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PoliceOne
February 3, 2017
Motherboard reveals that a hacker going with the handle of Berkut is selling a database allegedly containing over 700,000 user accounts from PoliceOne, a popular law enforcement forum.
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South Korea
April 21, 2017
FireEye claims Chinese hackers are trying to break into South Korea's military to halt the deployment of an anti-ballistic weapons system in the country.
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FlexiSpy
April 18, 2017
Motherboard obtains the data of 130,000 customers of the two mobile surveillance software firms Retina-X and FlexiSpy.
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Westminster College
April 17, 2017
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[ social, phishing, education ]
Westminster College in Missouri reveals the details of a breach discovered on March 26 after a phishing scam duped a staffer into sending off W-2 statements.
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Britain First
April 12, 2017
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[ hack ]
Britain First is hit by a massive hack that targets its websites and Twitter accounts, and their YouTube channel.
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Wonga
April 9, 2017
Over 250,000 Wonga customers are affected by a data breach. The payday lender says it is investigating 'illegal and unauthorised access' to some of its customers' personal information in both Britain and Poland. Stolen data may include account numbers, sort codes, addresses and the last four digits of users' bank cards. Around 245,000 customers in the UK and 25,000 in Poland may have been affected.
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National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC)
April 6, 2017
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[ espionage, government ]
Fidelis Cybersecurity reveals that ahead of the trade summit between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, a nation-state hacking group conducted espionage on a number of key industry players and lobbyists with links to the talks.
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Internal Revenue Service
April 6, 2017
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[ government, hack, social ]
The Internal Revenue Service says that the personal data of as many as 100,000 taxpayers could have been compromised through a scheme in which hackers posed as students using an online tool to apply for financial aid.
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Anonymous
April 5, 2017
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[ espionage, technology ]
Anonymous members who want to participate in this year's annual #OpIsrael cyber-attacks are the targets of an intelligence gathering operation carried out by an unknown threat actor.
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Unnamed Russian bank
April 4, 2017
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[ financial, malware, finance ]
Kaspersky reveals the details of ATMitch, a fileless malware used to steal cash from ATMs. The researchers have only tracked down two incidents where ATMitch was used. The first is in a Russian bank.
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IAAF
April 3, 2017
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[ leak, healthcare ]
IAAF, the governing body of global athletics says it has suffered a cyber attack that it believes has compromised information about athletes' medical records.
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Wind Tre
March 20, 2017
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[ hack, technology ]
Italy's data protection authority, Garante Privacy, has ordered Wind Tre to write to customers to notify them of a data breach following a cyber attack that occurred on 20 March.
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Statistics Canada
March 14, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
The Canadian government confirms that the Statistics Canada website is hacked and taken offline for over two days. In the aftermath of the cyberattack parts of the Canada Revenue Agency's (CRA) site is also reportedly taken offline by authorities as a precaution.
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University of Idaho
March 6, 2017
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[ social, phishing, education ]
University of Idaho notifies 257 employees after a phishing incident.
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Center for American Progress
March 6, 2017
New reports reveal that Russian hackers are targeting U.S. progressive groups in a new wave of attacks. According to the report, at least a dozen groups have faced extortion attempts since the U.S. presidential election. The ransom demands are accompanied by samples of sensitive data in the hackers' possession.
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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.
