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Advertisement board in Mexico City
March 4, 2017
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[ hack, technology ]
A digital advertisement board owned by Grupo Carteleras located on a busy road in Mexico City is hacked on Friday and features a pornographic video for a few minutes.
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Pennsylvania Senate Democrats
March 3, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Pennsylvania Senate Democrats are hit by a ransomware attack that locks senators and employees out of their computer network.
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Radio Station WZZY-FM
March 2, 2017
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[ hack, technology ]
Radio station WZZY-FM falls victim to a prank when hackers access its computer systems and begin broadcasting fake news alerts of a zombie attack, along with a disease outbreak caused by the resulting carnage.
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Singapore's Ministry of Defence (Mindef)
February 28, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
Singapore's Ministry of Defence (Mindef) confirms that the personal details more than 850 national servicemen and employees were stolen in a "targeted and well-planned" cyberattack earlier this month.
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Diamond Institute for Infertility and Menopause
February 27, 2017
Diamond Institute for Infertility and Menopause notifies patients of an incident involving their electronic health records server, maintained by an unnamed third party. The incident happened in February 2017.
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Travel Corporation
February 26, 2017
Travel Corporation falls victim to a W-2 Scam.
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South Washington County School District
February 22, 2017
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[ hack, education ]
The South Washington County school district tightens security after a high school student hacks into the district's server and takes names, Social Security numbers and some addresses.
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Bitfinex
February 22, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Top Bitcoin trading platform Bitfinex is hit by a "severe DDoS attack."
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Unnamed Oklahoma agency
February 18, 2017
The Office of Management and Enterprise Services confirms that an unnamed agency has been targeted by ransomware.
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Zcoin
February 17, 2017
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[ hack, misconfiguration, finance ]
A simple one-digit typo within the source code of a cryptocurrency called Zcoin has allowed a hacker to make a profit of over $400,000 worth of cryptocurrency.
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Yahoo!
February 15, 2017
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[ espionage, misconfiguration, technology ]
Yahoo sends out another round of notifications to users, warning some that their accounts may have been breached as recently as last year. The accounts were affected by a flaw in Yahoo's mail service that allowed an attacker, most likely a "state actor", according to Yahoo, to use a forged cookie created by software stolen from within Yahoo's internal systems to gain access accounts without a password.
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San Antonio Symphony
February 14, 2017
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[ hack, leak ]
Computer hackers break into the computer network for the San Antonio Symphony, stealing the names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, addresses and W-2 tax forms for about 250 employees.
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Citizens Memorial Hospital
February 14, 2017
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[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Citizens Memorial Hospital employees' data are compromised by a W-2 phishing scam.
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Texas Department of Transportation
February 10, 2017
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[ leak, government ]
The Texas Department of Transportation says some personal information of employees was compromised last week due to a "security incident."
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Italian Foreign Ministry
February 10, 2017
Russia is suspected by Italian officials of being behind a sustained hacking attack against the Italian foreign ministry last year that compromised email communications and lasted for many months before it was detected.
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Loblaws
February 9, 2017
Loblaw warns PC Plus rewards collectors to reset their passwords after points were stolen from some members' accounts.
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Hitachi Payment Services
February 9, 2017
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[ hack, malware, finance ]
Hitachi Payments Services confirms that its systems were compromised by a sophisticated malware in mid-2016, that led to one of the biggest cyber security breaches in the country with 3.2 million cards affected.
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Sports Direct
February 8, 2017
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[ leak, retail ]
Sports Direct is accused to have suffered (and kept hidden) a data breach affecting 30,000 employees. The breach allegedly happened in September 2016.
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FileSilo
February 8, 2017
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[ hack, misconfiguration, technology ]
UK magazine publisher Future's FileSilo website (FileSilo.co.uk) is raided by hackers, who make off with, among other information, unencrypted user account passwords.
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45 Committee
February 6, 2017
The website of 45 Committee, a PAC supporting President Donald Trump, is defaced.
