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Wooster-Ashland Regional Council of Governments
May 26, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
The Wooster-Ashland Regional Council of Governments computer network is hacked and more than 200,000 records in are compromised.
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Qatar News Agency Website
May 24, 2017
Unknown hackers break into the website of the Qatar state-run news agency and publish a fake story quoting the ruling emir making comments that expressed support for Iran, Israel, Hezbollah and Hamas. The agency's Twitter feed is also compromised posting fake quotes from Qatar's foreign minister alleging a plot against the country by other Arab nations. US intelligence believes the hack was carried out by the United Arab Emirates.
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PureMatrimony
May 18, 2017
Muslim focused site PureMatrimony.com says it has informed its users of an apparent data breach, and asked them to reset their passwords. 120,000 accounts are compromised.
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Andres Villarreal
May 17, 2017
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
The Mexican government is suspected of using NSO Group spyware to compromise the personal devices of journalists, lawyers, activists, scientists, politicians, and civil society organizations. One of the victims is Andres Villarreal, a journalist at R'o Doce and a colleague of Javier Valdez. Valdez was killed in May 2017 and was investigating organized crime in the state of Sinaloa.
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Bell Canada
May 16, 2017
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[ hack, technology ]
Bell Canada says that 1.9 million customer account details have been stolen by unknown hackers, although no payment card numbers or passwords have been taken.
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Brooks Brothers
May 12, 2017
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[ financial, malware, retail ]
U.S. clothing company Brooks Brothers reveals that payment card information of certain customers was compromised at some of its retail locations in the United States and Puerto Rico over 11 months until March.
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West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company
May 12, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, energy ]
A threat actor used a tool called WannaCry to encrypt data in compromised networks, and intended to provide the victims with the decryption key only after a ransom had been paid. The threat actors used an exploit, called EternalBlue--first discovered by the U.S. National Security Agency--to propagate WannaCry in organizations using the Windows operating system.
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Cedexis
May 10, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
A DDos attack against Cedexis knocks out several major French news websites including Le Monde and Le Figaro.
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UK Banks
May 2, 2017
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[ social, phishing, finance ]
DomainTools reveals that hundreds of fake website domains are being used by hackers to mimic some of the most popular banking services in the UK in an attempt to trick victims into handing over personal details and sensitive login credentials.
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HandBrake
May 2, 2017
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[ hack, malware, technology ]
The popular DVD-ripping HandBrake app, is hacked to install a new variant of the Proton malware.
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City of Fitchburg
May 2, 2017
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[ leak, government ]
Fitchburg, Mass. city officials report that the Social Security numbers of 1,800 residents were compromised during a data breach that was discovered on April 14, but took place more than three years ago.
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Hill Country Memorial Hospital
April 29, 2017
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[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
Hill Country Memorial Hospital notifies patients after an employee email was accessed without authorization.
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Greenwood County School District 50
April 29, 2017
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[ hack, phishing, education ]
About 3,300 are affected by a security breach after the school discovers that an unauthorized user logged in to four Greenwood County School District 50 employees' emails as well as current and former employees' payroll accounts in January and February.
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Netflix
April 28, 2017
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[ ransomware, misconfiguration, technology ]
TheDarkOverlord leaks upcoming episode of Orange is the New Black after Netflix doesn't pay extortion demand. The hack happened via a "production vendor".
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Grozio Chirurgija
April 28, 2017
Cybercriminals steal personal records and photos of patients from the data system of a Lithuanian plastic surgery clinic and put them up for sale.
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City of Newark
April 25, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A ransomware attack hits some municipal computers in New Jersey's most populous city, Newark.
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NSA
April 12, 2017
The Shadow Brokers dump a new collection of files, containing what appears to be exploits and hacking tools targeting Microsoft's Windows OS and evidence the Equation Group had gained access to servers and targeted the SWIFT banking system of several banks.
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Melbourne IT
April 12, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Australian ISP Melbourne IT confirms that it was hit by "a large DDoS attack" that disrupted its web hosting.
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Gamestop
April 7, 2017
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[ hack, malware, retail ]
Video game giant GameStop Corp says it is investigating reports that hackers may have siphoned credit card and customer data from its website gamestop.com.
