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Health Solutions
December 2, 2016
The website of Health Solutions, one of the largest diagnostic laboratories in India, is breached, with hackers accessing a database that included no less than 35,000 medical records, including HIV reports for registered patients.
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Central Bank of Russia
December 2, 2016
The Central Bank of Russia confirms that in 2016 unknown hackers stole 2 billion rubles, equivalent to $31 million from accounts of the Central Bank.
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Quest Diagnostics
November 26, 2016
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[ hack, misconfiguration, healthcare ]
Quest Diagnostics says it is investigating a recent hack that exposed the personal health information of about 34,000 people. An "unauthorized third party" gained access to names, dates of birth, lab results and, in some cases, telephone numbers on Nov. 26 through a mobile health app that gives patients access to lab results and other information.
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TheCounter
November 21, 2016
TheCounter, a third party Twitter site was hacked over the weekend and various celebrity and media accounts taken over to promote an "increase Twitter followers" service.
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USOC (United States Olympic Committee)
November 18, 2016
The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) notifies individuals who participated in the 100-Days Out event in April 2016 that their personal information has been acquired by an unauthorized individual who gained access to the email account of a contractor who ran security clearances for the event.
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Three Mobile
November 18, 2016
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[ hack, phishing, technology ]
Three Mobile admits that hackers have successfully accessed its customer upgrade database after using an employee login. 6 million customers' private information is at risk.
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Three unnamed firms in the hospitality sector
November 15, 2016
Trustwave researchers spot the Carbanak cybergang using a new socially engineered trick to spread point-of-sale (POS) malware to businesses in the hospitality industry.
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Michigan State University
November 13, 2016
Michigan State University announces that a university server and a database containing information on some 400,000 faculty, staff and students has been accessed by an unauthorised third party.
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24luv
November 12, 2016
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
The hacktivist known as ElSurveillance is back with its operation #EscortsOffline and two more data dumps from two dating sites: 24luv.com (92,937 users' email addresses and plain-text passwords) and freedateusa.com (127,395 email addresses and plain-text passwords).
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Unknown Organization
November 8, 2016
CyberZeist claims to have breached the Alaskan Elections Results website (elections.alaska.gov) and dumps a screenshot, the server IPs and the username/password combination.
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WikiLeaks
November 7, 2016
WikiLeaks, the whistleblowing platform managed by Julian Assange, suffers a "targeted" DDoS attack, less than 24 hours after releasing over 8,000 fresh emails from the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
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Two properties in the city of Lappeenranta
November 7, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, energy ]
A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack halted heating distribution in at least two properties in the city of Lappeenranta, located in eastern Finland. In both of the events the attacks disabled the computers that were controlling heating in the buildings.
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Tesco Bank
November 7, 2016
Tesco Bank is the victim of "a systematic, sophisticated attack" targeting 9,000 customers who have money stolen from their account. The total cost of the attack is GBP 2.5 M (USD 3M).
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East Baton Rouge Parish School System
November 6, 2016
The top business manager for the East Baton Rouge Parish school system falls victim of a phishing email fraud, wiring $46,500 to someone who claimed via email to be Superintendent Warren Drake, even though the man himself was working in an office next door.
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New Zealand Nurses Organization
November 2, 2016
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[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
New Zealand Nurses Organization notifies 47,000 members of a breach after a spear phishing campaign.
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National Health Service's Lincolnshire and Goole
October 30, 2016
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[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
Citing a computer virus outbreak, a hospital system in the United Kingdom cancels all planned operations and diverts major trauma cases to neighboring facilities.
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Vladislav Surkov
October 28, 2016
A Ukrainian group called CyberHunta claims to have hacked into the account of an assistant to presidential aide Vladislav Surkov and uploads more than 2,000 emails.
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Donald Trump's Twitter account
October 27, 2016
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[ hack, brute-force, technology ]
Three Dutch hackers broke into Donald Trump's Twitter account in 2016 by guessing his password was "yourefired".
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AdultFriendFinder
October 19, 2016
A hacker known as Revolver or 1x0123 claims to have breached into AdultFriendFinder, posting two screenshots that appeared to show he had access to some portion of the website's infrastructure. Another notorious hacker known as Peace also claims to have hacked in.
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Vera Bradley
October 13, 2016
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[ hack, malware, retail ]
American high-end fashion retailer Vera Bradley has revealed that hackers may have accessed customers' card data from payment processing systems at its retail stores this summer.
