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Inland Revenue Department
February 25, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Thousands of Inland Revenue files are locked up after New Zealand's tax department becomes the target of a Cryptolocker attack in November.
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Apple
February 23, 2017
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
A mid-2016 security incident led to Apple purging its data centers of servers built by Supermicro, including returning recently purchased systems, after malware-infected firmware was reportedly detected in an internal development environment of Apple's technical infrastructure, which powers its web-based services and holds customer data.
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secure2donaldjtrump
February 19, 2017
A hacked dubbed Pro_Mast3r defaces a server associated with President Donald Trump's presidential campaign donations.
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Family Service Rochester
February 18, 2017
Family Services Rochester notifies individuals that portions of its computer systems that contained personal information have been compromised by ransomware.
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Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Bureau of Consular Affairs (BOCA)
February 8, 2017
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[ hack, phishing, government ]
15,000 data files of Taiwanese nationals could have been hacked due to an intrusion in the email system.
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Six NHS Websites
February 7, 2017
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[ hack, healthcare ]
The Independent reveals that, over the past six weeks, six NHS websites were defaced showing gruesome images of the conflict in Syria with the hashtags: #Op_Russia and #save_aleppo.
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David Beckham
February 7, 2017
David Beckham's emails are held hostage by hackers, and published after his representatives refuse to pay a ransom of 1 million ( 860,000). The 'Beckileaks' came as part of a breach on sports and entertainment agency, Doyen Global (18.6 million emails).
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Darcy Vescio's Twitter account (@darcyvee)
February 7, 2017
AFL Women's league player Darcy Vescio's Twitter account is hacked.
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Canadian Tire
February 7, 2017
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[ hack, retail ]
Canadian Tire shuts down customer access to online accounts after detecting unusual traffic in their website.
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Austrian Parliament
February 7, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, government ]
Austria's parliament says that a Turkish hackers' group dubbed Aslan Neferler Tim (ANT), or Lion Soldiers Team has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack that brought down its website for 20 minutes during the weekend.
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Alison Brie
April 24, 2017
Fappening 2.0 continues: this time Alison Brie is targeted and has some nude images leaked online.
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North Mundham Primary in Chichester
April 23, 2017
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[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
Police are investigating after "malicious" messages are left on a school website by Turkish nationalists in an apparent hacking attempt.
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Yapizon
April 22, 2017
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[ hack, financial, finance ]
Yapizon, a South Korean Bitcoin exchange suffers a massive data breach when hackers steal 3,800 Bitcoin (US$5 million) which is 37% of user funds.
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Cleveland Metropolitan School District
April 21, 2017
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[ social, phishing, education ]
Cleveland Metropolitan School District discloses a phishing-related incident.
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Atlantic Digestive Specialists
April 21, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Atlantic Digestive Specialists notify patients of a ransomware incident.
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Fashion Fantasy Game
April 20, 2017
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[ leak, technology ]
A 2016 data breach leaves Fashion Fantasy Game, an online game and social network for fashion lovers, with millions of user account credentials being leaked on the web.
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Best American Hospitality Corp.
April 14, 2017
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[ financial, retail ]
Best American Hospitality Corp. issues a statement regarding stolen payment cards at some of the restaurants it manages and operates.
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AQA (Assessment and Qualifications Alliance)
April 12, 2017
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[ leak, education ]
Data relating to 64,000 current and former examiners stored on some of AQA's online systems are stolen by attackers, including examiners' name, address, personal phone numbers, and passwords.
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eConcordia
April 11, 2017
Concordia's online course systems, eConcordia and KnowledgeOne, are hacked, 9000 users are compromised.
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Sierra Tel
April 10, 2017
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
The Bricker Bot takes down the Zyxel HN-51 Modem belonging to Sierra Tel, a Californian ISP.
