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Multiple healthcare databases
June 28, 2016
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[ hack, leak, healthcare ]
Here we are again, this time TheDarkOverlord claims to have broken into multiple healthcare databases across America and lists a fresh trove of 9.2 million records on a Dark Web-based marketplace for 750 bitcoin ( 368,000).
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Unnamed jewelry shop
June 27, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, retail ]
Researchers from Sucuri reveal the details of a massive DDoS attack against an unnamed jewelry shop carried out by leveraging a network of 25,000 compromised CCTV boxes.
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Twitter account of Sundar Pichai, Google CEO
June 27, 2016
Google CEO Sundar Pichai is the latest victim of the hacking group 'OurMine' after his Twitter-linked Quora account is temporarily compromised and filled with spam links.
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Unnamed Ukrainian bank
June 25, 2016
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[ financial, hack, finance ]
Another hack carried on via the SWIFT messaging system: this time hackers have stolen $10 million from an unnamed Ukrainian bank, according to an ISACA report.
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Official website of Rep. Richard Neal
June 23, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
More than a dozen House Democrats' official websites are taken down, after Democrats ended an overnight sit-in to press for a vote on gun control legislation. The outage is affecting the congressional sites of Reps. Earl Blumenauer, John Carney, Rosa DeLauro, Lloyd Doggett, Tammy Duckworth, Donna Edwards, Sam Farr, Tulsi Gabbard, Alan Grayson, Marcy Kaptur, William Keating, John Larson, Jim McDermott, Richard Neal, Ed Perlmutter, Jackie Speier and Filemon Vela.
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GoToMyPC
June 18, 2016
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[ hack, brute-force, technology ]
GoToMyPC the remote access software service is hit by hackers conducting a "very sophisticated password attack". The company initiates password resets for all users.
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Besa Hitman-for-Hire Service
June 17, 2016
Once again, bRpsd hacks the Dark Web portal of the Albanian mafia group called Besa, and dumps the data online and exposing their hitman-for-hire service.
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Roberto Gil Zuarth
June 15, 2016
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
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 Roberto Gil Zuarth, who was President of the Mexican Senate at the time of the targeting. He is also a member of the opposition National Action Party (PAN).
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Pro-Islamic State Twitter Accounts
June 11, 2016
Anonymous member WauchulaGhost reveals to have taken over Twitter accounts for ISIS supporters and defaced them with adult-themed images.
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DeRay Mckesson's Twitter Account (@deray)
June 10, 2016
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[ hack, technology ]
Black Lives Matter activist and politician DeRay Mckesson has his Twitter account hacked.
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Castorama
June 8, 2016
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[ hack, xss, retail ]
French DIY goods store Castorama pull its website offline after unknown attackers manipulated the site search function to suggest rude versions of household appliances.
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Lorrie Cranor
June 7, 2016
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[ social, government ]
Lorrie Cranor, FTC's chief technologist gets her mobile phone number hijacked by an ID thief.
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George Harrison Twitter Account (@GeorgeHarrison)
June 7, 2016
George Harrison's Twitter account is hacked but the hacker didn't know he was dead.
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VK
June 6, 2016
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[ hack, technology ]
Russian social networking site VK.com appears to have been breached in 2012 with hackers selling some 100 million records for a mere US$580 in Bitcoins.
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London Stock Exchange (LSE)
June 2, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Hackers affiliated to the Anonymous collective claim to have taken down the London Stock Exchange in the name of OpIcarus.
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myrepospace
June 1, 2016
myrepospace.com database, made of 252,951 records is dumped on the dark net.
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CNN
June 1, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Members of the Ghost Squad Hackers team, one of Anonymous' former subdivisions, take down the email servers of CNN and FOX News as part of a new hacktivism campaign dubbed OpSilence.
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Zameen
May 28, 2016
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[ hack, leak ]
A Bangladeshi hacker going with the handle of Tiger Mate hacks and defaces one of Pakistan's largest real estate websites Zameen.com. The hacker also leaks the site's entire database online.
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DAC Group
June 9, 2016
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[ leak, technology ]
DAC Group suffers a security breach resulting in data theft of 93,000 customer accounts. The data also contains 77,000 accounts from State Farm, an insurance company.
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Twitter
June 7, 2016
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
The same hacker who had links to the recent MySpace, LinkedIn, and Tumblr data breaches, claims to have obtained a database from Twitter, which includes email addresses (and sometimes two per person), usernames, and plain-text passwords. Tessa88 is selling the cache for 10 bitcoins, or about $5,820 at the time of writing.
