[ hack, automotive ]
The hack is not particularly impacting (664 usernames) but it affects an official subdomain of Ferrari.
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Narita International Airport
January 23, 2016
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[ hack, ddos ]
The Anonymous claim responsibility for taking down the Narita International Airport website in revenge for the detainment of a leading US animal rights activist at the airport on January 18.
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Unknown Organization
January 20, 2016
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[ hack, ddos ]
Unknown hackers take down the website of JYP Entertainment.
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Irish National Lottery
January 20, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
The website and ticket machines of the Irish National Lottery are knocked offline by an apparent DDoS attack.
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Royal Melbourne Hospital
January 19, 2016
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[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
The Royal Melbourne Hospital's core computer systems and personal computer systems have been infected by a virus. After two weeks the hospital still struggles to mitigate the infection.