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Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
January 27, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) investigate a computer security breach at the Australian Synchrotron that saw hackers steal scientists' usernames and passwords.
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Grey Eagle Resort and Casino
January 26, 2017
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[ hack ]
Grey Eagle Resort and Casino is hacked and the attackers threaten to dump hundreds of gigabytes of data. The Casino confirms the breach.
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AlphaBay
January 26, 2017
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[ leak, misconfiguration, technology ]
About 218,000 unencrypted private messages posted to the AlphaBay dark web marketplace are accessed and released to the public.
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U.S. Cellular
January 25, 2017
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[ hack, technology ]
DoubleFlag now claims to sell a database containing 126 million customer records from U.S. Cellular. The company denies the hack.
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Swedish Armed Forces
January 25, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
Daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter reports that Sweden's armed forces were recently exposed to an extensive cyber attack that prompted them to shut down an the Caxcis IT system, used in military exercises.
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WCHQ 100.9 FM
January 23, 2017
Crescent Hill Radio WCHQ 100.9 FM, a popular, non-profit radio station in Louisville, Kentucky is hacked to play an anti-Trump song for almost 15 minutes by interrupting regular programming.
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Sundance Film Festival
January 21, 2017
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[ hack, entertainment ]
The box office and other systems at the Sundance Film Festival are shut down by hackers.
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Freedom Hosting II
February 3, 2017
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[ leak, technology ]
The Anonymous take down Freedom Hosting II, the largest repository of dark web sites. The hackers are able to steal 75 GB worth of files and 2.6 GB of databases.
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Polish Foreign Ministry
January 30, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
The Polish daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita reveals that the hack against the Polish Foreign Ministry that occurred in December was probably orchestrated by APT28.
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CNN Facebook page
January 29, 2017
OurMine hacks multiple Facebook accounts of CNN, CNN International, and CNN Politics.
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WWE Universe Twitter account
January 28, 2017
OurMine hacks multiple Twitter accounts associated with the World Wrestling Entertainment group, including that of WWE Universe, WWE NXT, WWE Network, Summer Slam as well as wrestlers John Cena and Triple H. WWE Tumblr page is also compromised.
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Hong Kong securities brokers
January 26, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Hong Kong's securities regulator says that brokers in the city have suffered major DDoS cyber attacks and warns of possible further incidents across the industry.
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Shoppers Stop
January 25, 2017
Four teenagers are arrested for allegedly digitally shoplifting vouchers worth Rs92 lakh [$134,985.29 USD] exploiting a vulnerability in the payment gateway (PayU). The suspects compromised popular e-commerce sites such as MakeMyTrip, Flipkart, Amazon, Dominos Pizza, Myntra and Shoppers Stop.
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Tom
January 25, 2017
A dark web vendor going by the handle "DoubleFlag" sells 1 billion accounts stolen from several Chinese Internet giants, including NetEase Inc and its subsidiaries 126.com, 163.com and Yeah.net. Tencent Holdings Limited owned QQ.com, TOM Group's Tom.com 163.net, Sina Corporation's Sina.com/Sina.com.cn, Sohu Inc's Sohu.com and Letter Network Information Technology Co., Ltd owned eYou.com.
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Dr. Web
January 25, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
In the past week, two security firms, Dr.Web and Emsisoft, suffered DDoS attacks at the hands of cyber-criminals who attempted to bring down their websites as payback for meddling with their illegal activities.
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Lloyds Bank
January 23, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
The Financial Times reveals that Lloyds Bank has been targeted by a large scale DDoS attack over the past two weeks. Two crooks claims responsibility for the attack.
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Racingpulse
January 21, 2017
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[ ransomware, hack, malware ]
A popular horse racing website (Racingpulse.in) is hacked with ransomware.
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Supercell
January 17, 2017
Supercell Forum is hacked and 1.1 million accounts are leaked. The breach allegedly took place in September 2016.
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Channel One
January 17, 2017
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[ leak, technology ]
Russian state television Channel One blames hackers for the leak online of the final episode of the BBC drama Sherlock a day before its actual planning.
