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Drudge Report
December 30, 2016
Matt Drudge, the founder of popular conservative news aggregation website Drudge Report has claimed the US government may be responsible for launching an unprecedented cyberattack against his publication that caused a 90 minute outage.
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State's Division of Public Behavioral Health (DPBH)
December 28, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
The state's Division of Public Behavioral Health (DPBH) said it is investigating a compromise of its Medical Marijuana Program database.
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Ministry of Tourism and Sports
December 27, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Anonymous take down the website of the Thai Ministry of Tourism and Sports.
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KeepKey
December 25, 2016
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[ social, phishing, finance ]
KeepKey, a hardware bitcoin wallet, discloses how a brief compromise of the company phone and email enabled the attacker to reset some account passwords.
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Steam
December 23, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The DDoS attackers from Phantom Squad have claimed responsibility for conducting a series of powerful Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) on Steam and online gaming platform Origin servers.
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Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs
December 22, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
In name of #OpSingleGateway, the Anonymous hack the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs and dump more than 3,000 employees' records.
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FBI
December 22, 2016
CyberZeist exploits a zero-day vulnerability in the Plone Content Management System (CMS) of the FBI's website, and leaks some of the information to Pastebin.
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Tumblr
December 21, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Tumblr goes down for over two hours as a result of a large-scale DDoS attack.
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL)
December 20, 2016
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[ hack, education ]
In a letter sent to approximately 30,000 current and former students, UNL says that an unauthorized breach of a server hosting a math placement exam occurred sometime in the last two years.
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Thai Ministry of Information and Communication Technology
December 20, 2016
The Anonymous take down the websites of the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology and the Ministry of Defence.
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Kia
December 20, 2016
Ynet News report that dozens of brand new luxury Kia and Hyundai vehicles were stolen in the Jerusalem area after criminals were able to use information from a data leak to obtain data on the cars; three east Jerusalem residents have been arrested. The hackers were able to use the stolen data to hack the cars' computers.
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Unknown Organization
December 16, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
Cryptolulz666 takes down the website of the Russian Federal Drug Control Service Liquidation Commission (fskn.gov.ru)
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Department of Defense
December 16, 2016
Russian hackers reportedly launched a targeted cyberattack on the Pentagon in August 2015, which saw the unclassified email system used by the Joint Chiefs of Staff hijacked, leaving the data of nearly 3,500 military personnel and civilians vulnerable to exposure.
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Election Assistance Commission
December 15, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
The Election Assistance Commission, the U.S. agency charged with ensuring that voting machines meet security standards, was itself penetrated by a hacker after the November elections, according to security firm Recorded Future.
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ambru
December 12, 2016
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[ hack, sqlinjection, government ]
Kapustkiy claims to have stolen thousands of passport numbers and other pieces of personal information from the website of a Russian consular department (ambru.nl).
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Unknown Organization
December 7, 2016
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[ hack, government ]
Kapustkiy and Kasimierz L, hack the website of the Argentinian Ministry of Industry (Ministerio de Produccion) and expose 18,000 accounts.
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VTB
December 6, 2016
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
State-Owned Russian Bank VTB reveals to have been targeted by hackers with a DDoS attack.
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Bo Shen
December 6, 2016
An unknown hacker steals at least $300,000 in Augur and Ether cryptocurrency from Bo Shen, the founder of venture capital firm Fenbushi Capital, and one of the early adopters of many of today's cryptocurrencies.
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St. Louis Public Library
January 20, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, education ]
St. Louis Public Library is hit by a ransomware attack. Attackers demand $35,000 worth in Bitcoin.
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College students across the United States
January 18, 2017
The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center publishes an alert against a scam tricking college students into depositing fraudulent checks into their bank accounts.
