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Unknown Organization
August 31, 2016
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[ leak, healthcare ]
The Al Zahra Private Medical Centre is hacked by an individual calling himself websites-hunter, who dumps the database online.
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manaliveinc
August 24, 2016
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[ hack, healthcare ]
The non-profit organization Man Alive is hacked, and a patient database with sensitive personal and treatment information is put up for sale on the dark web.
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Sage Software
August 17, 2016
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[ insider, misconfiguration, technology ]
A data breach at Sage Software may have compromised personal information for employees at 280 UK businesses. The breach was caused by "unauthorised access" by someone using an "internal" company computer login. The alleged author of the attack, a 32 year-old Sage employee was arrested at Heathrow airport.
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HEI Hotels & Resorts
August 15, 2016
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[ financial, malware ]
HEI Hotels & Resorts, the chain that owns Starwood, Marriott, Hyatt, and Intercontinental hotels, reveals that the payment systems for 20 of its locations has been infected with malware that may have been able to steal tens of thousands of credit card numbers.
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PAR Technology
August 11, 2016
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[ financial, malware, technology ]
Forbes reveals that the Carbanak Gang also breached 5 more cash registers providers.
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Texas family
August 10, 2016
A Texas mother realizes that someone hacked into a webcam positioned in her two daughters' bedroom and streamed their private goings-on live online for thousands to watch.
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Unknown Organization
August 9, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
Millions of Australian citizens hoping to take part in the country's first ever digital census are left frustrated after the website used to complete the survey is taken down by a DDoS attack.
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Quora account of Zach Klein
August 7, 2016
The official Twitter and Quora account of Zach Klein, co-founder of video-sharing website Vimeo are hacked by the OurMine collective.
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Appalachian State University
December 3, 2016
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[ leak, education ]
A group called AppState Leaks releases the data of 1,768 student from Appalachian State University.
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catropaejb.com.ve
December 2, 2016
Kapustkiy hacks a website belonging to the Venezuelan army (catropaejb.com.ve) and exposes a total of 3,000 accounts.
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Post Office
December 1, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Thousands of TalkTalk and Post Office customers have had their internet access cut by an attack targeting certain types of internet routers.
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Saudi Arabian Ministry of Transportation
December 1, 2016
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[ hack, malware, government ]
An Iranian threat actor used malware known as Shamoon 2.0 to compromise and destroy computers at the General Authority of Civil Aviation of Saudi Arabia.
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Channel 2
December 1, 2016
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[ hack, technology ]
Two main news channels in Israel were hacked and the attackers broadcasted a 30-second clip showing images of Muslim holy sites and Quranic scriptures.
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Rahul Gandhi Twitter account
November 30, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
The Twitter account of Rahul Gandhi, the heir of the Indian National Congress Party, India's oldest political party, is hacked.
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Erasmus University
November 30, 2016
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[ leak, education ]
The Erasmus University is the victim of a breach affecting 270,000 students, whose personal information is compromised.
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Muni (San Francisco's Transit System)
November 28, 2016
Computer systems at San Francisco's transit system, Muni, are paralyzed following a malware attack. The author of the attack asks for a ransom of $73,000.
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The High Commission of Ghana
November 26, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
Kapustkiy breaches the websites of the High Commission of Ghana and the High Commission of Fiji.
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United States Anti-Doping Agency
November 25, 2016
The cyber-espionage group Fancy Bear has hacked into the confidential emails of senior anti-doping officials from the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).
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Mailchimp
November 23, 2016
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
Hackers compromise the Mailchimp database and manage to send out emails containing malicious links to subscribers of various different companies.
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Instituto de la Funcion Registral del Estado Mexico (IFREM)
November 23, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
Gh0s7 hacks the Instituto de la Funcion Registral del Estado Mexico (IFREM) and dumps the entire database.
