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Potter County
October 13, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
Potter County officials assure users that their voter information website is safe after learning that hackers gained access to it.
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Unnamed German nuclear power plant
October 10, 2016
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[ hack, energy ]
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director Yukiya Amano, a nuclear power plant became the target of a disruptive cyber attack two to three years ago.
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BuzzFeed
October 5, 2016
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[ hack, technology ]
OurMine hackers take control of BuzzFeed's website and alter multiple stories published on its site.
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The Clinton Foundation
October 4, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
Guccifer 2.0 posts what the hacker claims are files stolen from the Clinton Foundation, but the foundation says the assertions are not true.
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Spotify
October 4, 2016
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
Multiple users report that popular music-streaming service Spotify serves malware-laden ads.
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w0rm
October 2, 2016
In what is defined a "hacker drama", Peace, of the most known BlackHats defaces the forum of w0rm, another well known blackhat.
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Large LED video screen billboard in South Jakarta
September 30, 2016
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[ hack, technology ]
An unknown hacker or a group of hackers hack into the computer system of a large LED video screen billboard in the Kebayoran Baru district of South Jakarta and replace the advertisement on the screen with pornographic content for a short period of time.
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feverclan
September 29, 2016
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[ hack, leak ]
pr0jekkt hacks feverclan.com and dumps the data of 50,000 users.
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OVH
September 26, 2016
Hosting company OVH is subject to the biggest attack DDoS known to date, with peaks of over 1 Tb per second of traffic.
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Berat Albayrak
September 26, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
The RedHack collective claims to have hacked personal email accounts of Turkey's Energy Minister and President Erdogan's son-in-law, Berat Albayrak.
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Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
September 24, 2016
Guccifer 2.0 releases a new cache of documents from the DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee).
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Saint Francis Health System
September 19, 2016
Saint Francis Health System acknowledges the hack of 6,000 names and addresses.
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World Anti-Doping Agency
September 14, 2016
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[ hack, espionage ]
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirms that a suspected Russian hacking group illegally accessed its "administration and management system" - known as "Adams" and stole troves of sensitive data on athletes. Among those targeted are Serena and Venus Williams.
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St. Francis Health System
September 14, 2016
St. Francis Health System is hacked and the data is sold on the Dark Web for 24 BTC (14,500 USD, 11,000 GBP, 13,000 EUR).
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Almelo
September 9, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
Hackers steal 22 gigabytes of data from municipal servers in Almelo.
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vDoS
September 8, 2016
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[ hack, leak, ddos ]
vDos, a "booter" service that has earned in excess of $600,000 over the past two years helping customers coordinate more than 150,000 DDoS attacks is massively hacked, spilling secrets about tens of thousands of paying customers and their targets.
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San Francisco Exploratorium Museum
September 6, 2016
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[ social, phishing, education ]
The San Francisco Exploratorium Museum admits to have fallen victim to a Spear Phishing Attack.
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Brazzers
September 5, 2016
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[ leak, misconfiguration, technology ]
Nearly 800,000 accounts for popular porn site Brazzers have been exposed in a data breach.
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Twitter
September 3, 2016
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
A group of hackers dubbed Spain Squad claims to have found a way to seize inactive and suspended Twitter accounts, and sells them on the social network.
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exilemod
September 1, 2016
A group of hackers going by the online handle of "Expl.oit" or "Exploit" hack the official website of Exile Mod gaming forum and leak the personal details of 11,902 registered users.
