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Czech Foreign Ministry
January 31, 2017
Czech Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek says that hackers breached dozens of email accounts at the Czech Foreign Ministry in an attack resembling one against the U.S. Democratic Party.
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Unnamed TV station in the UK
January 26, 2017
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[ espionage, malware ]
SecureWorks reveals that APT28 was able to infiltrate an unnamed TV station in the UK and stay undetected for 12 months starting from July 2015.
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Cockrell Hill Police
January 26, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Police in Cockrell Hill, Texas admits in a press release to have lost years worth of evidence after the department's server was infected with ransomware.
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XP Investimentos SA
January 23, 2017
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[ hack, finance ]
Hackers who stole data from 29,000 clients of XP Investimentos SA allegedly tried to get the Brazilian independent securities firm to pay 22.5 million reais ($7.1 million) to keep the security breach secret.
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www
January 21, 2017
Sc0rp10nGh0s7 from the Shad0w Security crew breaks into the servers of the National Aids Research Institute NARI (India) and claims to have accessed a more than 1 GB archive containing the results of dozens HIV tests.
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City of Troy
February 2, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The City of Troy computer system is the victim of a ransomware attack.
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Princeton Pain Management
January 27, 2017
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[ hack, healthcare ]
Princeton Pain Management is notifying 4,668 patients of a hack that was detected on November 28. Although they found no evidence that data were removed from their system, protected health information (PHI) was accessed.
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D.C. Police
January 27, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Ransomware infected 70 percent of storage devices that record data from D.C. police surveillance cameras eight days before President Trump's inauguration, forcing major citywide reinstallation efforts.
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Odessa School District
January 26, 2017
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[ social, phishing, education ]
The Odessa School District is hit by a phishing scam aimed to steal employees' personal W-2 forms.
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High Fidelity
January 26, 2017
High Fidelity users receive an e-mail from Philip Rosedale, CEO and founder of the new social VR world, announcing the compromise of a staff email account in late December and Early January.
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Campbell County Health
January 26, 2017
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[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Social Security numbers and W-2 information for about 1,400 employees who worked over the past year at Campbell County Health are mistakenly released to someone impersonating a hospital executive.
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Argyle school district
January 25, 2017
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[ social, phishing, education ]
Argyle school district warns its workers that their W-2 tax forms were lost in a phishing attack.
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County websites of the Wisconsin Democratic Party
January 24, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
Websites of the Democratic Party in the Wisconsin area are hacked by alleged Russian Hackers.
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Tipton County Schools
January 23, 2017
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[ social, phishing, education ]
Tipton County Schools are hit by a phishing scam aimed to steal employees' personal W-2 forms.
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New York Times Video Twitter Account (@nytvideo)
January 23, 2017
OurMine hacks the Twitter account of New York Time Video (@nytvideo) and posts fake news.
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CD Projekt Red
January 31, 2017
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[ hack, technology ]
CD Projekt Red, the Poland-based developer behind the popular 'Witcher' game and comic series, is hit with a forum hack that compromised over 1.8 million user credentials. The hack allegedly took place in March of last year.
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Romantik Seehotel Jaegerwirt
January 30, 2017
One of Europe's top hotels, Romantik Seehotel Jaegerwirt, admits they had to pay thousands in Bitcoin ransom to cybercriminals who managed to hack their electronic key system, locking hundreds of guests out of their rooms until the money was paid.
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Emsisoft
January 28, 2017
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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Sunrun
January 27, 2017
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[ social, phishing, energy ]
Solar panel maker Sunrun is hit with a spearphishing attack, impersonating the CEO Lynn Jurich, that gets away with the company employee W-2 information.
