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Dyn DNS
October 21, 2016
A distributed denial of service attack against Dyn, the dynamic DNS service, affects the availability of dozens of major websites and Internet services this morning, including Twitter and Reddit.
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Weebly
October 20, 2016
LeakedSource reveals that the well known San-Francisco based "drag-n-drop" website creator Weebly.com had information on 43 million users leaked from its main database in February of 2016.
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University of Santa Clara Office of Marketing and Communication (OMC)
October 17, 2016
A hacker dubbed SCUWatch leaks a trove of internal documents from the Office of Marketing and Communications from the University of Santa Clara.
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Evony Gaming
October 14, 2016
LeakedSource reveals that Evony Gaming suffered a massive breach involving the usernames, email addresses, unsalted MD5 and SHA-1 passwords and IP addresses of 33 million gamers.
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The Clinton Foundation
October 6, 2016
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[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
The Clinton Foundation warns donors about targeted hacking attempts to steal their personal information.
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Pont3
October 6, 2016
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[ leak, misconfiguration, retail ]
Pont3, an Australian event organizer, reveals that an unauthorized party had gained access to its mailing list account and downloaded data about individuals that subscribed to various events organized by the company in the past.
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newseasims
September 30, 2016
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[ leak, technology ]
A hacker going by the handle of "Websites Hunter" hacks newseasims.com, a website that offers custom content for Sims video games from Electronic Arts, and leaks personal details of 118,000 customers/users.
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Pippa Middleton
September 27, 2016
Pippa Middleton falls fallen victim to an iCloud hacker after an anonymous seller calling himself 'Crafty Cockney' offers to sell 3,000 private photographs of her and fiance James Matthews to the press for 50,000.
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Peachthree Orthopedic Clinic
September 22, 2016
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[ hack, healthcare ]
Peachthree Orthopedic Clinic warns its users to have been hacked on September 22, even if some evidences suggests the hack could have happened several months earlier.
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Unknown Organization
September 11, 2016
A group of cyber criminals defaces the official website of Bremerton Housing Authority (bremertonhousing.org) and demands $4,000 as ransom.
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KrebsOnSecurity
September 9, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Security researcher Brian Krebs' website KrebsOnSecurity comes under "heavy and sustainable" attack after two 18 year-old Israeli hackers were arrested over their connection with a DDoS-for-hire service called vDOS.
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Unknown Organization
September 9, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Turkish hackers have launched DoS (Denial-of-Service) attacks against the web servers of the Austrian National Bank (OeNB).
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Vienna Airport
September 7, 2016
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[ hack ]
Austrian police investigates a failed cyberattack on Vienna's airport saying they are looking into the authenticity of a claim of responsibility from a Turkish nationalist group.
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Hutton Hotel
September 7, 2016
The Hutton Hotel says it engaged a third-party cyber security firm after it was notified of a possible breach by its payment processor. The investigation found that malware designed to capture card data had been installed on the hotel's payment processing system.
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Baystate Health
August 22, 2016
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[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Baystate Health reveals that about 13,000 patients may have had some of their personal information compromised, due to a "phishing" e-mail that was received by some staff members.
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Brant County Health Unit
August 9, 2016
Brant County Health Unit reveals that an unauthorized person gained access to the immunization records of nearly 500 people between July 2015 and October 2015.
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MICROS
August 8, 2016
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[ financial, malware, technology ]
The Carbanak Gang appears to have compromised a customer support portal for companies using Oracle's MICROS point-of-sale credit card payment systems, and used that access to steal administrative credentials and implant malicious code on 700 terminals.
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michaelphelps
August 7, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
New World Hackers claim responsibility for taking down the personal website of Michael Phelps.
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Alexa Losey Twitter Account
August 6, 2016
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
The OurMine collective hacks the Twitter account of popular Youtuber Alexa Losey.
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Professional football players
December 2, 2016
A group called Football Leaks dumps 1.9 terabytes of data, covering 18.6 million private documents, related to professional football players. The documents are handed over to the German publication Der Spiegel.
