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British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
February 12, 2016
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
The first example of a ransomware targeting a website: the website of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy is replaced with instructions on how to pay off the extortionists: $150 ( 100) in Bitcoin.
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Bolivian Army
February 10, 2016
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[ leak, government ]
A group of hackers breach the official email servers belonging to the Bolivian Army, download emails, and dump some of the data online.
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Uganda's Ministry of Finance (finance.go.ug)
February 6, 2016
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[ leak, government ]
And #OpAfrica continues with the dump of the details of 220 government employees from Uganda's Ministry of Finance.
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Alibaba Group's TaoBao
February 5, 2016
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[ hack, retail ]
Local media report that hackers in China have attempted to access over 20 million active accounts on Alibaba Group's Taobao e-commerce website.
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University of Central Florida
February 4, 2016
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[ hack, education ]
The University of Central Florida (UCF) admits that hackers broke into its systems and stole the personal details of more than 63,000 staff and students. The breach was discovered in early January.
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Russian banks
February 4, 2016
The Cyber Crime Department of the Russian Interior Ministry reveals the details of an operation able to steal about 1.5 bln rubles ($19.8 mln) from several dozen Russian banks, during 2015 via compromised Visa and MasterCard international payment systems.
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NASA
January 31, 2016
The AnonSec collective claims to have broken into the computer systems of NASA, partially hijacking a drone, stealing hours of on-board footage from the agency's fleet of aircraft, hundreds of data logs from its weather and climate missions, as well as a list of names, phone numbers and emails of more than 2,400 employess.
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jasacare
January 29, 2016
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[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
JASACare reports to have been attacked by hackers who managed to gain access to its email system. As a consequence of the breach of an employee's email account, patient and employee data could have been potentially compromised.
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Unknown Organization
January 26, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
UK-based researcher and activist Thomas White releases 2.5 GB of data stolen in a recent hack of the computer systems of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), the biggest police union in the United States. The activist is not the author of the attack.
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Hailey Baldwin
January 25, 2016
Unknown hackers obtain personal details of Hailey Baldwin and dump personal data including her phone number.
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2016iowacaucus
January 25, 2016
A crew dubbed Anonymous Conservative defaces the 2016 Iowa Caucus website (2016iowacaucus.com).
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Toyota (Russia)
January 23, 2016
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[ leak, manufacturing ]
Black-Spy hacks toyota.ru and dumps 5,108 records with personal data.
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kakasure
January 23, 2016
root AKA @ciadotgov hacks kakasure.com and dumps 57,000 usernames and hashed passwords.
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Premier Lotteries Ireland
January 22, 2016
Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI), which runs the Irish Lottery, confirms in a statement that it suffered a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that knocked its website offline and made it inaccessible to gamblers for some hours.
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blog
January 22, 2016
A Saudi hacker called Crazy-3r3r defaces the official web portal of Supreme Leader of Iran Ruhollah Khomeini (blog.imam-khomeini.ir).
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korfeztuning
February 26, 2016
AhmetU hacks korfeztuning.com and dumps 17,417 usernames and clear text passwords.
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Coast Central Credit Union
February 25, 2016
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[ hack, malware, finance ]
The website of Coast Central Credit Union, a financial institution that serves more than 60,000 customers, is hacked, allowing attackers to implant a backdoor.
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World Tourism Organization
February 24, 2016
Members of the TeaMp0isoN hacking crew hack into the United Nations' World Tourism Organization and dump 1,524 records with forum member usernames, email addresses, and MD5-hashed passwords.
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Central Concrete Supply
February 23, 2016
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[ leak, manufacturing ]
Central Concrete Supply notifies its employers of a security incident that might have exposed their personal information.
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Website of the Italian region of Basilicata
February 22, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
In name of #OpGreenRights, the Italian branch of the Anonymous collective takes down the websites on local authorities of Apulia and Basilicata for participating in the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project.
